Morrison Hill 摩理臣山 (HK)

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Morrison Hill (Chinese: 摩理臣山 or 摩利臣山) is an area and was a hill in Wan Chai near Happy Valley, on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The hill was at the seashore until the Praya East Reclamation Scheme in the 1920s, which used its constituent rock/earth to reclaim land from the harbour, extending the shoreline away from the area. This major operation took most of the decade and to carry away the rock and soil, temporary railway tracks were laid, running along Bowrington Canal (present day Canal Road), which was covered over for the purpose. The hill was named for Protestant missionary and linguist Dr Robert Morrison who travelled through the region as part of the Morrison Education Society. Morrison Hill Post Office is currently (August 2019) located at: G/F, Oi Kwan Court, 28 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai.

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MORRISON HILL HONG KONG/2 1985.01.23