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A Joint project with the Urban Renewal
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72-74A Stone Nullah Lane
(Blue House),
2-8 Hing Wan Street and
8 King Sing Street
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Site area |
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About 930m2
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No of buildings |
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9 tenement blocks
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No of government and
private households
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About 40
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No of private interests |
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2
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Building age |
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Mid-1920's / 1950¡¦s |
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Blue House |
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Commercial, cultural and community uses
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About 2,305m2 |
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Open space |
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About 220m2 |
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Site Plan
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Note:
Pursuant to
section 23(1) of the Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance (URAO),
it is hereby notified that the Urban Renewal Authority (URA)
in association with the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS)
will commence the implementation of Project H05-026 Stone
Nullah Lane / Hing Wan Street / King Sing Street (the
Project).
A plan of the
Project, including the Stage I Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
report, has been submitted to the TPB on 7 April 2006. In
accordance with the Urban Renewal Strategy, a detailed SIA
report (i.e. Stage II) has been submitted to the TPB on 19
May 2006.
The report will
be made available for public inspection during normal office
hours at the following Public Enquiry Counters on 23 May
2006 until the plan is considered by the TPB:
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The Planning
Enquiry Counter, 17th Floor, North Point Government Offices,
333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong (Monday to Friday 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon); and |
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The Planning
Enquiry Counter, 14th Floor, Sha Tin Government Offices, 1
Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin, New Territories (Monday to
Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon). |
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The Hong Kong
Housing Society, 29th Floor, World Trade Centre, 280
Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.); and |
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The Urban
Renewal Authority, 10th Floor, Lower Block, Grand Millennium
Plaza, 181 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong (Monday to Friday
8:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.). |
* Figures
subject to change
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72-74A Stone Nullah Lane (Blue
House)
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Listed as Grade
I Historical Building by the Antiquities Advisory Board.
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Blue House was
listed as "Wah To Hospital" (also known as "Wan Chai Kai
Fong Hospital") in the 1872 Rate Book. It was possibly the
first hospital in Wan Chai to provide Chinese medical
services to local Chinese.
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The building was
then used as a temple for the God of Medicine, Wah To (or "Hua
Tuo") after the hospital closed in 1886.
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The 2-storey
building was demolished around late 1910's or early 1920's
and turned into four 4-storey tenement blocks in mid 1920's.
The Ground Floor of 72 Stone Nullah Lane probably housed "Wah
To Temple" after the tenement blocks were completed.
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The temple was
subsequently replaced by a martial arts school in the 1950's
by Lam Cho, the nephew of Lam Sai Wing (one of the followers
of Wong Fei Hung) and later by the existing osteopathy
clinic in the 1960's.
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Yat Chong
College on the 3rd and the 4th Floors of 72 Stone Nullah
Lane, was the only English School in the area before World
War II. Kang Ham Free School on the 2nd Floor provided free
education for children throughout the territory.
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The Chamber of
Commerce for Fishmonger's was based on the 4th Floor of 74
Stone Nullah Lane as their meeting place. A set comprising a
stone table with two stone benches for playing mahjong by
fishmongers is still preserved in-situ on the roof of the
building.
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2-8 Hing Wan
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8 King Sing Street
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Once used as a
timber yard. The existing building was probably built around
1950's.
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The 8 pre-war
residential blocks (Blue House and 2-8 Hing Wan Street)
represent a rare assembly of entire block of Chinese-styled
tenement blocks, Tong Lau from 1920's.
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Blue House is
one of the few remaining Tong Lau of the balcony type
in Hong Kong.
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The façade of
2-8 Hing Wan Street is well articulated in the Art Deco
style.
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Apart from 72
Stone Nullah Lane, all the upper floors of Blue House are of
timber structures. The 2 wooden stairs are well maintained
with all the original elements intact.
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The roofs of 2-8
Hing Wan Street are timber structure paved with concave
Chinese gray tiles.
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Public open space viewed
from King Sing Street / Kennedy Street junction |
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Perspectives of facade
facing Hing Wan Street |
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Preservation /
Revitalization Project Enquiry Hotline: 2839 7138
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