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Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District. History Section of lists of villages in the book ' (literally ''The History of Xin'an County'') published in twenty fourth year of Jiaqing era (A.D. 1819) did not have any record of Ho Man Tin. The original Ho Man Tin was quite different from today's Ho Man Tin. It was located in the heart of nowaday Mong Kok. With cultivated lands, it was surrounded in the north by Argyle Street, west by Coronation Road (present-day Nathan Road), and east by Quarry Hill, No. 12 Hill and Tai Shek Kwu (present-day Kadoorie Hill). Southeast from its original location is Fo Pang and to the south Mong Kok. Streams from those hills in the east offered water for cultivation, the latter reflected in the area's name last Chinese character, i.e. ''tin'', , which means field. The "Ho" () and "Man" () part of the name are both Chinese surnames; so Ho Man Tin represents the agricultural land owned by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho Man Tin Day View
Ho (or the transliterations He or Heo) may refer to: People Language and ethnicity * Ho people, an ethnic group of India ** Ho language, a tribal language in India * Hani people, or Ho people, an ethnic group in China, Laos and Vietnam * Hiri Motu, ISO 639-1 language code ho *Ho (Armenian) a letter of the Armenian script. Names * Ho (Korean name), a family name, given name, and an element in two-syllable given names * Heo, also romanised as Hŏ, a Korean family name * Hồ (surname), a Vietnamese surname * He (surname), or Ho, the romanised transliteration of several Chinese family names * Hè (surname) , also romanised as Ho, a Chinese surname People with the surname * Cassey Ho (born 1987), American social media fitness entrepreneur * Coco Ho (born 1991), American surfer * Derek Ho (1964—2020), Hawaiian surfer * Don Ho (1930–2007), American musician * Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), Vietnamese political leader * Michael Ho (born 1957), American surfer * Sornsawan Ho (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Housing Estates In Ho Man Tin
The following is an overview of public housing estates in Quarry Hill and No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates. History Overview Cascades Cascades () is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme estate developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in Chung Hau Street, No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located near Chun Man Court, Ho Man Tin Estate, Ho Man Tin Government Offices, Hong Kong Metropolitan University and the Hong Kong Housing Authority Headquarters. It consists of four residential blocks completed in 1999 and offering 712 units. Cascades is located in Oi Man constituency of the Kowloon City District Council. It was formerly represented by Mak Sui-ki, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021. Houses Cascades is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34. Within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education Bureau
The Education Bureau (EDB) is responsible for formulating and implementing education policies in Hong Kong. The bureau is headed by the Secretary for Education and oversees agencies including University Grants Committee and Student Finance Office. History The Education Department ( and before 1983) was responsible for education matters in the territory, with the exception of post-secondary and tertiary education. In 2003, the department was abolished and a new bureau, the Education and Manpower Bureau ( abbreviated EMB) was formed. In July 2007, under newly re-elected Chief Executive Donald Tsang, the manpower portfolio was split away to the new Labour and Welfare Bureau, leaving this body as the Education Bureau. The bureau was formerly housed at the Former French Mission Building. Structure The bureau mainly consists of seven branches, which are responsible for different policies. Each branch is led by a Deputy Secretary for Education. *Further & Higher Education B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Children Secondary School
Scientia Secondary School () is a secondary school in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was formerly called Workers' Children Secondary School () and, before that, Mongkok Workers' Children School (). History Establishment In 1946 the missionary bishop Ronald Hall proposed to various trade unions that they should band together to form a society for the education of workers' children. The "Education Advancement Society for the Children of Workers in Hongkong and Kowloon" was thus formed. The society opened seven schools in 1947, at Mong Kok, Wan Chai, Apliu Street (Sham Shui Po), Hing Man Street (Shau Kei Wan), Sai Wan Ho, Jaffe Road, and Portland Street. The Mongkok school was housed in government premises and had 556 students in April 1947. More schools opened in 1948. These schools were often not in permanent premises but in rented flats. The government was still working to rehabilitate schools ruined during the Japanese occupation of World War II. A few years after opening, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shun Tak Fraternal Association Seaward Woo College
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Pui Ching Middle School (Hong Kong)
Pui Ching Middle School () is a Baptist secondary school in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Founded in 1889, it currently has sister schools in Macau and Guangzhou. Mission Statement The school adopts "至善至正" as its motto. It aims to offer students a holistic education upon Christian principles and Confucianism "止於至善" from Great Learning (大學). ''"Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of the LORD thy God."''—Deuteronomy 12:28 ''"Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he instruct sinners in the way." -- Psalm 25:8 King James Bible'' History The Hong Kong branch was established in 1933 in Ho Man Tin. Initially, only primary school education was offered; a junior high school division using Chinese as medium of instruction was established in 1938, a senior high division was established in 1940. The sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecostal School
Pentecostal School () is an Anglo-Chinese secondary school in Hong Kong at 1973. The schools starting off as a school and then became fully in 1982. The school are a "Love, Faith and Hope" at it. Location Pentecostal School are in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It consisting two building, one halls, one halls, two basketball court and one badminton court. Education Pentecostal School are divided seven, students aged 13 to 18. Forms one to Forms three, students is taught by Chinese, English, Mathematics. Forms four and forms five study (HKCEE The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE, 香港中學會考) was a standardised examination between 1974 and 2011 after most local students' five-year secondary education, conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment ...), student would have another two year of very future study. Junior ''Forms one to three'' Classes A-E. Classes is very arranged in a way which given the students (an entry test or final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kowloon Junior School
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and the rest of the New Territories. The peninsula's area is about . Location Kowloon is located directly north of Hong Kong Island across Victoria Harbour. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait to the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Butterfly Valley and Stonecutter's Island to the west, a mountain range, including Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock to the north, and Victoria Harbour to the south. Also, there are many islands scattered around Kowloon, like CAF island. Administration Kowloon comprises the following districts: *Kowloon City * Kwun Tong *Sham Shui Po *Wong Tai Sin * Yau Tsim Mong Name The name 'Kowloon' () alludes to eight mountains and a Chinese emperor: Kowloon Peak, Tung Shan, Tate's Cairn, Temple Hill, Unicorn Ridge, Lion Rock, Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King George V School, Hong Kong
King George V School (KGV, pronounced "K-G-Five") is a coeducational international secondary independent school of the English Schools Foundation (ESF), located in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. The school has more than 1,900 students and is one of the oldest schools in Hong Kong. Students take IGCSEs/GCSEs followed by the International Baccalaureate Diploma or the British BTEC programme. There is a Learning Enhancement Centre (LEC) for students with learning difficulties. The campus has an area of . The school is one of three ESF secondary schools in Kowloon and the New Territories, the others being Sha Tin College and Renaissance College. History Pre-WWII period KGV is the oldest of all schools in the English Schools Foundation. It first opened in 1894 on Nathan Road, and originally catered for the children of British people living in Kowloon. At the time, the school occupied just one small building. It was destroyed in a typhoon in 1896, and Kowloon College opened in its place i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Open University Of Hong Kong
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Housing Authority
The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the Resettlement Department and the Building Section of the Urban Services Department were merged to form the Housing Department, which acts as the Housing Authority's executive body. History The modern Housing Authority was founded in 1973. In 2005, most Housing Authority-owned shopping centres and car parks were controversially divested to The Link REIT. A citywide scandal erupted in 2015 after heavy metals were found in the water supply of some housing estates, schools, and private residential buildings. The contamination was first identified at Kai Ching Estate, opened in 2013. A task force found that the contamination was caused by solder joints with high lead content. Responsibilities Outside of public housing provision, the authority is also responsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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