08/09/2026
【堅彌地城海旁】近日，當局建議將堅尼地城海旁的海牆列為二級歷史建築。香港浸會大學歷史系空間史研究計劃鄺智文教授接受《南華早報》訪問時指出，該海牆有機會是香港島極少數僅存的過百年歷史以上海牆。從歷史地圖及航空照片對照可見，最早於1889年的維多利亞城街道圖中可以見到海牆的外型，1924、1945、以及1963年的航空照片亦可見到海牆。堅尼地城海濱後方在戰前的主要產業包括香港麻纜廠、牛棚，以及鐵廠等。在1960、1970年代以後，這些工業逐漸遷移。
[Kennedy Town Praya] Recently, authorities proposed classifying the Kennedy Town Praya seawall as a Grade II historic building. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Professor Kwong Chi-man of the Spatial History Project at Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of History noted that the structure is likely one of the very few surviving century-old seawalls on Hong Kong Island. By comparing historical maps and aerial photographs, the seawall's outline can be traced as far back as the 1889 street map of the City of Victoria, and it remains visible in aerial photos from 1924, 1945, and 1963. Prior to the war, the major industries located behind the Kennedy Town waterfront included a Hong Kong rope factory, cattle depots, and ironworks. From the 1960s and 1970s onwards, these industries gradually relocated.
