Quarry Hill (Hong Kong)
Quarry Hill (Chinese: 採石山) is a hill east of Ho Man Tin near the east coast of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong where present-day Ho Man Tin (South) Estate is located. Its peak is 106.8 metres (350 ft) high. The area was once zoned as the Shek Shan Resettlement Area (石山徙置區), above Kau Pui Lung Road and near present-day Lok Man Sun Chuen.
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Campus view of St. Teresa Secondary School, the only girl school in Quarry Hill
History
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Shan was 277. The number of males was 178.
Streets and places in Quarry Hill
- Sheung Shing Street
- Sheung Lok Street
- Sheung Wo Street
- Shing Lok House
- Fat Kwong Street
- Ho Man Tin Estate
- Ho Man Tin (South) Estate
- Ho Man Tin Plaza
- One Homantin (under construction)
- Mantin Heights
- Celestial Heights
Education
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Educational institutions in Quarry Hill include:
- Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College
- Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School
- St. Teresa Secondary School
- Y.W.C.A. Hioe Tjo Yoeng College
- Wa Ying College
Public services
Community facilities
- T.W.G.Hs. Wong Cho Tong Social Service Building
- SAHK LOHAS Garden
- Sheung Shing Street Park
Transport
References
- ^ "何文田站非「從前」何文田 80後考證 原名老龍坑 - 20161022 - HOT PICK". 明報OL網 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 83. ISSN 1991-7295.
- "Colony of Hong Kong 1922 (hillSheet 5)". Hong Kong Public Libraries - Multimedia Information System. London:War Office. 1922. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
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