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Ma Tau Wai
Ma Tau Wai (, originally , historically ) is an area in the Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was originally a walled village (Cantonese: ; ''Wai'') between present-day Argyle Street and Prince Edward Road West, east of present-day St. Teresa's Hospital. The area of Ma Tau Wai is not as well-defined as the original village, as the geographic features have been lost. The public housing estate Ma Tau Wai Estate is named after the area / the original village. Other landmark of the areas Hong Kong's Notre Dame College is in Ma Tau Wai. New Asia College, one of three founding colleges of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was located near Tin Kwong Road () and Farm Road. After the college moved to Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin, New Asia Middle School was founded at the former campus. See also *Ma Tau Chung *Ma Tau Kok image:Ma Tou Kok Road No91-113 201108.jpg, Ma Tau Kok Road Old apartments Ma Tau Kok () is a place north of To Kwa Wan, south-east of modern-day Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Tau Wai 2009
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Notre Dame College (Hong Kong)
Notre Dame College is a Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ... secondary school in Ma Tau Wai, Hong Kong. It serves years secondary 1-6 and was established in 1967. " (Application for the school) Version in Traditional Chinese ) - Hosted at the Committee on Home-School Cooperation (CHSC; 家庭與學校合作事宜委員會). Retrieved on 1 July 2016. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Tau Kok
image:Ma Tou Kok Road No91-113 201108.jpg, Ma Tau Kok Road Old apartments Ma Tau Kok () is a place north of To Kwa Wan, south-east of modern-day Ma Tau Chung and south-west of the former Kai Tak Airport (now Kai Tak Development) in Hong Kong. It was a cape in Kowloon Bay (water body), Kowloon Bay in Victoria Harbour and opposite to the Sacred Hill and the mouth of Ma Tau Chung. Ma Tau Kok is a mixed industrial and residential area. Ma Tau Kok Road is named after Ma Tau Kok. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Ma Tau Kok was 212. The number of males was 145. Industrial history image:Gasholder (gasometer) of the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited, Ma Tau Kok (Hong Kong).jpg, Ma Tau Kok Gas Holder (2015) In 1935, a gas work was built at the junction of To Kwa Wan and Ma Tau Kok roads. It was operational until about 1994. Today, Grand Waterfront building stands there. In 1956, a second gas work was built west of To Kwa Wan Road. Later it switched from coal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Tau Chung
Ma Tau Chung ( or ) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, It was named after a creek (hence , ''Chung'', in the name) which originated in Quarry Hill, Hong Kong, Quarry Hill emptying into Kowloon Bay (body of water), Kowloon Bay. The village of Ma Tau Chung stood on its banks near the river mouth near the Sacred Hill. Ma Tau Chung Road is named after the place name. It is the major surface road for traffic between Kowloon City and other areas to the east, onwards through Prince Edward Road West and Prince Edward Road East, and areas in southern Kowloon, through Ma Tau Wai Road. History According to gazette of xin an county, Emperor Bing of the southern Song dynasty (AD 1127 – AD 1279) settled in Ma Tau Chung and the surrounding Song Wong Toi area for a few months. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War between 1941 and 1945, most of the Indian prisoners of war (POWs) captured in Hong Kong were interned at Ma Tau Chung Camp, a POW camp here. The Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Asia Middle School
New Asia Middle School (), abbreviated as NAMS, is an aided secondary school in Hong Kong, founded in 1973 by Ch'ien Mu as a non-profit Chinese secondary school. The school sits on the former campus of New Asia Collegeon Farm Road, Kau Pui Lung, Kowloon, made available when the college became a member of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and moved to Ma Liu Shui in Sha Tin. The spirit of the school is to promote Chinese culture, revive Chinese ethics, and cultivate the ''New Asian qualities'' of students. The school uses Chinese as the main medium of instruction, offering four classes each from Form 1 to Form 6. Scholars Tang Chun-i and Yu Ying-shih, known for their Confucian values and scholarship, were members of the founding board in the 1970s. School administration The founder of the school was Ch'ien Mu. After retirement as university sinologists, Mou Zongsan and Xu Fuguan helped found the school. The school is sponsored by New Asia Educational Cultural Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sha Tin
Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The new town was founded in 1973 under the new towns of Hong Kong, New Towns Development Programme of the Hong Kong government. Its current name was named after the nearby village of Sha Tin Wai. The literal English translation is 'Sand Fields'. History Tai Wai Village, located in Tai Wai, next to Sha Tin, and the oldest and largest Walled villages of Hong Kong, walled village in Sha Tin District, was built in 1574, during the Ming Dynasty. Before British Hong Kong, British rule in Hong Kong, the area of Sha Tin and its vicinity was referred to as Lek Yuen (瀝源, 沥源, lit. "source of trickling" or "source of clear water"). In 1899, when colonial surveyors George P Tate and his assistant William John Newland were dispatched to survey the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Liu Shui
Ma Liu Shui is an area in Sha Tin District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The area faces Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi) and Tolo Harbour. The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Science Park are located in Ma Liu Shui. Name etymology Ma Liu Shui is directly and phonetically translated to English from "馬料水" in Cantonese. It literally means "the water that the horses feed on". It was originally named "馬嫽水", with the same phonetic translation, literally meaning "the water that the horses play in". According to legend of Hakkas, hundreds of years ago when the government of Bao'an County was riding his horse around towns to announce the collection of rice and crops, the horse stopped in the area and went down the hills to drink and play in the lake. It would not leave and looked as if it were at home. The Hakka villagers observed this strange phenomena and cleverly suggested that the horse may have originated from there, therefore the sense of belonging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese University Of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia College, and United College of Hong Kong, United College, it is Hong Kong's second-oldest university, with the first being the University of Hong Kong. Predecessors of the university included St. John's University, Shanghai, St. John's University, Lingnan University (Guangzhou), Lingnan University and Yenching University, alongside 10 other Christian universities in China. The university is organised into List of the constituent colleges of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, nine constituent colleges and eight academic faculty (division), faculties, and remains the only collegiate university in Hong Kong. The university operates in both English and Chinese. Four Nobel laureates are associated with the university, and it is the only tertiary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Asia College
New Asia College is a List of the constituent colleges of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, constituent college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a public university in New Territories, Hong Kong. The College was founded in 1949 by a group of scholars who left mainland China at the time of the Chinese Communist Revolution, 1949 Communist Revolution. It was located on Farm Road in Kowloon until 1963, when it joined two other colleges to form the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Campus The college is located on a mount in the university campus with an excellent view to Tide Cove and Ma On Shan (town), Ma On Shan. A circular road New Asia Circle (新亞坊) encircles the campus with New Asia Road (新亞路) leading to the central of the university, and United Road to United College (Hong Kong), United College, and Cheng Ming Link (誠明徑) to student residences. Facilities include the New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library, the Pavillion of Harmony; New Asia Clock Tower, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Kwa Wan
To Kwa Wan () is a bay and an area of the eastern shore of Kowloon peninsula. The area is part of urban Hong Kong, and is situated between Hok Yuen, Hung Hom, Ma Tau Chung and Ma Tau Kok. Administratively, the area belongs to the Kowloon City District of Kowloon. To Kwa Wan is a mixed residential and commercial area, located to the west of the old Kai Tak Airport. It comprises mostly mid-20th century residential and light industrial architecture of 10 or fewer floors, built to comply with height restrictions for the former Kai Tak Airport. Since the airport closed in 1998, new buildings are taller, often with commercial space on the ground floor, especially along major roads such a Ma Tau Wai Road. Consequently, the area has a much-valued cohesive community spirit. To Kwa Wan station services this area. History The name "To Kwa Wan" literally means "Potato Bay", named for the sweet potatoes formerly grown here by local Hakka people. From the 19th century, a nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Tau Wai Estate
Ma Tau Wai Estate () is a public housing estate in Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the oldest existing public housing estate in Kowloon City District and it consists of five residential blocks completed in 1962 and 1965. Although it was developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority, it is currently managed by Hong Kong Housing Society. Background The location of the estate was partly the location of the Ma Tau Chung Camp during World War II. In 2007, the Housing Authority found that all buildings in the estate were structurally sound. Thus, structural repair and improvement works will be carried out to sustain the buildings for the next 15 years. Reconstruction plan In March 2014, the Hong Kong Housing Authority announced that in order to increase the supply of public housing, it has decided to start planning and reconstruction of 20 housing estates, including Ma Tau Wai Estate, which have been completed for more than 40 years, and will conduct a series of technical studies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Tau Wai Road
Ma Tau Wai Road () is a main road in Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. History Named after Ma Tau Wai, Ma Tau Wai Road The northern section was named after Ma Tau Chung as Ma Tau Chung Road. There is a new Kowloon City Road that connects to Kai Tak Tunnel (formerly known as Airport Tunnel). Features A Pak Tai Temple is located along Ma Tau Wai Road. Pak Tai temples are dedicated to Heidi (god), Pak Tai ( "North Deity" in Cantonese). This one was built in 1929 and is managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The two stretches of Ma Tai Wai Road, formerly interconnected, were separated on 17 October 1965 with the northern stretch connected to Chatham Road North, and the southern stretch to To Kwa Wan Road. Collapse of building at 45 Ma Tau Wai Road (2010) On 29 January 2010, Block J of 45 Ma Tau Wai Road, a rundown five-storey residential building, collapsed with little warning, resulting in the deaths of four people. The event took place at around 1:30pm. Renovation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
