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Present location of Plaque of Lung Tsun Pavilion [????- ]

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Submitted by H Lo on Sun, 2020-07-12 23:40
Current condition: 
In use

 龍津亭石額現址

The former name can only be seen on the other side, not from the sidewalk. From the sidewalk, one can only see the name of the charity group, which is the namesake of the primary school.

https://kowlooncitywalkingtrail.hk/zh-hant/story/details/%e9%be%8d%e6%b4...

 67 南角道

https://maps.app.goo.gl/XKTDr4VDFDc1WvMc8

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Submitted by David on Mon, 2020-07-13 14:14.

That's interesting to know. Here's a mention of the pavilion and the stone from the AMO document:

At the landward end of the Bridge, there was a substantial two-storey pavilion. It was used to greet Chinese imperial officials. Locals named it as the “Pavilion for Greeting Officials”. Two stone tablets were erected inside the pavilion with inscriptions on them recording the 1873 and 1892 works of the Bridge. The pavilion was demolished during the reclamation of Kai Tak residential development between 1916 and 1920. The entrance stone tablet of the pavilion which reads as “Longjin (龍津)” still remained at headquarter of Lok Sin Tong (樂善堂) in Kowloon City.

Any ideas what happened to the stone after 1920, and how it ended up at the school?

Submitted by H Lo on Fri, 2020-07-17 00:38.

I guess the school got it since the former is run by Lok Sin Tong, ie, the charity group mentioned in the other articles.

Submitted by kevin sun on Sun, 2020-07-26 17:07.

As author of the said CMP for LTSB 11 years ago and posted out from Archaology Unit in March 2011, those sentences or details couldn't be recalled now. The Taikoo communal kitchens(waritme stoves) is the last assignment, and I no longer work for AMO starting from 2 July 2020. Here is the link you may find more information:-

https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/research_01_1b.php

 

Submitted by kevin sun on Sun, 2020-07-26 17:27.

The document prepared by Tim and Chung is informative and inspiring but in Chinese only. Please refer to page 44 -49 ( the part about Kai Tack Bund and Kowloon City Pier in their report-

A Research on Lung Tsun Stone Bridge and its surrounding area (Chinese version only) [8.3 MB]

).