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moon) by carpenters and varnishers (the latter generally worship his two wives)."
[Note the different date on which worship is carried on in Hong Kong. The above is given without the Chinese characters found in the original.]
The Kwong Yut Tong states that between 1000-1500 persons visit the temple annually on Lo Pan's birthday, drawn mostly from bosses and workers in the construction trades. The God must be considered to be effectual, since deities who perform no miracles soon lose support and patronage.
The hillside adjoining the temple has recently been cleared of squatter huts, and it is hoped to develop it as a public park,
Lady Ho Tung Hall, University of Hong Kong
According to the HKU's Jubilee publication The First Fifty Years (HKU Press, 1962) this women's hall of residence was donated by Sir Robert Hotung a few years after the War, to be named after his deceased wife. The foundation stone was laid on 14th August 1950 and the hall opened on 16 March 1951. It provided accommodation for 85 of the 206 woman students then enrolled, and was in addition to two other halls of residence for women administered by religious bodies.
(2) VISIT TO OLD WANCHAI
FRIDAY, 5 APRIL 1974
Background and Early Development
Wanchai is one of the oldest districts of British Hong Kong. Under the name Ha Wan or 'Lower Bay', it was one of the 5 wan, alternatively 'bay' () or 'circuit' (#), a term used in the 1850's and 1860's to describe the residential and commercial areas largely developed by the new Chinese population of the Island. (See The China Review Vol. 1 (1872) p. 333 for an article "The Districts of Hong Kong and the Name Kwan-Tai-Lo'.)
The area is described as follows in a list of the city districts, with boundaries, given in the Government gazette in 1857:
'Ha Wan, District No. 5.
From Murray Barracks to Observation Point',
Footnote: Those members who visited the Lu Pan temple at Ching Lin Terrace, Kennedy Town, in January may wish to know that there is an article on this subject in Colonel V. R. Burkhardt's Chinese Creeds & Customs, Vol. 2, pp. 117-120. The statement therein that the temple was built in 1928 is misleading: the entrance is dated in 1884-85.
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moon) by carpenters and varnishers (the latter generally worship his two wives)."
[Note the different date on which worship is carried on in Hong Kong. The above is given without the Chinese characters found in the original.]
The Kwong Yut Tong states that between 1000-1500 persons visit the temple annually on Lo Pan's birthday, drawn mostly from bosses and workers in the construction trades. The God must be considered to be effectual, since deities who perform no miracles soon lose support and patronage.
The hillside adjoining the temple has recently been cleared of squatter huts, and it is hoped to develop it as a public park,
Lady Ho Tung Hall, University of Hong Kong
According to the HKU's Jubilee publication The First Fifty Years (HKU Press, 1962) this women's hall of residence was donat- ed by Sir Robert Hotung a few years after the War, to be named after his deceased wife. The foundation stone was laid on 14th August 1950 and the hall opened on 16 March 1951. It provided accommodation for 85 of the 206 woman students then enrolled, and was in addition to two other halls of residence for women administered by religious bodies.
(2) VISIT TO OLD WANCHAI
FRIDAY, 5 APRIL 1974
Background and Early Development
Wanchai is one of the oldest districts of British Hong Kong. Under the name Ha Wan or 'Lower Bay', it was one of the 5 wan, alternatively 'bay' () or 'circuit' ( #), a term used in the 1850's and 1860's to describe the residential and commercial areas largely developed by the new Chinese population of the Island. (See The China Review Vol. 1 (1872) p. 333 for an article "The Districts of Hong Kong and the Name Kwan-Tai-Lo'.)
The area is described as follows in a list of the city districts, with boundaries, given in the Government gazette in 1857:
'Ha Wan, District No. 5.
From Murray Barracks to Observation Point',
Footnote: Those members who visited the Lu Pan temple at Ching Lin Terrace, Kennedy Town, in January may wish to know that there is an article on this subject in Colonel V. R. Burkhardt's Chinese Creeds & Customs, Vol. 2, pp. 117-120. The statement therein that the temple was built in 1928 is misleading: the entrance is dated in 1884-85.
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