Ma Tau Kok
Ma Tau Kok (Chinese: 馬頭角) is a place north of To Kwa Wan, south-east of modern-day Ma Tau Chung and south-west of the former Kai Tak Airport (now Kai Tak Development) in Hong Kong.[1] It was a cape in Kowloon Bay in Victoria Harbour and opposite to the Sacred Hill and the mouth of Ma Tau Chung.[2][a] Ma Tau Kok is a mixed industrial and residential area.
Ma Tau Kok Road is named after Ma Tau Kok.
History
[edit]At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Ma Tau Kok was 212. The number of males was 145.[4]
Industrial history
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In 1935, a gas work was built at the junction of To Kwa Wan and Ma Tau Kok roads. It was operational until about 1994.[5] Today, Grand Waterfront building stands there.
In 1956, a second gas work was built west of To Kwa Wan Road.[6] Later it switched from coal to naphtha gasification. Today, it is a storage facility with a small gasification plant as a backup.
Cattle Depot Artist Village
[edit]A former cattle depot and slaughterhouse has been turned into the Cattle Depot Artist Village. It contains artist studios and hosts exhibitions and art projects.
Transport
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The Kowloon City Ferry Pier and the Ma Tau Kok Public Pier are in Ma Tau Kok. From here, a regular ferry service (every 30 minutes during the day) operated by Sun Ferry goes to North Point.[7] A bus terminus is located next to the piers.
Ma Tau Kok Road runs in a west-northwest-east-southeast direction, connecting Ma Tau Chung and Ma Tau Kok.[8]
Education
[edit]Ma Tau Kok is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Farm Road Government Primary School and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School.[9]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The river stream (chung in Cantonese) does not exist in modern day.[clarification needed] The name of its namesake area is not used in modern-day maps.[1][3] Ma Tau Chung Road (the original Kowloon City Road[2]) was named after Ma Tau Chung, but it is not the same area as the stream and the historical area.[clarification needed] The stream was eastbound, while the road runs roughly from southwest to northeast.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kowloon City - HungHom" (PDF). e-HongKongGuide 2020. Hong Kong: Lands Department. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ a b 蕭險峰; 岑智明; 劉國偉 (15 April 2016). 九龍城「上帝古廟」原址考證 (PDF). Fieldwork and Documents: South China Research Resource Station Newsletter (in Chinese (Hong Kong)) (83): 13. ISSN 1990-9020.
- ^ 2018香港大地圖 [Complete City Guide of Hong Kong 2018] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Wan Li Book. July 2017. p. 106. ISBN 978-962-14-6420-0.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ma Tau Kok Gas Works (1st location) [1935-c.1994]".
- ^ "Ma Tau Kok Gas Works (2nd & current location) [1956- ]".
- ^ "New World First Ferry Services Limited". Nwff.com.hk. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "獨行賊佯裝乘客 勒頸劫的士司機兼搶車" (in Chinese).
- ^ "POA School Net 34" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
External links
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