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'''College Road''' ({{zh|t=書院道|s=书院道|first=t, |
'''College Road''' ({{zh|t=書院道|s=书院道|first=t,cy|cy=shyū yún douh}}) is a [[Two-way street|two-way road]] in [[Kowloon Tsai]], [[Hong Kong]], connecting [[Boundary Street]] on the south to {{ill|Sau Chuk Yuen Road|yue|%E7%A7%80%E7%AB%B9%E5%9C%92%E9%81%93}} and {{revlink|618921100|Nga Tsin Wai Road}}{{ill|Nga Tsin Wai Road|lt=|preserve=1|yue|%E8%A1%99%E5%89%8D%E5%9C%8D%E9%81%93}} to the north. It is about {{convert|610|ft}} long<ref name="The China Mail">{{Cite news |date=1958-02-07 |title=Kowloon Roads |url=http://archive.org/details/NPCM19580207 |work=[[The China Mail]] |language=English|page=10}}</ref> and {{convert|15|metres|ft metres|order=out}} wide. It was dedicated on Friday 7 February 1958 by gazette along with Nga Tsin Wai Road,<ref name="The China Mail" /> and was named after [[La Salle College]],<ref name="Lee2021">{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Chi-Kin 李子建 |date=2021 |title=承教•城傳：九龍學校的故事 |trans-title=A City's Educational Heritage: Stories of Kowloon Schools |language=zh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzdCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 |location=Hong Kong |publisher=[[Zhonghua Book Company|Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited]] |page=95 |via=[[Google Books]] |isbn=978-988-875-923-1 |accessdate=2024-05-03 }}</ref> nearby at 18 {{revlink|618921138|La Salle Road}}{{ill|La Salle Road|lt=|preserve=1|yue|%E5%96%87%E6%B2%99%E5%88%A9%E9%81%93}} (NKIL no. 1127), a parallel street about {{convert|550|feet|yd}} to its west.<ref name="The China Mail" /> The ''[[Oriental Daily]]'' said in 2012 that the road has "many famous schools".<ref name="Oriental2012-09-30">{{cite news |date=2012-09-30 |title=書院道匯聚黃金屋 |trans-title=Collection of Golden Houses on College Road |language=zh |url=https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20120930/00204_001.html |newspaper=[[Oriental Daily]] |accessdate=2024-05-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503105637/https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20120930/00204_001.html |archivedate=2024-05-03 }}</ref> |
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College Road (traditional Chinese: 書院道; simplified Chinese: 书院道; Cantonese Yale: shyū yún douh) is a two-way road in Kowloon Tsai, Hong Kong, connecting Boundary Street on the south to Sau Chuk Yuen Road and Nga Tsin Wai Road to the north. It is about 610 feet (190 m) long[1] and 49 feet (15 m) wide. It was dedicated on Friday 7 February 1958 by gazette along with Nga Tsin Wai Road,[1] and was named after La Salle College,[2] nearby at 18 La Salle Road (NKIL no. 1127), a parallel street about 550 feet (180 yd) to its west.[1] The Oriental Daily said in 2012 that the road has "many famous schools".[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Kowloon Roads". The China Mail. 1958-02-07. p. 10.
- ^ Lee, Chi-Kin 李子建 (2021). 承教•城傳：九龍學校的故事 [A City's Educational Heritage: Stories of Kowloon Schools] (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited. p. 95. ISBN 978-988-875-923-1. Retrieved 2024-05-03 – via Google Books.
- ^ "書院道匯聚黃金屋" [Collection of Golden Houses on College Road]. Oriental Daily (in Chinese). 2012-09-30. Archived from the original on 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
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