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Defense works in Central?

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Submitted by C on Sat, 2014-09-13 12:44

I came across a photograph of Theatre Lane in Central on the Chinese forum uwants.com which is at the top of the linked web page.  I wonder what the brick structure is -- is it some sort of defense works?  Was this built by the British before the Battle of Hong Kong, or by the Japanese during the occupation?  Were there similar structures in other parts of Hong Kong?  Thank you.

 

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Submitted by David on Sun, 2014-09-14 22:21.

I think we've seen that photo before, perhaps when we were talking about Pen Shelters.

It certainly looks like a wall to protect the China Building from blast. It was built from regular bricks, not the bigger concrete mimi lau blocks they used to build the Pen Shelters, eg:

http://gwulo.com/node/13451

I'm not sure if it was built by the British or Japanese.

Regards, David

Submitted by C on Sat, 2014-11-01 17:56.

Thanks David.

Does anyone else have more information?  Thank you.