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Austin Road (柯士甸道) is a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It starts at Canton Road in the west, crosses Nathan Road at roughly its halfway point, and ends at Chatham Road South in the east, dividing Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei. Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (ä¹é¾; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: JiÇ”lÃ³ng; lit. ... Canton Road at dark, Tsim Sha Tsui. ... Nathan Road, near corner with Jordan Road, in Yau Ma Tei, at night. ... Chatham Road (æ¼†å’¸é“) is a road in Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... The Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui is a famous landmark of Hong Kong. ... Yau Ma Tei, also Yaumatei, Yau Ma Ti or Yaumati (Chinese: æ²¹éº»åœ°; pinyin: ), is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong district, in the south of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong. ...

The Hong Kong Scout Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station and the north entrance to Kowloon Park are located along the section of the road between Canton Road and Nathan Road, while the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, the south entrance to the Gun Club Hill Barracks and St. Mary's Canossian College are found along the section between Nathan Road and Chatham Road. The Kowloon Park (Chinese: ä¹é¾å…¬åœ’, pinyin: Jiu Long Gong Yuan) is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. ... Kowloon Bowling Green Club (ä¹é¾è‰åœ°æ»¾çƒæœƒ) is a bowling green for playing bowls in southern Kings Park, Kowloon. ... Gun Club Hill Barracks (æ§æœƒå±±å…µæˆ¿ or æ§æœƒå±±è»ç‡Ÿ) are barracks in Kings Park, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... St. ...

It was named after John Cardiner Austin, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1868 to 1879. 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Austin Road West

Austin Road West (柯士甸道西) is a road extended from the west of Austin Road from Canton Road over the West Kowloon reclamation. Opened in 1998, the section between Lin Cheung Road and Canton Road was finished several years later.

Categories: Hong Kong road stubs | Roads in Hong Kong | Yau Ma Tei | Kwun Chung

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Austin Cars (713 words)
	Austin was in severe difficulties by 1921 and the situation was not helped by the introduction of the Horsepower Tax in that year.
	Austin was so keen to continue with the small car that he threatened to sell the concept to the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company, where he was still chairman.
	In 1952 an agreement was reached with Metropolitan and the American styled Austin Metropolitan (sometimes known as a Nash or a Rambler) was produced using the A40 engine and A30 suspension in either an open or closed body shell.

Austin Bridge & Road, Inc., and its successors, Docket No. 02-0983 (3714 words)
	Johnson testified that Austin’s lift plans for the January 16, 2002 lift anticipated the use of the Manitowoc’s 110 foot boom with a 21 ½ foot radius, i.e.
	Austin’s witnesses agreed that when it was available, it was preferable to use the actual rather than the engineered weight of a beam in designing a lift plan.
	Thus, it is concluded that Pettit, and through Pettit, Austin, was on notice that it was likely that the crane’s load was too heavy to be lifted as the crane was configured.

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