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Quarry Hill (Hong Kong)

Coordinates:22°18′57″N114°11′03″E / 22.315775°N 114.184042°E /22.315775; 114.184042

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Quarry Hill, Hong Kong
採石山
View of Quarry Hill
Highest point
Elevation	106.8 m (350 ft)
Coordinates	22°18′57″N114°11′03″E / 22.315775°N 114.184042°E /22.315775; 114.184042
Geography
Quarry Hill, Hong Kong Location of Quarry Hill in Hong Kong^{[clarification needed]}
Location	Hong Kong

Quarry Hill (Chinese:採石山) is ahill east ofHo Man Tin near the east coast of theKowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong where present-dayHo Man Tin (South) Estate^[1] is located. Its peak is 106.8 metres (350 ft) high. The area was once zoned as theShek Shan Resettlement Area (石山徙置區), aboveKau Pui Lung Road and near present-dayLok Man Sun Chuen.

History

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At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Shan was 277. The number of males was 178.^[2]

Streets and places in Quarry Hill

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Sheung Shing Street
Sheung Lok Street
Sheung Wo Street
Shing Lok House
Fat Kwong Street
Ho Man Tin Estate
Ho Man Tin (South) Estate
Ho Man Tin Plaza
One Homantin (under construction)
Mantin Heights
Celestial Heights

Education

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Campus view ofSt. Teresa Secondary School, the only girl school in Quarry Hill

Educational institutions in Quarry Hill include:

Public services

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Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre

Community facilities

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T.W.G.Hs. Wong Cho Tong Social Service Building
SAHK LOHAS Garden
Sheung Shing Street Park

Transport

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References

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^"何文田站非「從前」何文田 80後考證原名老龍坑 - 20161022 - HOT PICK".明報OL網 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved2019-11-25.
^Hase, Patrick (1996)."Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses"(PDF).Journal of theRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch.36: 83.ISSN 1991-7295.

"Colony of Hong Kong 1922 (hillSheet 5)".Hong Kong Public Libraries - Multimedia Information System. London:War Office. 1922. Archived fromthe original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved2008-11-01.

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Kowloon City district

Part of

Kowloon (areas to the south of the Boundary Street)
New Kowloon (areas to the north of the Boundary Street)

Areas

Landmarks

Transport

Former airport	Kai Tak Airport
Water	Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Hung Hom Ferry Pier
Major roads	Argyle Street (part) Boundary Street (part) Chatham Road North Cornwall Street (part) Hunghom Bypass (part) Junction Road Kowloon City Road Ma Hang Chung Road Ma Tau Chung Road Ma Tau Kok Road Ma Tau Wai Road Mok Cheong Street Prince Edward Road West (part) Princess Margaret Road To Kwa Wan Road Waterloo Road (part) Wuhu Street
MTR stations	Ho Man Tin Hung Hom Kai Tak Kowloon Tong (part) Sung Wong Toi To Kwa Wan Whampoa