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St. John';s Cathedral
St. John's Cathedral , officially The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist and located at 4 Garden Road, Central, is an Anglican cathedral in Hong Kong. It is the Diocesan cathedral of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island and the focus of the Province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui . It also houses the seat of the Archbishop of Hong Kong. The Anglican cathedral is one of the five cathedrals in the city. Two others are also Anglican, SKH Eastern Kowloon diocesan cathedral of Holy Trinity, ... View Detail
Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai
The Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai, Hong Kong is one of several temples dedicated to Hung Shing in the territory.Location The temple is located at located at Nos. 129-131 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. Tai Wong Street West and Tai Wong Street East intersect with Queen's Road East across the street from the temple. The two streets derive their name from the temple, as "Tai Wong" is an alternate name for Hung Shing. The temple was originally built next to the shoreline, facing the ... View Detail
Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei
The Tin Hau Temple Complex is a temple in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises several adjacent buildings: a Shing Wong Temple, Shea Tan, a study hall and a Tin Hau Temple. The nearby Temple Street is named after it.Location The Tin Hau Temple Complex is located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. A public square, Yung Shue Tau, is located in front of the complex, and is surrounded by the popular Temple Street night market. The northern side of the complex is bordered by Public Square Street. At ... View Detail
Metaphysics Park round
Tsuen Wan District, one of the most representative places of interest, while Hong Kong';s only dedicated to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism in Total altar. Hospital layout set the length of the three religions, refined elegance, and its main building modeled on the Basilica of the Three Religions Temple of Heaven . Hospitals in the "scripture library" save set of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and classical Chinese and foreign research publications. "Stone & ... View Detail
University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. Its motto is "Sapientia et Virtus" in Latin, meaning "wisdom and virtue", and in Chinese. The medium of instruction in most classes is English.[3]. The school adopts the problem-based learning teaching strategy which aims to train students' problem solving skills. It has a great achievement in Humanities, Legal subjects, Political science, Biological science and Medicine. The HKU has high ... View Detail
Murray House
Murray House is a Victorian-era building in Stanley in Hong Kong. Originally built in the present-day business district of Central in 1846 as officers' quarters of the Murray Barracks, the building was relocated to the south of Hong Kong Island during the 2000s.Architecture The architecture of Murray HouseMurray House was one of the oldest surviving public buildings in Hong Kong. Similar to many of its contemporaries from the early colonial era, it was designed in Classical architecture ... View Detail
Government House
The Government House of Hong Kong is located on Upper Albert Road in Central and faces Victoria Peak. Its floor space amounts to 24,000 square meters (about 6 acres). The house used to be the residence of the Governors of Hong Kong and was a place to receive royalty and VIP guests. Important ceremonies in Hong Kong were held here as well including the annual Honor Awarding Ceremony and the Olympic Games Flag Handover Ceremony. Construction began on the main building of Government House in ... View Detail
First Daibu
Northwest San Tin, New Territories is the land inhabited by the text name, built the village for hundreds of years. The earliest native village in Sichuan, the Department of Migration to the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiangxi, Guangdong, south of their descendants settled in the new fields. San Tin medieval buildings Trinidad and ancestral halls in the Qi Tai Fu Tai Fung Ancestral Hall and by the authorities listed as a historic renovation work to the public free to visit. Country mansion and ... View Detail
Kat Hing Wai
Kat Hing Wai is a famous Punti walled village in Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. It often mistakenly believed to be Hakka, whose people have similar traditions.[citation needed] However the Punti people were from Southern China and the first to settle in Hong Kong. Kat Hing Wai's residents speak the Cantonese dialect Weitou dialect, rather than Hakka.[citation needed] Popularly known as Kam Tin, from the name of the area, it is home to about 400 descendants of the Tang Clan, one of the ... View Detail