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Kadoorie Hill () is an upper class residential area in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong, located south of Kowloon Tong and north of
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. The majority of the development has its ownership under the Kadoorie family; in 2019 the majority of residential properties are residential properties, something
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charasterises as out of the ordinary for an upper class neighbourhood.


History

It was built as a " garden city". It was built by the Hong Kong Engineering & Construction Co., which had been funded by the Kadoorie family as a way to generate money in case the construction business contracted. The company had been established in 1922. The company acquired the first parcels of land that would become Kadoorie Hill in 1930. The purchase had of land. The land survey was done beginning in 1931. Sang Lee & Co. served as the contracting crew and had re-formed mountainous terrain.


Education

Kadoorie Hill is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34. Within school net 34 are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Government Primary School (農圃道官立小學) and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School (馬頭涌官立小學). A secondary school, Diocesan Boys' School (DBS), is in the Kadoorie Hill area. - On the verified YouTube account of the SCMP


See also

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Kadoorie (constituency) Kadoorie () is one of the 25 constituencies in the Kowloon City District of Hong Kong which was created in 1994. The constituency loosely covers Kadoorie Hill Kadoorie Hill () is an upper class residential area in Kowloon City District, Hong ...
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Waterloo Hill Waterloo Road Hill () or Black Rock Hillhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/jiu-long-ban-dao-45021419 ,Cultivated Land in Kowloon, 1864. is a hill near Ho Man Tin in Hong Kong. It is a quiet residential district. It is named from Waterloo Road, which ...
(Black Rock Hill) * Kowloon Hospital


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Further reading

* Kowloon City District Garden suburbs {{Kowloon-stub