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Kings of Three Mountains and RAF Kai Tak Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/28/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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In this neighbourhood, there are historic buildings of different origins.

1. Temple of Kings of Three Mountains (三山國王廟)
The Temple of Kings of Three Mountains was one of the Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong. It was said that it has a history of over 200 years and the "Kings of Three Mountains" were brothers and each of them performed miracles to help the Emperor. As a result, lots of temples were built to worship them.

(Photo credits: Baycrest (CC-BY-SA-2.5))

(Reference: Wikipedia) (Chinese Only)

2. Royal Air Force Kai Tak (前皇家空軍基地)
There was once a Royal Air Force station in Kai Tak for seaplanes. It was opened in 1927. The buildings are now redeveloped.

  • The Former headquarters building was first converted to Vietnamese Refugee Camp (越南難民營). Now it becomes the Caritas Family Crisis Support Centre (明愛向晴軒).

    (Photo credits: Wikipedia user Citobun (CC-BY-SA-3.0))
  • The RAF Officers' Mess and Annex Block (前皇家空軍基地職員宿舍連食堂) had once been used as the Detective Training School of the Hong Kong Police Force (刑事偵緝學校). Now it is used as the Acadmey of Visual Arts of the Hong Kong Baptist University (香港浸會大學視覺藝術學院). It received an Honourable Mention at the 2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards (聯合國教科文組織亞太區文物古蹟保護獎榮譽獎).

    (Photo credits: Tksteven)
  • The Gary Block (克拉克樓) was once used as a school for the Vietnamese refugees and is now converted to New Horizons Building (新秀大廈) for courses held by the Christian Action (基督教勵行會) and the Employees Retraining Board(僱員再培訓局).

    (Photo credits: Tksteven)

(Reference:Wikipedia)

If you have time, feel free to make a visit to the temple and the campus of the Baptist University!

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Decryption Key

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