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| Traditional Chinese | 馬頭圍 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马头围 | ||||||||||
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Ma Tau Wai (Chinese:馬頭圍, originally碼頭圍,[1] historically古瑾圍) is an area in theKowloon City District,Kowloon, Hong Kong.[2][3] It was originally awalled village (Cantonese:圍;Wai) between present-dayArgyle Street andPrince Edward Road West, east of present-daySt. Teresa's Hospital.[4]
The area of Ma Tau Wai is not as well-defined as the original village, as the geographic features have been lost.TheMa Tau Wai Road inTo Kwa Wan does not pass through Ma Tau Wai proper, although it was originally intended to. Ma Tau Wai is sometimes referred to the area south of Argyle Street and north of To Kwa Wan.[citation needed]
The public housing estateMa Tau Wai Estate is named after the area / the original village.
Hong Kong'sNotre Dame College is in Ma Tau Wai.
New Asia College, one of three founding colleges of theChinese University of Hong Kong, was located near Tin Kwong Road (天光道) and Farm Road. After the college moved toMa Liu Shui,Sha Tin,New Asia Middle School was founded at the former campus.
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| MNew KowloonNKL,2,3,4,5,6,7,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16 |
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Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government ofHong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" ofLands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" ofRating and Valuation Department. M：Narrow meaning of urban areas KL:Kowloon Peninsula at the south ofBoundary Street NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south ofLion Rock 1: Common definition (1) 2: Common definition (2) 3: Common definition (3) 4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right ofindigenous inhabitants 5: Jurisdiction area of formerUrban Council 6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" ofPlanning Department 7: Jurisdiction area ofUrban Renewal Authority 8: Unique operating area ofurban taxis 9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined byHong Kong Housing Authority 10: Definition of Urbanrates 11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 13: Regions having 999-year land lease 14:Geographical Constituency inHong Kong Legislative Council belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 15:Regional Education Office belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 16:Primary One Admission School Net belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon | |||||||||||
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