Everything tagged: market

The former Taipingshan Market bordered Market Street, today's Po Hing Fong. The historical record notes a market was opened on 25 July 1844 at Taipingshan. Not sure if it was in the same location.

In the 1890s, the plague was most serious in the Taipingshan District. As a result of the passage of the Taipingshan Resumption Ordinance in 1894, a large area comprising 6.2 acres of land was resumed from private owners for re-planning and improvement. Wooden structures and buildings in the affected areas were either burnt down or demolished.

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I'm not sure when this was built, but it is shown on a 1920 map, marked "Retail Market".

Two other markets are shown in Yau Ma Tei on that map: the original Yaumati Market on Market Street, and a small Vegetable Market on Waterloo Road that would become today's wholesale fruit & vegetable market.

Located at 20 Kansu Street, Yau Ma Tei. The market occupies the block between Kansu, Reclamation, Pak Hoi, and Battery Streets.

The market was built as replacement for the (old) Yau Ma Tei Market (Market Street), it opened 1957.

A market can be seen in this location from 1892 onwards (see 1892 Kowloon map on www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html, and the 1896 & 1920 Kowloon maps on Gwulo), up to approx 1957 when it was replaced by a new market at 20 Kansu St (see Yau Ma Tei Market (2nd and current generation).

Wuhu Street (formerly known as Market Street) in Hung Hom in about 1915 is near the junction of Taku Street, with Hung Hom Market on the right; the mountains near Ho Man Tin can be seen in the background. Due to its proximity to the Whampoa Dockyard and some industrial facilities, the industrial and commercial development of Hung Hom was much more advanced than Tsim Sha Tsui at that time

This was built to replace the previous, first-generation market building that was on the north-west corner of the Centre Street / Second Street cross roads. The current, third-generation market occupies two sites, the sites of both the first- and second-generation market buildings.

The first steps towards building this new market were in 1924, when item 381 in the Government Gazette announced that this land, IL 637, was to be resumed:

It appears in photos from the 1950s & 60s as a long, thin building running roughly west-to-east between Yan Hin and Fu Shin Streets. The eastern entrance to the market is shown in this 1958 photo:

Marker's location is a guess, based on this description in the 1911 PWD Annual Report:

91. Market and Slaughter House at Aberdeen.—The preparation of the site for this market, begun in 1910, was completed in March at a cost of $4,613.11, of which $2,413.11 was spent in 1911. It consisted of reclaiming an area on the foreshore between the principal portion of the village and the Dock Company’s premises and included the construction of one of the side walls of a nullah.

Appears first as a red square on the 1904 map (on hkmaps.hk), is labelled "MARKET" on the 1910 map. Location is on Peking Road (former Chater Road) near the junction with Canton Road. 

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