The Race Course Fire Memorial
| 馬場先難友紀念碑 | |
The front facade of the memorial.
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| Location | So Kon Po, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
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| Completion date | 1922 |
| Dedicated to | Victims of the 1918 Race Course Fire. |
| Website | Official website |
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| Traditional Chinese | 馬場先難友紀念碑 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Máh chèuhng sīn naahn yáuh géi nihm bēi |
| Jyutping | Maa5 coeng4 sin1 naan6 jau5 gei2 nim6 bei1 |
The Race Course Fire Memorial (Chinese: 馬場先難友紀念碑) is a Hong Kong monument erected in memory to those who were killed in the Happy Valley Racecourse fire on 26 February 1918. The memorial was completed in 1922, and is currently managed by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. It is located next to Hong Kong Stadium. The site was added to the list of declared monuments by the Antiquities and Monuments Office in 2015.
Coordinates: 22°16′22″N 114°11′24″E / 22.272749°N 114.189965°E
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