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The Praya Reclamation Scheme (Chinese:
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
 ) was a large scale land reclamation
Land reclamation

Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. One involves creating new land from sea- or riverbeds, the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state ....
 project carried out by the Hong Kong Land company in Colonial Hong Kong
Colonial Hong Kong

The British Hong Kong period began in the 19th century when the United Kingdom, Netherlands, French, Demographics of Indias and United States saw China as the world's largest untapped market....
 under Sir Catchick Paul Chater
Catchick Paul Chater

Sir Catchick Paul Chater, Order of St Michael and St George was a prominent businessman in Colonial Hong Kong.BiographyEarly life...
 and James Johnstone Keswick
Keswick family

The Keswick family are a business dynasty of Scottish people origin associated with the Far East since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson....
.

project was first proposed in 1855. There were many merchants with private piers on the waterfront who objected the scheme.

The first reclamation project actually began in 1868. It was completed in 1873, adding significant land to Praya Central
Praya

Praya was a term used in Colonial Hong Kong to refer to a promenade by the waterfront. The name comes from the Portuguese language term for broad stone-faced road that run parallel along the harbour in front of the city....
, which later became present day Des Voeux Road
Des Voeux Road

Des Voeux Road Central and Des Voeux Road West are two roads on the north shore of the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. They were named after the 10th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir George William Des V?ux....
.

second project was revived by the Tai-pan
Tai-Pan

A tai-pan was an influential foreign businessman doing business in China or Hong Kong in the 19th century. The Chinese language term is now used in a more general sense for business executives of any origin....
 of The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company
The Wharf (Holdings)

The Wharf Limited , or Wharf in short, is a company founded in 1886 in Hong Kong. As its name suggests, the company's original business was in running wharfage and dockside warehousing, and it was known as The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited and renamed to the current title in 1986....
 in July 1887.






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The Praya Reclamation Scheme (Chinese:
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
 ) was a large scale land reclamation
Land reclamation

Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. One involves creating new land from sea- or riverbeds, the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state ....
 project carried out by the Hong Kong Land company in Colonial Hong Kong
Colonial Hong Kong

The British Hong Kong period began in the 19th century when the United Kingdom, Netherlands, French, Demographics of Indias and United States saw China as the world's largest untapped market....
 under Sir Catchick Paul Chater
Catchick Paul Chater

Sir Catchick Paul Chater, Order of St Michael and St George was a prominent businessman in Colonial Hong Kong.BiographyEarly life...
 and James Johnstone Keswick
Keswick family

The Keswick family are a business dynasty of Scottish people origin associated with the Far East since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson....
.

Early proposal

The project was first proposed in 1855. There were many merchants with private piers on the waterfront who objected the scheme.

The first reclamation project actually began in 1868. It was completed in 1873, adding significant land to Praya Central
Praya

Praya was a term used in Colonial Hong Kong to refer to a promenade by the waterfront. The name comes from the Portuguese language term for broad stone-faced road that run parallel along the harbour in front of the city....
, which later became present day Des Voeux Road
Des Voeux Road

Des Voeux Road Central and Des Voeux Road West are two roads on the north shore of the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. They were named after the 10th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir George William Des V?ux....
.

Second reclamation scheme

The second project was revived by the Tai-pan
Tai-Pan

A tai-pan was an influential foreign businessman doing business in China or Hong Kong in the 19th century. The Chinese language term is now used in a more general sense for business executives of any origin....
 of The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company
The Wharf (Holdings)

The Wharf Limited , or Wharf in short, is a company founded in 1886 in Hong Kong. As its name suggests, the company's original business was in running wharfage and dockside warehousing, and it was known as The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited and renamed to the current title in 1986....
 in July 1887. It was not commenced until February 1890. It was a significantly larger project than the first, with the project completion in 1903 to 1904. There are some discrepancies between the number of acres actually gained from the projects in its entirety. Some sources claim it added of land to Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
's Central
Central, Hong Kong

Central , the central business district of Hong Kong, was commonly known as part of Victoria City. It is an area on the north shore of Hong Kong Island....
 waterfront and Statue Square
Statue Square

Statue Square is a public pedestrian square in Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong....
. While others claimed that the total area extended out to a total using a total weight of 3.5 million ton
Ton

Units of massThere are several similar units of mass or volume called the ton:Others*The long ton is used for petroleum products such as aviation fuel....
s of materials.

See also

  • Praya East Reclamation Scheme
    Praya East Reclamation Scheme

    Praya East Reclamation Scheme was a large scale land reclamation project in Colonial Hong Kong lasting from 1921 to 1931 under Catchick Paul Chater....
  • The Hongs
    The Hongs

    The Hongs were major business houses in Hong Kong with significant influence on patterns of consumerism, trade, manufacturing and other key areas of the economy....