Sai Tso Wan is an area near
Kwun Tong
Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon ...
in
Kowloon
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 t ...
,
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 Delt ...
.
History
At the end of the 18th century,
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...
settled into the
Cha Kwo Ling area, and quarrying became their main occupation. By that time, the villages of
Cha Kwo Ling,
Ngau Tau Kok, Sai Tso Wan and
Lei Yue Mun were collectively called ''
Sze Shan'' (, "Four Hills").
[ Civil Engineering and Development Department]
"Further Development of Tseung Kwan O. Feasibility Study. Environmental Impact Assessment. Chapter 13"
July 2005
See also
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Four hills of Kowloon
The Four Hills of Kowloon () are four hills that were historically the site of granite quarries in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
History
At the end of the 18th century, Hakka settled into the Cha Kwo Ling area, and quarrying beca ...
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Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground
Sai Tso Wan Recreation Ground () is a multi-purpose playground in Sai Tso Wan, Kwun Tong District, in eastern Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the first permanent recreational facility built on a landfill in the city.
History
From 1978 to 1981, the k ...
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Laguna City
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Sceneway Garden
Sceneway Garden () is a private housing estate in Lam Tin, Hong Kong, built by Cheung Kong Holdings, and completed in 1992. Sceneway Garden is one of the few dog-friendly and pet-friendly private housing estates in Hong Kong, with a large open ...
References
Kwun Tong District
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