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2. the tunnels and execution ground used by the Japanese military authorities during the Occupation 1941-1945.
3. the small exhibition of photographs to be shown in the staff room. (from the School and from the Anglican Bishop's House in Hong Kong)
4. the very long history of this multi-racial major educational institution of Hong Kong.
La Salle
1. the excellent all-round vistas formerly enjoyed from the school site before the extensive redevelopment of the past 15 years. They included a view straight down the Lye-mun passage and the main runway at Kai Tak.
2. the high quality of the Chapel and its fittings, particularly the furniture.
3. the excellent record of the Salesian Brothers in local educational work since 1875.
For Both
1. The buildings were designed as schools, and by the same firm of architects (Messrs Little, Adams and Wood, Hong Kong).
2. the faith and vision of the founders who placed the schools in their present locations in the 1920s at a time when (as Carl Smith's note shows) this part of Kowloon was wholly rural and undeveloped.
Diocesan Boys' School, La Salle College and their Neighbourhood - Carl T. Smith
The Diocesan Boys' School (D.B.S.) is situated south of Boundary Street and west of Waterloo Road. La Salle College is north of Boundary Street and east of Waterloo Road. Thus, D.B.S. is in Old Kowloon and La Salle College in New Kowloon. Both schools are built on hills. The D.B.S. site was behind the old Mongkok village. The La Salle site adjoined the paddy fields of Kowloon Tsai Village which was situated to the north-east of the present College. Somewhat more distant to the two schools was the Chinese village of Kowloon Tong facing south-west at the foot of the hills upon which the present Yau Yat Tsuen is located. The site of the village is now the Police Recreation Ground on Boundary Street.
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2. the tunnels and execution ground used by the Japanese
military authorities during the Occupation 1941-1945.
3. the small exhibition of photographs to be shown in the staff room. (from the School and from the Anglican Bishop's House in Hong Kong)
4. the very long history of this multi-racial major educational
institution of Hong Kong.
La Salle
1. the excellent all-round vistas formerly enjoyed from the school site before the extensive redevelopment of the past 15 years. They included a view straight down the Lye-mun passage and the main runway at Kai Tak.
2. the high quality of the Chapel and its fittings, particularly
the furniture.
3. the excellent record of the Salesian Brothers in local educa-
tional work since 1875.
For Both
1. The buildings were designed as schools, and by the same firm of architects (Messrs Little, Adams and Wood, Hong Kong). 2. the faith and vision of the founders who placed the schools in their present locations in the 1920s at a time when (as Carl Smith's note shows) this part of Kowloon was wholly rural and undeveloped.
Diocesan Boys' School, La Salle College and their Neighbourhood
- Carl T. Smith
The Diocesan Boys' School (D.B.S.) is situated south of Boun- dary Street and west of Waterloo Road. La Salle College is north of Boundary Street and east of Waterloo Road. Thus, D.B.S. is in Old Kowloon and La Salle College in New Kowloon. Both schools are built on hills. The D.B.S. site was behind the old Mongkok village. The La Salle site adjoined the paddy fields of Kowloon Tsai Village which was situated to the north-east of the present College. Somewhat more distant to the two schools was the Chinese village of Kowloon Tong facing south-west at the foot of the hills upon which the present Yau Yat Tsuen is located. The site of the village is now the Police Recreation Ground on Boundary Street.
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