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[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)
Coordinates22.315775°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
Location Hong Kong

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. "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.
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