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125 As late as the 1990, there was still a new burial.
126 HKGG Notice 311 of 14th August 1914. According to a 1951 stone inscription at the Chiu Chow section of the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, a section of this cemetery was reserved for the Chiu Chow dead in 1933. All graves of the 'Government or General section' of urn cemetery in the same cemetery were ordered to be removed in 1947, see HKGG Notice 743 of 19th September 1947.
127 For instance, HKGG Notice 421 of 20th October 1922 and Notice 321 of 20th July 1923.
128 HKGG Notice 797 of 14th October 1938. Removal of all urns in Shum Wan Cemetery was ordered in 1949, see HKGG Notice 936 of 30th September 1949.
129 HKGG Notice 420 of 12th September 1919. The location of this cemetery is not mentioned in the notification and the site is not known at the moment.
130 HKGG Notice 18 of 21 January 1921. The cemetery was to be split into three separate ones in 1930, see below.
131 HKGG Notice 678 of 5th December 1924.
132 HKGG Notice 439 of 3rd August 1928. A section of this cemetery still exists within the St. Joseph's Home for the Aged. As the whole piece of land has just been sold to a developer in February 2002, the cemetery may be cleared soon. See a local Chinese newspaper, The Economic Journal, 13 March 2002, p. 6. Information provided by the Rev. Carl T. Smith.
134 HKGG Notice 400 of 27th June 1930.
135 Fo Pang was the old name for the area around the present Wah Yan College site.
136 A 1920 map, CO1047/455, as kept in the PRO at Kew, shows a European Cemetery near Tai Shek Ku, approximately the present Kowloon Hospital site, but not in the Fo Pang area. Further clarification is needed in regard to the relation between these two cemeteries. Kowloon Cemetery No. I was closed in 1933, see HKGG Notice 799 of 15th December 1933.
137 Removal of all graves and urns in this cemetery was ordered in 1948, see HKGG
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125 As late as the 1990, there was still a new burial.
126 HKGG Notice 311 of 14th August 1914. According to a 1951 stone inscription at the Chiu Chow section of the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, a section of this cemetery was reserved for the Chiu Chow dead in 1933. All graves of the 'Government or General section' of urn cemetery in the same cemetery were ordered to be removed in 1947, see HKGG Notice 743 of 19th September 1947.
127 For instance, HKGG Notice 421 of 20th October 1922 and Notice 321 of 20th
July 1923.
12 HKGG Notice 797 of 14th October 1938. Removal of all urns in Shum Wan Cemetery was ordered in 1949, see HKGG Notice 936 of 30th September 1949.
129 HKGG Notice 420 of 12" September 1919. The location of this cemetery is not
mentioned in the notification and the site is not known at the moment.
130 HKGG Notice 18 of 21 January 1921. The cemetery was to be split into three
separate ones in 1930, see below.
13HKGG Notice 678 of 5 December 1924.
132 HKGG Notice 439 of 3TM August 1928. A section of this cemetery still exists within the St. Joseph's Home for the Aged. As the whole piece of land has just been sold to a developer in February 2002, the cemetery may be cleared soon. See a local Chinese newspaper, The Economic Journal, 13 March 2002, p. 6.
Information provided by the Rev. Carl T. Smith.
134 HKGG Notice 400 of 27th June 1930.
135 Fo Pang was the old name for the area around the present Wah Yan College site.
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A 1920 map, CO 1047/455, as kept in the PRO at Kew, shows a European Cemetery near Tai Shek Ku, approximately the present Kowloon Hospital site. but not in the Fo Pang area. Further clarification is needed in regard to the relation between these two cemeteries. Kowloon Cemetery No. I was closed in 1933, see HKGG Notice 799 of 15th December 1933.
137 Removal of all graves and urns in this cemetery was ordered in 1948, see HKGG
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