Wikipedia

Quarry Hill (Hong Kong)

(Redirected from Shek Shan)

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[1] 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.

Quarry Hill, Hong Kong
採石山
View of Quarry Hill
Highest point
Elevation106.8 m (350 ft)
Coordinates22°18′57″N 114°11′03″E / 22.315775°N 114.184042°E / 22.315775; 114.184042
Geography
Quarry Hill, Hong Kong is located in Hong Kong
Quarry Hill, Hong Kong
Quarry Hill, Hong Kong
Location of Quarry Hill in Hong Kong[clarification needed]
Location Hong Kong

History

edit

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Shan was 277. The number of males was 178.[2]

Streets and places in Quarry Hill

edit

Education

edit
 
Campus view of St. Teresa Secondary School, the only girl school in Quarry Hill

Educational institutions in Quarry Hill include:

Public services

edit

Community facilities

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

Transport

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quarry Hill, Hong Kong.


 

This article related to a mountain or hill in Hong Kong is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

 

This Kowloon-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quarry_Hill_(Hong_Kong)&oldid=1131720076"