West Point () was a point of land on

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. Its location is the shore off

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and

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in 1845, approximately the junction of

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and

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near

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. This was the northernmost point on the western half of Hong Kong Island. The

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divided Victoria City into four ''wan'' (環), or districts. While West Point falls into

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, or Western District, major government structures like the police station and court (Western Magistracy) are located near West Point. Thus the name of Sai Wan, Western District, Western and West Point were sometimes used interchangeably. St. Stephen's Anglican Church located in West Point was founded by the Church Missionary Society (

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) (CMS) in 1865. It was led by Vicar Tsing-Shan Fok 霍靜山 (1851-1918), one of the earliest Chinese clergymen in Hong Kong, beginning in 1904.https://www.facebook.com/PilotedToServe

References

* The detail of this document can be found in Hong Kong Public Records Offic

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