Quarry Hill (Hong Kong) Explained

Quarry Hill, Hong Kong
Coordinates:	22.3158°N 114.184°W
Map:	Hong Kong
Elevation M:	106.8
Other Name:	採石山

Quarry Hill 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 high. The area was once zoned as the Shek Shan Resettlement Area, above Kau Pui Lung Road and near present-day Lok Man Sun Chuen.

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

• Sheung Shing Street
• Sheung Lok Street
• Sheung Wo Street
• Shing Lok House
• Fat Kwong Street
• Ho Man Tin Estate
• Ho Man Tin (South) Estate
• Ho Man Tin Plaza
• One Homantin (under construction)
• Mantin Heights
• Celestial Heights

Education

Educational institutions in Quarry Hill include:

• Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College
• Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School
• St. Teresa Secondary School
• Y.W.C.A. Hioe Tjo Yoeng College
• Wa Ying College

Public services

• Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre

Community facilities

• T.W.G.Hs. Wong Cho Tong Social Service Building
• SAHK LOHAS Garden
• Sheung Shing Street Park

Transport

• Ho Man Tin Bus Terminus
• Ho Man Tin station

References

1. Web site: 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. zh-hant. 2019-11-25.
2. Hase. Patrick . Patrick Hase. Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36. 83. 1996. 1991-7295.

• Web site: Colony of Hong Kong 1922 (hillSheet 5). Hong Kong Public Libraries - Multimedia Information System. 2008-11-01. London:War Office. 1922. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721093803/http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr&param=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentMap&ctrlid=760103&lang=eng. 2011-07-21. dead.