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| Traditional Chinese | 前九龍英童學校 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 前九龙英童学校 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Initial Kowloon School for British Children | ||||||||||||
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The Kowloon British School was a school established in Hong Kong for the education of the children of expatriates at the turn of the 20th century.
The school was built at 136 Nathan Road,Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,and is the oldest surviving school building constructed for the expatriate community in Hong Kong. In 1900,Mr. Ho Tung (later Sir Robert) donated $15,000 to the Government to set up a school in Kowloon. [1] The building was officially opened by Governor Blake on 19 April 1902.
The school was officially opened as a primary school for some 60 pupils,but it was converted to a secondary school for some 300 students in the mid-1930s. The school remained at this building until 1937,when it relocated to 2 Tin Kwong Road in Ho Man Tin. The school was closed in August 1940 after children were ordered out of Hong Kong as World War II began to impact Hong Kong. The school reopened in the summer of 1946 and was renamed King George V School in 1948.
The building is a typical Victorian structure but was modified to adapt to the local climate by adding wide verandas,high ceilings and pitched roofs.
The Family Welfare Association and Tsim Sha Tsui Kaifong Association used the building after the Second World War. [2] Having been restored,it now houses the Antiquities and Monuments Office.
It became a declared monument of Hong Kong on 19 July 1991.
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of 43,033/km2 (111,450/sq mi) in 2006. It is one of the three regions of Hong Kong,along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories,and is the smallest and most densely populated.
Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong.
Tsim Sha Tsui,often abbreviated as TST,is an urban area in southern Kowloon,Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim Sha Tsui. The area is bounded north by Austin Road and in the east by Hong Chong Road and Cheong Wan Road.
Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places,structures or buildings legally declared to receive the highest level of protection. In Hong Kong,declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board,the approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as the publication of the notice on the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon,Hong Kong,aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors,and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden Mile,a name that is now rarely used. It starts on the southern part of Kowloon at its junction with Salisbury Road,a few metres north of Victoria Harbour,and ends at its intersection with Boundary Street in the north. Portions of the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines run underneath Nathan Road. The total length of Nathan Road is about 3.6 km (2.2 mi).
Salisbury Road is a major road in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
Lei Yue Mun is a short channel in Hong Kong. It lies between Junk Bay and Victoria Harbour,separating Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The channel is an important passage for the city,forming the eastern entrance of Victoria Harbour.
Kowloon station,colliquially Old Tsim Sha Tsui Terminal,located in Tsim Sha Tsui on the present site of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre,was the former southern terminus of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR).
The Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound,completed in 1884,is located in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. From 1884 to 1996,the Compound served as the headquarters for the Marine Police,which moved to Sai Wan Ho in 1996 and became a branch in the Hong Kong Police Force.
Blackhead Point,also known as Tai Pau Mai indigenously,or by the names Tsim Sha Tsui Point and Signal Hill (訊號山),was a cape before any land reclamation took place in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It currently remains a small hill near the coast.
Middle Road is a street in the southern part of Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
East Kowloon line was one of the original five MTR lines proposed in the late 1970s in Hong Kong,which would have connected Sheung Wan with East Kowloon.
The Clock Tower is a landmark in Hong Kong. It is located on the southern shore of Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon. It is the only remnant of the original site of the former Kowloon station on the Kowloon–Canton Railway. Officially named Former Kowloon-Canton Railway Clock Tower,it is usually referred to as the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower (尖沙咀鐘樓) for its location.
Yau Ma Tei Theatre,once the largest theatre in Kowloon,is located at the junction of Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street,in Yau Ma Tei,Hong Kong. It is classified as "Grade II Historic Building" It is the only remaining pre-World War II theatre in Kowloon. It was recently converted into a venue for Cantonese opera. Another historical structure,Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market is adjacent to the theatre,across Reclamation Street.
The Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre is a public cultural center located in the Kowloon Park,Haiphong Road,Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. The Centre occupies the historic Blocks S61 and S62 of the former Whitfield Barracks at the Kowloon Park.
Rosary Church is located at 125 Chatham Road South,Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is the oldest Catholic church in Kowloon. The church is in Gothic style;the original plan was based on a Roman Basilican model. The church,St. Mary's Canossian College and St. Mary's Canossian School in adjacent belongs to same building cluster.
The Hong Kong Observatory is a weather forecast agency of the government of Hong Kong. The Observatory forecasts the weather and issues warnings on weather-related hazards. It also monitors and makes assessments on radiation levels in Hong Kong and provides other meteorological and geophysical services to meet the needs of the public and the shipping,aviation,industrial and engineering sectors.
The Old Kowloon Fire Station is a former fire station in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. Together with the Former Marine Police Headquarters,it is now part of a commercial complex called 1881 Heritage.
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