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cemetery set apart for the burial of Christians.123 In the end the governor, Sir Frederick Lugard, admitted that the Colonial Cemetery was no longer a Protestant cemetery. The Japanese burials were to continue right up to the Second World War period, and even after the war125
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Further Development of Cemeteries before the Second World War
In 1914, a Chinese cemetery, 'Ap Lei Chau Cemetery' which contained an area of 4 acres, was authorized.26 A nearby cemetery, 'Shum Wan Cemetery,' was mentioned in several government notices127 in the 1920s, however, the early history of this cemetery is not known. In 1938, a government notice authorized ‘a cemetery or urn cemetery' in Shum Wan which was to be known as 'Shum Wan Cemetery128'. The piece land contained about 8.68 acres. It is not certain if the two Shum Wan Cemeteries were actually the same cemetery.
In 1919 a Chinese Christian cemetery was appointed, which was described as:
An area adjoining New Kowloon Inland Lot No.5 measuring approximately on the North side 140'0" and 135'0," on the East side 387'0," on the South side 210’0," and on the West side 290'0" and 120'0," and containing in the whole 57,585 square feet or thereabouts.129
Two years later (1921), a cemetery in Ho Man Tin was authorized which was 'to be known as the Kowloon Cemeteries situate and being near Ho-min-tin in Kowloon in the Colony of Hongkong containing altogether an area of about 97 acres.
A cemetery was to be added to list of Chinese Christian cemeteries in 1924, when the 'Christian Chinese Cemetery, Stanley,' 'adjoining the north-west boundary of the Stanley Cemetery, having an area of about 34650 square feet,'13 was authorized.
In 1928, a cemetery for the Little Sisters of the Poor (†4) only and to be known as New Kowloon Cemetery No.2, the piece of land containing approximately 8850 sq. ft. situated at Ngau Shi Wan, on the north side of lot 1907, Survey District II, was appointed. A home for the aged was also constructed near the cemetery. In the same year, a Christian Cemetery was also founded in Castle Peak.133
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cemetery set apart for the burial of Christians. 123 In the end the governor, Sir Frederick Lugard, admitted that the Colonial Cemetery was no longer a Protestant cemetery. The Japanese burials were to continue right up to the Second World War period, and even after the war 125
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Further Development of Cemeteries before the Second World War
In 1914, a Chinese cemetery, 'Ap Lei Chau Cemetery' which contained an area of 4 acres, was authorized. 26 A nearby cemetery, 'Shum Wan Cemetery,' was mentioned in several government notices127 in the 1920s, however, the early history of this cemetery is not known. In 1938, a government notice authorized ‘a cemetery or urn cemetery' in Shum Wan which was to be known as 'Shum Wan Cemetery 128' The piece land contained about 8.68 acres. It is not certain if the two Shum Wan Cemeteries were actually the same cemetery.
In 1919 a Chinese Christian cemetery was appointed, which was described as:
An area adjoining New Kowloon Inland Lot No.5 measuring approximately on the North side 140'0' and 135'0,' on the East side 387'0,' on the South side 210’0,' and on the West side 290'0' and 120'0, ' and containing in the whole 57,585 square feet or thereabouts. !29
Two years later (1921), a cemetery in Ho Man Tin was authorized which was 'to be known as the Kowloon Cemeteries [sic] situate and being near Ho-min-tin in Kowloon in the Colony of Hongkong containing altogether an area of about 97 acres.
A cemetery was to be added to list of Chinese Christian cemeteries in 1924, when the 'Christian Chinese Cemetery, Stanley,' 'adjoining the north-west boundary of the Stanley Cemetery, having an area of about 34650 square feet,'13 was authorized.
In 1928, a cemetery for the Little Sisters of the Poor († 4) only and to be known as New Kowloon Cemetery No.2, the piece of land containing approximately 8850 sq. ft. situated at Ngau Shi Wan, on the north side of lot 1907, Survey District II, was appointed. A home for the aged was also constructed near the cemetery. In the same year, a Christian Cemetery was also founded in Castle Peak. 133
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