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Braemar Hill
Braemar Hill () is a hill with a height of south of Tsat Tsz Mui, Braemar Point on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The hill was likely named after the Scottish village of Braemar by British officials. Contrary to popular belief, the peak of Braemar Hill lies on the eastern end of Braemar Hill Road instead of the western end, where the ascent towards Red Incense Summit is noticeably steeper. Hikers often misidentify Red Incense Summit and nearby hilltops as the peak of Braemar Hill. The north and western sides of this hill are largely residential, consisting primarily of private upmarket real estate. Because of its convenient location and high real estate prices, Braemar Hill is considered one of the more affluent List of buildings, sites, and areas in Hong Kong, neighbourhoods in the territory. Private housing developments *Tempo Court () *Ho King View () *Braemar Hill Mansions () *Sky Horizon () *Pacific Palisades () *Kingsford Garden () *Wilshire Towers () *Braemar Heights * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Residential Area Of Braemar Hill
A residential area is a land used in which houses, housing predominates, as opposed to industrial district, industrial and Commercial Area, commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residential, or mobile homes. Zoning for residential use may permit some services or work opportunities or may totally exclude business and industry. It may permit urban density, high density land use or only permit low density uses. Residential zoning usually includes a smaller FAR (floor area ratio) than business, commercial or industrial/manufacturing zoning. The area may be large or small. Overview In certain residential areas, especially rural, large tracts of land may have no services whatever, such that residents seeking services must use a motor vehicle or other transportation, so the need for transportation has resulted in land development following existing or planned transport infrastructure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pui Kiu Middle School
Pui Kiu Middle School ( zh, t=培僑中學) is a secondary school in Hong Kong. Located in the Eastern District area of North Point. The school uses Chinese language as a medium of instruction. During a portion of its history in British Hong Kong it was known as being pro-Mainland China. History The school was founded in 1946 by overseas Chinese investors from Southeast Asia and elsewhere, originally in Pui Kiu Lang Park (around Happy Valley to the Mid-Levels area). In the 1980s it relocated to its current location in Braemar Hill. Controversy When the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, the school announced that it would uphold Communist disciplines in its curriculum. This placed a severe strain on relations between the school and the colonial Hong Kong government, as well as with the local population, whose political opinion tended towards anti-communism. In the late 1970s, the Hong Kong government, under the education laws, took over the school and reorg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Resort (Hong Kong)
Island Resort () is a high-rise complex located in the Siu Sai Wan area of Hong Kong (address: 28 Siu Sai Wan Road, Siu Sai Wan, Chai Wan, Hong Kong). Construction of the complex began in 1999, and was completed in 2001. It is also the List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong, 71st tallest building in Hong Kong, tied with The Dynasty Tower. The land on which the Island Resort complex is situated is the most expensive in the city; in 1997, prior to the handover of Hong Kong, transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, Sino Land purchased the piece of land for United States dollar, US$1,515,384,620 in order to develop the Island Resort complex. The purchase was the last major land sale in Hong Kong that took place while the United Kingdom was still in control, and was also the most expensive land transaction in the city's history. Features The complex contains four towers, each of which rises 60 floors and in height; although the property is classified as containing nine towers, real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siu Sai Wan
Siu Sai Wan () is a residential area in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located in the eastern part of Chai Wan, and is administratively under the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District. The population was 59,729 in June 2011. Location The current perimeter of Siu Sai Wan includes the rest of Chai Wan east of Wing Tai Road. Prior to Land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclamation, Siu Sai Wan was a small bay east of Chai Wan. Chai Wan was once known as ''Sai Wan'' (; ''West Bay''), and the small bay as Siu Chai Wan (; ''Small Chai Wan'') or Chai Wan Tsai (; ''Little Chai Wan''), and over time the names combined into the current name Siu Sai Wan. History Siu Sai Wan was originally an intelligence gathering centre for the United Kingdom. In 1947, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States signed Five Eyes, an agreement to jointly pursue the gathering of intelligence. The British Armed Forces then set up an intelligence gath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Tak Tsuen
Lai Tak Tsuen () is a public housing estate at 2 – 38 Lai Tak Tsuen Road, Tai Hang, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Built in 1975, it is one of the first public housing developments in Hong Kong. It was the second self-funded rental project of the Hong Kong Housing Society. The housing estate was named after a Hong Kong government officer, Michael Wright, who had served the Government of Hong Kong for more than 30 years.Lai Tak Tsuen (勵德邨) Hong Kong Place. (in ) History The Hong Kong Housing Society announced its plan to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hing Wah Estate
Hing Wah Estate () is a public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, near MTR Chai Wan station. The estate comprises 10 residential buildings. The 7 " Old Slab" blocks belong to Hing Wah (II) Estate () completed in 1976, while the 3 "Harmony 1" buildings belong to Hing Wah (I) Estate () completed in 1999 and 2000. Background Hing Wah (I) Estate was a resettlement estate which had 3 resettlement blocks completed in 1971. 7 more "Old Slab" blocks were completed in 1976, which formed Hing Wah (II) Estate. The 3 resettlement blocks in Hing Wah (I) Estate were demolished in 1995, replaced by two rental blocks in 1999 and one HOS block in 2000 respectively. However, the government decided to change an HOS block from sale to rental finally, and renamed it from "Hing Tsui Court" to "Hing Tsui House". Houses Hing Wah (I) Estate Hing Wah (II) Estate Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Hing Wah (I) Estate had a population of 7,526 while Hing Wah (II) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wah Fu Estate
Wah Fu Estate () is a Public housing in Hong Kong, public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay, Hong Kong, Waterfall Bay, Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong's Southern District, Hong Kong, Southern District. It was built on a New towns of Hong Kong, new town concept in 1967 and was renovated in 2003. Divided into Wah Fu (I) Estate () and Wah Fu (II) Estate (), the whole estate has a total of 18 residential blocks completed between 1967 and 1978. There are several primary and secondary schools in the estate, including Pui Ying Secondary School, SKH Lui Ming Choi Secondary School and Caritas Chong Yut Ming Secondary School. They provide education to children in the estate and the surrounding areas. Fortuna Theatre is the only cinema on the estate. Houses Redevelopment Announced in the chief executive's 2014 Policy Address, Wah Fu Estate will be redeveloped. The new estate will be built nearby. It is planned that after the Wah Fu residents have moved to the new estates, Wah Fu wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Point Ferry Pier
North Point Ferry Pier () is a ferry pier in North Point, Hong Kong and it is near the site of the former North Point Estate (). It started operation in 1963. In 1979, a second passenger berth opened that is located west of the older one. Until 14 May 2016, the large open-air North Point Ferry Pier bus station, Bus Terminus was situated immediately inland of the pier, but that has now been relocated one block east, as 'North Point Ferry Pier Public Transport Interchange' under a new building, and a new building is being erected on the old bus station site. Destinations References {{coord, 22, 17, 38, N, 114, 11, 59, E, type:landmark_source:kolossus-zhwiki, display=title 1957 establishments in Hong K ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exhibition Centre Station (MTR)
Exhibition Centre () is an MTR List of MTR stations, station on the . It serves the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and other parts of Wan Chai, Wan Chai North, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The station was built as part of the Shatin to Central Link project. It topped out on 12 November 2020 and began service on 15 May 2022. This station and the East Rail portion of Admiralty are the first Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, KCRC-owned stations that serve Hong Kong Island. It is the first East Rail line station on Hong Kong Island for trains coming from Hung Hom. Description The station serves the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Wan Chai Sports Ground and various nearby office towers in Wan Chai North. It will become an interchange station between the North Island line (the extension of ) and the East Rail line#Extension to Hong Kong Island, East Rail line, offering cross-platform interchange between the two lines. Initially, only the East Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Piers
The Central Ferry Piers (Chinese: 中環碼頭) are situated on the northeast part of Central, Hong Kong Island. The ferries mostly depart to Outlying Islands in the New Territories, with the exception of Pier 1 serving as a government pier, and ferries from piers 7 and 8 going to Kowloon. History The current piers were all built in the 1990s and early 2000s due to the Airport Core Programme, under which the Central Reclamation was built to provide land for Hong Kong station, the terminus of the new airport railway. The previous piers had to be demolished to make way for the newly reclaimed land. The first set of new piers opened on 9 May 1995. Ferry services The destinations or uses of the piers are as follows: *Pier 1: Government of Hong Kong *Pier 2: Park Island *Pier 3: Discovery Bay *Pier 4: Lamma Island, with the western pier going to Sok Kwu Wan and the eastern pier to Yung Shue Wan. *Pier 5: Cheung Chau *Pier 6: Western pier: Peng Chau – Eastern pier: Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Sai Woo Park
Choi Sai Woo Park () is an urban park located near the top of Braemar Hill at Braemar Hill Road, Hong Kong. The park serves as a social hub for the neighbourhood. History The park was named after the Choi Sai Woo Reservoir, which was formerly located in the park. According to the commemorative plaque in the park, the reservoir was built by Taikoo Sugar Company Limited in 1894; it was the largest and the last of the five private reservoirs built by the company. During the drought and bubonic plague outbreak that started in 1894, the reservoir once supplied water to Tai Ping Shan District. It was filled in to create the current park site. In World War II it was the scene of bitter fighting as the Japanese advanced towards Wong Nai Chung Gap to split the defence of Hong Kong into two. The park was built at a cost of $9.5 million and opened by the Urban Council in August 1986. It was designed to retain most of the existing mature trees and shrubs on site. An opening ceremony, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
