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Walk along Queen's Road West to the Tak Nam Tea-house and enter the lane between it and the site of the former Ko Shing Theatre (now redeveloped with a nearly-completed multi-storey building). Enter Ko Shing Street. Note the two old buildings housing Chinese medicine wholesalers, at nos. 21 and 23, Ko Shing Street, opposite the lane exit.
Enter Sutherland Street and into the In Ku Lane with its old godowns, five of them occupied by wholesale dealers in Chinese medicine, one with rice in addition.
Enter Li Shing Street and so into Queen's Road West.
Proceed to Chi Mei Lane and so into Des Voeux Road (no. 150).
Proceed west into Sai Woo Lane. There is a good view of the old shop houses in the lane from the steps at the Queen's Road West end.
The various lanes contain many box-makers, rattan goods dealers, gummy sack makers etc. The buildings are of various dates, but some of them are very old, particularly those 2-3 storeys high with granite block counters at the shop fronts.
Walk along Queen's Road West observing the high, old retaining wall on the opposite side of the road with the old Sai Ying Pun Hospital buildings above.
Pass Eastern Street and enter Miu Fong Street. Note the unusual brick pavement. We shall stop at the premises of the Wo Sang Ho, a dry fish dealer.
(The wrapping round the head of the dry fish is to prevent the sea salt, placed inside, from coming out).
Walk back along Des Voeux Road West to its junction with Ko Shing Street. (Look across the road to the structure on the rooftops of the old houses to the left of the City College of Commerce Grace Lutheran Church—for drying salt fish, & similar to that at Wo Sang Ho in Miu Fong Street which we cannot visit because of its small size, narrow staircases and our large numbers.
Walk along Ko Shing Street to its junction with Queen's Street.
Proceed from Queen's Street to Queen's Road West and enter Bonham Strand, and so to the Ching Wah Kok Tea-house where arrangements have been made for us to have Chinese tea and bakeries.
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Walk along Queen's Road West to the Tak Nam Tea-house and enter the lane between it and the site of the former Ko Shing Thea- tre (now redeveloped with a nearly-completed multi-storey building. Enter Ko Shing Street. Note the two old buildings housing Chinese medicine wholesalers, at nos. 21 and 23, Ko Shing Street, opposite the lane exit.
Enter Sutherland Street and into the In Ku Lane with its old go- downs, five of them occupied by wholesale dealers in Chinese medicine, one with rice in addition,
Enter Li Shing Street and so into Queen's Road West.
Proceed to Chi Mei Lane and so into Des Voeux Road (no. 150).
Proceed west into Sai Woo Lane. There is a good view of the old shop houses in the lane from the steps at the Queen's Road West end.
The various lanes contain many box-makers, rattan goods dealers, gummy sack makers etc. The buildings are of various dates, but some of them are very old, particularly those 2-3 storeys high with granite block counters at the shop fronts.
Walk along Queen's Road West observing the high, old retaining wall on the opposite side of the road with the old Sai Ying Pun Hospital buildings above.
Pass Eastern Street and enter Miu Fong Street. Note the unusual brick pavement. We shall stop at the premises of the Wo Sang Ho, a dry fish dealer.
(The wrapping round the head of the dry fish is to prevent the sea salt, placed inside, from coming out).
Walk back along Des Voeux Road West to its junction with Ko Shing Street. (Look across the road to the structure on the roof tops of the old houses to the left of the City College of Commerce Grace Lutheran Church-for drying salt fish, & similar to that at Wo Sang Ho in Miu Fong Street which we cannot visit because of its small size, narrow staircases and our large numbers.
Walk along Ko Shing Street to its junction with Queen's Street.
Proceed from Queen's Street to Queen's Road West and enter Bonham Strand, and so to the Ching Wah Kok Tea-house where arrangements have been made for us to have Chinese tea and ba- keries.
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