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Cattle depot and slaughterhouse, Hung Hom [c.1892-c.1908]

Date Place completed: 
c.1892-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1908-12-12 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

These adjacent sites are shown on the 1896 map as being located very close to the harbourfront at Hung Hom Bay. They were replaced by the new Cattle Depot and Slaughterhouse at Ma Tau Kok from 1908 onwards; a relocation of the facilities was necessary due to the construction/expansion of the railway works at Hung Hom (see 1907 Public Works Report, at 93).

Tai Hing Slaughterhouse [1960-1980]

Date Place completed: 
1960-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
1980-01-01

Owned by Wong Wing-cheung Eddie (王永祥), the original owner of Hong Kong Resorts (香港興業). The slaughterhouse was standing at the current site of DB Plaza. 

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