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Quarry Hill (Hong Kong)

Quarry Hill (Hong Kong)

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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.

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History

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

Education

Campus view of St. Teresa Secondary School, 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

  1. [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. [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.
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