Named after:
Yet to be discovered (Likely to be from Chinese wisdoms)
Chinese names:
厚豐里
Timeline:
- 1880s: Street first laid out
- 1880s: Street named
- 1889: First seen on maps without printed name
- 1901: Street lengthened throughout the years until 1922
- 1922: Street's shape stabilised
- 2012: Street demolished to be replaced by Ship Street Garden and Hopewell Park
Other informations:
1. There was a nullah from 22.27435, 114.16989 to 22.27489, 114.16984, which is roughly from the southern curve of Kennedy Road to near Nam Koo Terrace, it used to run next to I.L. 2070, 2094 and 2228.
2. There was a hole behind an overgrown tree on the wall of the street, the hole was a metre high above the ground, some sources say it could be ARP tunnel portal, but it was located high up without any doors, it could possibly be a sewer tunnel by the fact that there was a nullah nearby.
GN 76, 1903 February 03 (Land auction)
No. S. 305, 1912 September 13 (Land auction)
No. S. 89, 1914 March 20 (Land auction)
No. S. 90, 1914 March 20 (Land auction)
GN 2152, 2009 April 06 (proposed road works)
Nam Koo Terrace and 6 Hau Fung Lane (yt video)
Sources:
HK maps viewer
GN 6681, 2012 October 04
Blogger.com
1938 Street Index, Page 129
Comments
Re: Hau Fung Lane
Hau Fung Lane is given a mention in this thread: https://gwulo.com/node/5937#comment-61852
Photo links:
3. Tung Chi College: https://sites.google.com/view/hongkongpast/tung-chi-college-%E5%90%8C%E6%BF%9F%E4%B8%AD%E5%AD%B8
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