Heritage Walk: To Kwa Wan to Kowloon City with Cheng Po Hung (In Cantonese)

Date :
Friday, 17 December 2021
Time :
11:00 – 13:30
Venue :
Meeting at the junction of To Kwa Wan Road and Ma Tau Kok Road, in front of Towngas Ma Tau Kok Plant
Cost :
$250 for member; $300 for non-member; $50 for student with valid student ID card
Limit :
20 (FULL)
Enquiries :
Winnie Tong at [email protected] or 9471-2673
Note :
Please wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water, hat and sun-screen. Optional lunch with the speaker afterward on share-cost basis.

 

Cheng Po Hung, is a renowned HK historian. He had in the past years walked us through various districts on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. This time, he will take us down memory lane from To Kwa Wan, through Kai Tak Airport to Kowloon City, retracing their early history and development.

 Route:
Ma Tau Kok Road (Thirteen Street) > To Kwa Wan Road > Sung Wong Toi Road >Ma Tau Chung Road > Olympic Avenue > Prince Edward Road > Junction Road > Tung Tau Tsuen Road

 Sites on the way:
We will pass by the Cattle Depot Artist Village, the ‘Shan’ of Sun Shan Road and Lok Shan Road, Kowloon Cable factory, the Thirteen street, Sacred Hill, Sung Wong Toi, Sung Street, Tai Street, Ping Street, Wong Tai Street, Tien Chu Ve Tsin Factory, Pak Tai Temple, Tam Kung Temple, Tianyi (Shaw Brothers) Film Company, Song Wong Toi Stone, Olympic flame in 1964, Kai Tak Bund, Kai Tak Airport, Lung Tsun Stone Bridge, Kowloon City, Hau Wang Temple, Filming Studio District, Kowloon walled City etc.

 

土瓜灣及九龍城考查之旅
過去多年來，香港著名歷史學家鄭寶鴻先生已給我們導覽過香港九龍多個區域，今次，鄭先生江將會帶領我們探索土瓜灣及九龍城一帶，與大家一起回顧這個地區的歷史和發展。

 路線：
馬頭角道（十三街）、土瓜灣道、 宋皇臺道、馬頭涌道、世運道、太子道、聯合道、東頭村道。

 途經地點：
牛房、 新山道及落山道的<山>、 九龍蔴纜廠與十三街、聖山及宋皇臺、 宋街、帝街、昺街及皇帝街、天廚味精廠、北帝廟、譚公廟、天一（邵氏）片場、宋皇臺石、奧運聖火（1964年）、啟德濱、啟德機場、龍津石橋，九龍城、侯王廟、片場區、九龍寨城等。