Morrison Hill

View from East Point in the 1860s, John Thomson.

Oi Kwan Road west, at the entrance to the Morrison Hill Swimming Pool.

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, entrance on Oi Kwan Road.

Masjid Ammar and Osman Ramju Sadick Islam Center.

TSK Victoria Government Secondary School.

Morrison Hill ( Chinese 摩理臣山 , Pinyin Mólǐchén Shān ) is an urban area between Wan Chai and Happy Valley , on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong . Originally the area was a hill.

history

Until the Praya East Reclamation Project was carried out in the 1920s, the hill was on the seashore. The land reclamation project used soil and rocks to gain new building ground in the port and to drive the coastline further into the bay. Over a decade, the ground was cleared and even temporary light railways built that ran along the Bowrington Canal (now Canal Road ). The canal was covered for this purpose.

Quarry on Morrison Hill, ca.1922.

The hill was originally named after the Protestant missionary and linguist Dr. Robert Morrison , who was active in the area through his Morrison Education Society .

Development

Today, the center of the district is taken by the Morrison Hill Swimming Pool , as well as several secondary schools within a ring road, Oi Kwan Road ( Chinese 愛群道 ). A main street, the Morrison Hill Road ( Chinese 摩理臣山道 ), runs along the east side of the quarter. The Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Tang Shiu Kin Hospital are on the southern edge. There is also a skate park by the playground to the southeast.

Buildings

Hospitals :

Educational institutions :

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Morrison Hill) (with the headquarters of Vocation Training Council by its side),
Lady Trench Training Center
Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School
Sheng Kung Hui Tang Shiu Kin Secondary School

Other important institutions :

Individual evidence

↑ 1920s Excavation of Morrison Hill , Gwulo.
↑ Valery Garrett: Elizabeth Sinn (Ed.): Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography . Hong Kong University Press, 2011, p. 329.
^ WH Carey: Oriental Christian Biography, Containing Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Christians Who Have Lived and Died in the East . Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press, 1850, p. 193.

Web links

Commons : Morrison Hill - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

22.27538 114.17969Coordinates: 22 ° 16 ′ 31.4 " N , 114 ° 10 ′ 46.9" E

[1] 1920s Excavation of Morrison Hill , Gwulo.

[2] Valery Garrett: Elizabeth Sinn (Ed.): Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography . Hong Kong University Press, 2011, p. 329.

[Carey-3] WH Carey: Oriental Christian Biography, Containing Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Christians Who Have Lived and Died in the East . Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press, 1850, p. 193.