Urban development in hong kong , since the founding of the city of victoria in 1840s , has always been beset by the shortage of easily developable lands 迄一八四零年代（即维多利亚城的建成）至今，土地资源贫乏一向乃本港都市发展的桎梏。
The population was extremely unevenly spread out , with the heaviest population density found in city of victoria situated in the north - western part of hong kong island 1897年，位于港岛西部北岸的维多利亚城，人口超过16万，占总人口的69 % 。
Since then , we were so interested in the monuments at central and decided to choose central as the theme of our project - " tracing the story of the victoria city " 此后，我们对中区的古迹兴趣日浓，并决定以中环作为专题研习-寻访维多利亚城的故事的方向。
Missionaries who came to hong kong with the colonial government in the late 19th century gradually established churches , schools and different kinds of charitable organizations in the central and western district 一直以来，中环均是维多利亚城的心脏地带。 19世纪末随殖民政权而来的传教士，陆续在中西区建立教堂、教会学校及各种福利机构。
At that time europeans usually dug private wells near their homes to obtain water for daily use . in 1851 , the government set aside 52 pounds for sinking five wells , however it was revealed in 1852 that the government had only spent 47 pounds and 4 shillings to dig four wells 1851年，政府在预算案中拨备52英镑，计划在维多利亚城(即现今中区)开凿五口水井，根据1852年政府财政支出显示，政府开凿了四口水井，上述预算实际上只花了47英镑4先令。
