Ap Lei Chau by Tom Briggs

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Ap Lei Chau

Hong Kong

Per information furnished by Al (see comments below) the HK Housing Authority painstakingly relocated the graveyard seen in this photo (as well as others) to make way for residential estate expansion. This cemetary was directly opposite Aberdeen Fishing Village and was used by those residents until its relocation.

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al		20-Dec-2007 13:29
Tom, I grew up in HK FROM '62- '86. My father worked most of his career with the HK Housing Authority. They cleared the hillside cemetries one by one, to make room for resettlement estates. It was carefully done. A great deal of time was taken by various departments. This one, as I remember, was for the fishing Fleet based in Aberdeen, and was directly opposite Aberdeen Village. As Bart says the area called Ap Lei Chau. Thanks

eatsee		18-Dec-2007 04:51
I think the following album will give you a clue of what's happening to aberdeen in recent years. www.pbase.com / dennisalbum / aberdeen

XiaoBernard99		13-Nov-2007 14:09
But today there are a lot of building (not very nice,but a lot of people) in this area.The side is similar.

Guest		21-Jun-2007 23:01
Aberdeen on the south side of HK Island. Still there but srrounded by high-rises now. I lived in Ap Let Chao section of Aberdeen in 90's.

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