Kadoorie Hill

Residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Kadoorie Hill
Chinese加多利山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāduōlì Shān
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggaa1 do1 lei6 saan1

Kadoorie Hill (Chinese: 加多利山) is an upper class residential area in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong,[1] located south of Kowloon Tong and north of Ho Man Tin.[2]

The majority of the development has its ownership under the Kadoorie family; in 2019 the majority of residential properties are residential properties, something Christopher DeWolf charasterises as out of the ordinary for an upper class neighbourhood.[3]

History

It was built as a "garden city".[2] It was built by the Hong Kong Engineering & Construction Co., which had been funded by the Kadoorie family as a way to generate money in case the construction business contracted.[3] The company had been established in 1922.[4] The company acquired the first parcels of land that would become Kadoorie Hill in 1930.[3] The purchase had 30 acres (12 ha) of land.[5] The land survey was done beginning in 1931.[6] Sang Lee & Co. served as the contracting crew and had re-formed mountainous terrain.[7]

Education

Kadoorie Hill is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34.[8] Within school net 34 are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Farm Road [yue] Government Primary School (農圃道官立小學) and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School (馬頭涌官立小學).[9]

A secondary school, Diocesan Boys' School (DBS), is in the Kadoorie Hill area.[10]

See also

  • Kadoorie (constituency)
  • Waterloo Hill (Black Rock Hill)
  • Kowloon Hospital

References

  1. ^ "District Council Constituency Boundaries - Kowloon City" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 2023-01-02. - See area G07, text "Kadoorie Hill"
  2. ^ a b Gaskell, Viola (2020-07-31). "Kadoorie Hill: how a historic enclave became one of Hong Kong's most desirable residential areas". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ^ a b c DeWolf, Christopher (2019-01-02). "How one of Hong Kong's most powerful families built a suburban oasis in the heart of Kowloon". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  4. ^ "First Step in Garden Suburb Scheme: Ceremony of Turning SOD Performed by Colonial Secretary Yesterday". South China Morning Post: 9. 1932-01-21 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. The Hongkong Engineering and Construction Company came into existence just 10 years ago.
  5. ^ "GARDEN CITY: BIG SCHEME NEARING COMPLETION". South China Morning Post: 14. 1934-04-24 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  6. ^ "SURVEY BEGINS: ON CONSTRUCTION CO'S. KOWLOON SITE BIG TASK AHEAD". South China Morning Post: 17. 1931-11-27 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  7. ^ "Rise of Kowloon Garden City: Rapid Progress in the Development Scheme Area Transformed". South China Morning Post: 13. 1933-02-10 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  8. ^ "POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage". Education Bureau. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  9. ^ "POA School Net 34" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  10. ^ "How Kadoorie Hill's Diocesan Boys' School becomes fount of knowledge for Hong Kong talent". South China Morning Post. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2023-01-03. - On the verified YouTube account of the SCMP

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