Morrison Hill ( or ) is an area and the location of a hill between

Wan Chai Wan Chai (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 灣仔) is located in the western part of Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is bounded by Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal St ...

and Bowrington, on

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island () is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of , . It is the second largest island in Hong Kon ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. Morrison Hill was once a quarry, providing materials for Hong Kong's early reclamation projects.

History

The hill was at the seashore until the

Praya East Reclamation Scheme Praya East Reclamation Scheme () was a large scale land reclamation project in colonial Hong Kong lasting from 1921 to 1931 under Sir Catchick Paul Chater.

in the 1920s, which used its constituent rock/earth to reclaim land from the harbour, extending the shoreline away from the area. This major operation took most of the decade and to carry away the rock and soil, temporary railway tracks were laid, running along Bowrington Canal (present day Canal Road), The hill was named for Protestant missionary and linguist Dr Robert Morrison who travelled through the region as part of the Morrison Education Society.

Features

Today, the centre of the area is occupied by the Morrison Hill Swimming Pool and several secondary schools, within a circular street, Oi Kwan Road (). A main road, Morrison Hill Road (), runs along the east side of the area. The

Queen Elizabeth Stadium The Queen Elizabeth Stadium is an indoor sport facility on the Morrison Hill in Wan Chai, on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. First opened in 1980, it has a 3,500-seat arena, gymnasia, squash and badminton courts, and a multi-purpose hall. ...

and the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital are on its southern fringe. There is also a skatepark near the children's playground to the south-east.

Facilities along Oi Kwan Road

Amenity facilities include: *

* Morrison Hill Swimming Pool Medical establishments include: * Tang Shiu Kin Hospital * Tang Chi Ngong Specialist Clinic * MacLehose Dental Centre Educational institutions include: * Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Morrison Hill) (with the headquarters of Vocation Training Council by its side), * Lady Trench Training Centre * Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School * Sheng Kung Hui Tang Shiu Kin Secondary School Other major facilities include: * The Scout Association of Hong Kong Regional Headquarters * Tang Shiu Kin Social Service Centre * Ammar Mosque and Osman Ramju Sadick Islamic Centre Residential building includes: * Oi Kwan Court

References

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History

Features

Facilities along Oi Kwan Road

See also

References