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Chai Wan,1954

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Chai Wan,1954
Submitted by doug. View the original image on Flickr.
Authors: 
m20wc51
Tags: 
Hong Kong
Chai Wan
Lei Yue Mun
Hing wah
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Friday, January 1, 1954
Gallery: 
1950s Hong Kong
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Submitted by breskvar on Wed, 2013-12-25 01:26.

Fascinating photo of Chai Wan before reclamation and industrial development.

That is likely the village of Law Uk, with the cameraman looking southeast.  The slopes on the far side of the mountain would become a huge cemetery which is still growing in size today.  

Nowadays there is a museum made out of one of the surviving village houses.

breskvar

Submitted by doug on Wed, 2013-12-25 04:06.

The village is all the little houses ? The Sai Wan cemetery photo I also posted shows the other end of this village. A FB member where I also posted this photo called this place "Section One Resettlement area"

Submitted by breskvar on Wed, 2013-12-25 15:15.

Doug you may be right.  I looked a little further into the information about Law Uk and find that it mentions the old Chai Wan as consisting of six different villages, scattered everywhere around the area.  It is therefore unlikely to be built in such an orderly manner.

breskvar