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Encyclopedia > Braemar Hill

Braemar Hill (Traditional Chinese: 寶馬山) is a hill and a luxury residential area at the south of North Point on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... North Point (北角; Min Nan: Pak-kak, Jyutping: bak1 gok3; Cantonese IPA: ) is an area of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. ... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: XiānggÇŽngdÇŽo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory...


The district is largely residential. Choi Sai Woo Park (賽西湖公園) is a recreation park on the hill. A private tertiary institution Hong Kong Shue Yan University along with Chinese International School are erected high on the hill. Besides residential uses, this area has a lot of schools, some of which are quite well-known in Hong Kong. Choi Sai Woo Park (Traditional Chinese: 賽西湖公園) is a park located near the top of Braemar Hill at Braemar Hill Road, Hong Kong, Choi Sai Woo (sometimes referred to simply as Choi Sai), serves as something of a social hub for the neighbourhood. ... Hong Kong Shue Yan University (HKSYU or SYU) (Traditional Chinese: ), formerly Hong Kong Shue Yan College (Traditional Chinese: ), is the first private liberal arts university in Hong Kong. ... The Chinese International School (漢基國際學校, pinyin: HànjÄ« Gúojì Xúexìao) is a private Reception-13 school located in Hong Kong. ...

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Transportation

Image File history File links Circle-question-red. ... Image File history File links Information. ...

Main Roads

  • Braemar Hill Road (寶馬山道)
  • Cloud View Road (雲景道)
  • Comfort Terrance (康福臺)
  • Fortress Hill Road(炮台山道)
  • Hau Yuen Path (校園徑)
  • Po Luen Path (寶聯徑)
  • Pak Fuk Road (百福道)
  • Tin Hau Temple Road(天后廟道)
  • Wai Tsui Crescent (慧翠道)

Cloud View Road (雲景道) is a road on the midlevels of North Point in Hong Kong. ...

Buses

  • 23B to Park Road (circular)
  • 25 to Central Pier (circular)
  • 25A to Wan Chai Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre New Wing (circular)
  • 25C to Wan Chai Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre New Wing (circular)
  • 27 to North Point Pier
  • 41A from North Point Pier to Wah Fu Estate which via Braemar Hill
  • 81A from Hing Wah Estate to Lai Tak Estate which via Braemar Hill
  • 81S from Siu Sai Wan (Harmony Garden)
  • 108 to Kowloon City (Shing Tak Street)
  • 529 to Shau Kei Wan (circular)
  • 529P to Siu Sai Wan Island Resort

See Wan Chai District for the broader administrative district that covers Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, etc. ... Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre New Wing Harbour view of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre New Wing The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (香港會議展覽中心; often abbreviated as HKCEC or 會展) is a convention and exhibition venue in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island, the business hub of Hong... See Wan Chai District for the broader administrative district that covers Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, etc. ... Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre New Wing Harbour view of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre New Wing The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (香港會議展覽中心; often abbreviated as HKCEC or 會展) is a convention and exhibition venue in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island, the business hub of Hong... North Point (北角; Min Nan: Pak-kak, Jyutping: bak1 gok3; Cantonese IPA: ) is an area of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. ... North Point (北角; Min Nan: Pak-kak, Jyutping: bak1 gok3; Cantonese IPA: ) is an area of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. ... Wah Fu Estate (華富邨) is a public housing estate in Waterfall Bay (瀑布灣) and Kellett Bay (雞籠灣), Southern District of Hong Kong. ... Siu Sai Wan (Chinese: 小西灣, Jyutping: siu2 sai1 waan1, pinyin: XiÇŽoxÄ«wān, literally small west bay) is a newly developed residential area in Eastern District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong in the eastern part of Chai Wan. ... Kowloon City (九龍城, Pinyin: Jiu3long2cheng2) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... Shau Kei Wan (Traditional Chinese: 筲箕灣) or Shaukeiwan, Shaukiwan is a town in Eastern District, Hong Kong. ... Siu Sai Wan (Chinese: 小西灣, Jyutping: siu2 sai1 waan1, pinyin: XiÇŽoxÄ«wān, literally small west bay) is a newly developed residential area in Eastern District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong in the eastern part of Chai Wan. ...

Minibuses

Large crowds of shoppers can be seen in Causeway Bay. ... The Tin Hau station platform. ...

Education

As the area is surrounded by many schools, the above bus routes 81A, 81S and 529P are special school routes. Routes 23B, 25, 27, 41A and 529 also provide special routes.


Kindergartens and Nurseries

  • Braemar Hill Nursery
  • Hap Yat Church (North Point Church) Kindergarten
  • North Point St. Peter's Church Kindergarten

Primary Schools

The Chinese International School (漢基國際學校, pinyin: Hànjī Gúojì Xúexìao) is a private Reception-13 school located in Hong Kong. ... Quarry Bay School is an English-using international school in Hong Kong. ...

Secondary Schools

  • Clementi Secondary School
  • Cheung Chuk Shan College
  • Belilios Public School
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospital Lee Ching Dea Memorial School
  • Concordia Lutheran School, North Point
  • Man Kiu Secondary School
  • CCC Kwei Wah Shan Secondary School
  • Kiangsu-Chekiang School
  • Pui Kiu Secondary School
  • St. Joan of Arc Secondary School
  • Chinese International School
  • Hong Kong Japanese School Junior-Secondary Section

Cheung Chuk Shan College (Traditional Chinese: 張祝珊英文中學) is a Hong Kong aided co-educational secondary school founded in 1969 by a group of philanthropists of the Five Districts Business Welfare Association (五邑工商總會). The school is named after Mr. ...

University


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