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Quarry Hill (Hong Kong)

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Quarry Hill ({{zh|t=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{{Cite web|url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/hotpick/20161022/1477113265736/%e4%bd%95%e6%96%87%e7%94%b0%e7%ab%99%e9%9d%9e%e3%80%8c%e5%be%9e%e5%89%8d%e3%80%8d%e4%bd%95%e6%96%87%e7%94%b0-80%e5%be%8c%e8%80%83%e8%ad%89-%e5%8e%9f%e5%90%8d%e8%80%81%e9%be%8d%e5%9d%91|title=何文田站非「從前」何文田 80後考證 原名老龍坑 - 20161022 - HOT PICK|website=明報OL網|language=zh-hant|access-date=2019-11-25}} is located. Its peak is {{convert|106.8|m}} high. The area was once zoned as the Shek Shan Resettlement Area ({{zh|t=石山徙置區|labels=no}}), above Kau Pui Lung Road and near present-day Lok Man Sun Chuen.

History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Shan was 277. The number of males was 178.{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume = 36| page = 83| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}

Streets and places in Quarry Hill

Education

File:St. Teresa Secondary School.jpg, the only girl school in Quarry Hill]]

Educational institutions in Quarry Hill include:

Public services

Community facilities

  • T.W.G.Hs. Wong Cho Tong Social Service Building
  • SAHK LOHAS Garden
  • Sheung Shing Street Park

Transport

References

  • {{cite web|url=http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr¶m=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentMap&ctrlid=760103&lang=eng|title=Colony of Hong Kong 1922 (hillSheet 5)|work=Hong Kong Public Libraries - Multimedia Information System|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher=London:War Office|year=1922|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721093803/http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr¶m=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentMap&ctrlid=760103&lang=eng|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}}

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Category:Kowloon

Category:Kowloon City District

Category:Mountains, peaks and hills of Hong Kong

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zh-tw:紅燈山