Praya

[1] In Hong Kong, it was a broad road running parallel along the harbour in front of the city.

[2] British occupation of Hong Kong Island began on 26 January 1841, and the colonial government held its first land sale on 14 June of that year.

These traders were mainly import and export merchants and required land with frontage along Victoria Harbour.

The land lots acquired were subsequently much expanded and reclaimed from the sea without paying rent to the government.

[4] A number of reclamation schemes took place around the time that John Bowring served as the Hong Kong governor.