Blake Garden, Hong Kong
Blake Garden (Chinese: 卜公花園), also known as Blake Gardens, is a small urban park in Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island. The park is named after Sir Henry Arthur Blake, a former British Governor of Hong Kong.
[edit] Historic background
In 1894, the bubonic plague broke out in Hong Kong. Because of the dense population and deplorable sanitary condition, Tai Ping Shan area was the most plague-stricken place. Hence, the buildings in the area was bought and demolished by the Government. The area worst affected by the plague was redeveloped. Blake Gardens[1] and the Old Pathological Institute (now Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences) were built here.
In the garden there is plaque commemorating the outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1894.
[edit] See also
- List of urban public parks and gardens in Hong Kong
- Description on the plague outbreak in History of Colonial Hong Kong.
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