Quarry Hill (Hong Kong)

Quarry Hill (Chinese: 採石山) is a hill east of Ho Man Tin near the east coast of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong where present-day Ho Man Tin (South) Estate^[1] is located. Its peak is 106.8 metres (350 ft) high. The area was once zoned as the Shek Shan Resettlement Area (石山徙置區), above Kau Pui Lung Road and near present-day Lok Man Sun Chuen.

Quarry Hill, Hong Kong
採石山
View of Quarry Hill
Highest point
Elevation	106.8 m (350 ft)
Coordinates	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

History

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

• 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

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

Educational institutions in Quarry Hill include:

• Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College
• Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School
• St. Teresa Secondary School
• Y.W.C.A. Hioe Tjo Yoeng College
• Wa Ying College

Public services

• Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre

Community facilities

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

Transport

• Ho Man Tin Bus Terminus
• Ho Man Tin station

References

1. "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). Retrieved 2019-11-25.
2. Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal 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 from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-11-01.