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Ching Wah Street
Ching Wah Street is a street in North Point in Hong Kong. The short, primarily residential, street runs from west to east, parallel to King's Road, at a higher elevation, just behind St. Jude's Church. It is the location of Kiangsu and Chekiang Primary School and Eng Yu Evangelistic Mission Hong Kong Church. History During the 1967 riots, a bomb exploded in Ching Wah Street, killing two young children. It was one of 15 bombs that exploded during the disturbances, which lasted from April to December that year. SCMP, 30 October 2016 See also * |
North Point
North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, the area is named after a cape between Tin Hau, Hong Kong, Causeway Bay and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects toward Kowloon Bay. Location North Point is bounded by Oil Street () to the west and by Tin Chiu Street () to the east, by Victoria Harbour to the north and Braemar Hill to the southeast. Tin Hau, Hong Kong, Causeway Bay neighbourhood lies west of North Point, while the Tsat Tsz Mui is east of North Point. History Parts of North Point have been inhabited since before British Hong Kong, the British arrived in the mid-19th century. The Metropole Hotel was built in 1899 and was used until 1906. In 1919, the Hongkong Electric, Hongkong Electric Company started operation of the territory's North Point Power Station, second power station at North Point. In the 1920s, Ming Yuen Amusement Park became a popular entertainmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Road, Hong Kong
King's Road is a major east–west road along the north of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, stretching from Causeway Bay (Tin Hau), where it joins Causeway Road, to Sai Wan Ho, where it joins Shau Kei Wan Road. History Originally part of the Shaukiwan Road, it was renamed in 1935 in honour of the Silver Jubilee of King George V's reign. Features From West to East. In Tin Hau: * No. 1: Park Towers In North Point: * No. 238-240: Fortress Towers and C&MA North Point Church * No. 277-291: Former State Theatre * No. 423: Sunbeam Theatre * ''Note that The boundary between North Point and Quarry Bay is at Man Hong Street / Healthy Street West'' In Quarry Bay: * No. 611: WSD Hong Kong Regional Building * No. 668-702: Healthy Village * No. 740-774: Model Housing Estate * No. 888: North Point Government Primary School * No.979-981: Taikoo Place * No. 986: The Former Quarry Bay School is a Grade III historic building. Currently vacant, it was built in 1924–1926. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Catholic Churches In Hong Kong
This is a complete list of Catholic Churches in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Island * Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, (Mid-Levels) *Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel (Central) *Holy Cross Church (Shau Kei Wan) *Salesian Mass Centre (Chai Wan Road) *Tai Koo Shing Mass Centre (Taikoo Shing) *Our Lady of Lourdes Church (Pok Fu Lam) *Wah Fu Estate Mass Centre (Wah Fu Estate) * Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (Wan Chai) *Our Lady of the Rosary Church (Kennedy Town) *Star of the Sea Church (Chai Wan) *St. Anne's Church (Stanley)stannes.hk*St. Anthony's Church (Pok Fu Lam Road) *Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel (Pok Fu Lam Road) *St. Joseph's Church (Mid-Levels) *St. Jude's Church (North Point) *Quarry Bay Mass Centre (Quarry Bay) *Transfiguration Chapel (North Point) *St. Margaret Mary's Church ( Happy Valley) *Christ the King Chapel (Causeway Bay) *Rosaryhill School Chapel (Stubbs Road) *Wah Yan College Chapel (Queen's Road East) *St. Peter's Church (Aberdeen) Kowloon and New Kowloon * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiangsu And Chekiang Primary School
Kiangsu and Chekiang Primary School (also called as KCPS) is a co-educational primary school in North Point, Hong Kong founded in 1953 by the Kiangsu and Chekiang Residents' Association of Hong Kong.蘇浙小學一班兩個英文科老師 [KCS–two English teachers to each class/nowiki>">CS–two English teachers to each class">蘇浙小學一班兩個英文科老師 [KCS–two English teachers to each class/nowiki> ''Headline Daily'' . Archived frothe originalon 5 January 2012 It was the first school in Hong Kong to teach primarily in Mandarin Chinese, and for many years continued to be the only school to do so. The school has a nursery and kindergarten section, and children are admitted from their second birthday, into the nursery class. History The school project was initiated by the Kiangsu and Chekiang Residents' Association of Hong Kong in 1949. Donations of HK$256,722 were raised to build a school on a plot of land on North Point Road donated by its vice-chairman.">CS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots
The 1967 Hong Kong riots were large-scale anti-government riots that occurred in Hong Kong during British Hong Kong, British colonial rule. Beginning as a minor labour dispute, the demonstrations eventually escalated into protests against the British colonial government. The protests were also partially inspired by riots that had occurred just a few months prior in Portuguese Macau, known as the 12-3 incident, which were ultimately much more successful on the side of the protesters. The use of improvised explosive device, roadside bombs and petrol bombs by protesters prompted the Hong Kong Police Force to raid the demonstrators' strongholds and arrest their leaders. Several demonstrators, as well as a few police officers, were killed in the subsequent violence. As many of the bombs were made in communist-leaning schools, then governor David Trench decided to close those schools and banned communist publications in the colony. The protests occurred in the backdrop of the Cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Streets And Roads In Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of notable expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong. Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. Some of the roads on the Victoria City, Hong Kong#Geography, north side of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon peninsula#Geography, southern Kowloon have a grid-like pattern.https://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/28458/1/FullText.pdf The roads are generally designed to British standards. Expressways generally conform to Motorways in the United Kingdom, British motorway standards. Speed limits on all roads are 50 km/h (30 mph), unless indicated otherwise by road signs. Usually, higher speed limits such as 70 km/h (45 mph) and 80 km/h (50 mph) have been raised to facilitate traffic flow along main roads and trunk roads. On most expressways, speed limits have been raised to 80 km/h and 100 km/h (60 mph) due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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