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Submitted by H Lo on Mon, 2022-02-14 17:44
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2022

There seems to be nothing inscribed at the front, but at a closer look, it seems that the edges have a different texture from the rest. It might be that a new layer of paint or white wash has been rubbed on the front side.

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Submitted by H Lo on Mon, 2022-02-14 17:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2022

It's just on the top of the slope behind Caltex gas station.

Unknown plaque [????- ]

Submitted by H Lo on Mon, 2022-02-14 17:25

Can't view the other side of it, the back is facing the sidewalk opposite #15A, does it have anything to do with the railway or the ex-RAF property nearby?

 15 何文田山道

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dPbKyBiXSGZ9Kizv6 

It reminds me of the road sign plaque at Sha Lo Tung, Tai Po.

 

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Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Mon, 2021-12-20 21:11
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

Someone has written "silver hill" "golden hill" "golden hill" AGAIN, and possibly "diamond hill" for good measure

Golden Hill Summit Marker Stone [1902- ]

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Mon, 2021-12-20 21:09
Date Place completed: 
1902-01-01

A white marker stone with "1902 - No. 16" engraved on it.

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Kowloon Reservoir Boundary Stones

Chung Ying street 2013

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-12-15 18:06

Boundary stone No. 4 beneath the tree.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2013
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Chung Ying Street
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WSD Stone [????- ]

Submitted by H Lo on Fri, 2021-11-12 00:27

The stone is on the bridge near the pavilion at the road junction.

坪輋路

https://maps.app.goo.gl/tSvFHNWUWaeRAuqk6

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Survey parties for the Sino British Boundary

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-07-16 21:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010

Diorama at the Zhong-Ying Street Historical Museum.

Shows the delimitation of the Sino-British boundary: first marker at Sha Tau Kok.

Compare the photo from the 17th March, 1899.

British officers standing at mainland China border marker in Shau Tau Kok

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-07-15 20:25
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

View the original, larger copy of this image at the UWM website: 

Photo by Harrison Forman

Caption:

Print 1104 c2: Stone marker in the middle of the main street in a village on the border between Red China and British Crown Colony of Hong Kong.

British Police Inspector and Chinese Red Guard (heroic version)

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-07-15 20:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010

Sculpture from the Zhong-Ying Street Historical Museum. Shows almost the same scene as in the photo from 1949, but in a more heroic pose on the Chinese side.

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