College Road, Hong Kong

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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 [yue] and Nga Tsin Wai Road [yue] 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 [yue] (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]

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  1. ^ a b c "Kowloon Roads". The China Mail. 1958-02-07. p. 10.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.