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Now described as "Pau Toi San" in both English and Chinese in government correspondence and plans, literally Battery Hill, probably to get rid of the stigma with the expression "Devil" and to indicate the presence of defence structures on the hill. We use the old place name here in this paper for easy cross-reference to archive materials.
2 The English version of the film was presented to HKBRAS at City Hall on 24 January 2003.
'Only three of the loopholes have survived.
* See Kwun Tong District Board (1999) and Kwun Tong District Office (2002).
See Lands Department aerial photographs No. 1940 (1972); 6660 (1973); 10113 (1974); 12581 (1979); 19317 (1977); 23912 (1978); 32269 (1980). 'CO129/305.
*Our estimation is based on the number of loopholes (one hundred), machine gun emplacements (three with 11 loopholes) and the number of shelters (five) shelters therein, not to mention the pillboxes to its east and south (the 196m site). Ko (2000, p.16) reported that the British Army in 1949 and 1950 blew up pre-war pillboxes and bunkers in Kowloon and the New Territories (presumably other than those in retained military lands) to prevent them from falling into hands of those committed to sabotaging Hong Kong. From aerial photos taken in 1949, we could see the outcome of such exercises. The typical outcome is that the building structure thus affected has become devoid of its roof but the vertical walls remained almost intact.
See provisional Kwun Tong District Board (1998), which documents the history of the pennant stands. Erected on government land by private individuals, these stands are unauthorised building works under the Buildings Ordinance.
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Now described as "Pau Toi San" in both English and Chinese in government correspondence and plans, literally Battery Hill, probably to get rid of the stigma with the expression "Devil" and to indicate the presence of defence structures on the hill. We use the old place name here in this paper for easy cross-reference to archive materials.
2 The English version of the film was presented to HKBRAS at City Hall on 24
January 2003.
'Only three of the loopholes have survived.
* See Kwun Tong District Board (1999) and Kwun Tong District Office (2002).
See Lands Department aerial photographs No. 1940 (1972); 6660 (1973); 10113 (1974); 12581 (1979); 19317 (1977); 23912 (1978; 32269 (1980). 'CO 129/305.
*Our estimation is based on the number of loopholes (one hundred), machine
gun emplacements (three with 11 loopholes) and the number of shelters (five) shel- ters therein, not to mention the pillboxes to its east and south (the 196m site). Ko (2000, p.16) reported that the British Army in 1949 and 1950 blew up pre-war pillboxes and bunkers in Kowloon and the New Territories (presumably other than those in retained military lands) to prevent them from falling into hands of those committed to sabotaging Hong Kong. From aerial photos taken in 1949, we could see the outcome of such exercises. The typical outcome is that the building structure thus affected has become devoid of its roof but the vertical walls remained almost intact.
See provisional Kwun Tong District Board (1998), which documents the history of the pennant stands. Erected on government land by private individuals, these stands are unauthorised building works under the Buildings Ordinance.
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