Ma Tau Chung ( Chinese : 馬頭涌 or 碼頭涌 ) is an area in Kowloon , Hong Kong, west of Ma Tau Kok and east of Ma Tau Wai . It was named after a creek (hence [涌] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |label= ( help ) , Chung , in the name) which originated in Quarry Hill emptying into Kowloon Bay . The village of Ma Tau Chung stood on its banks near the river mouth near the Sacred Hill .
20-575: Sung Wong Toi is an important historic relic in Ma Tau Chung , Kowloon , Hong Kong . While its remaining portion is now located in the Sung Wong Toi Garden ( 宋皇臺花園 ) at the junction of Ma Tau Chung Road and Sung Wong Toi Road , it was originally a 45-metre-tall boulder standing on the top of Sacred Hill ( 聖山 ) in Ma Tau Chung above Kowloon Bay . The name Sung Wong Toi literally means " Song king terrace", or "Terrace of
40-402: A road connecting this to Kowloon City . In April 1922, Prince Edward (later Edward VIII ) came to Hong Kong and visited the construction of this road. Due to this visit, the government named this road Prince Edward Road. In the 1930s, Prince Edward Road was extended to the area of Ngau Chi Wan. During Japanese occupation , the road was renamed as Kashima-dori ( 鹿島通り ). Prince Edward Road West
60-477: Is Sung Wong Toi Road, Kowloon City, but secondary sources used Sung Wong Toi Road, Ma Tau Chung. Chun Seen Mei Chuen , once credited as located in Ma Tau Chung, the current official address is Fu Ning Street, Kowloon City. Argyle Street Playground, corner Argyle Street and Ma Tau Chung Road, was also credited as located in Ma Tau Chung in 1958, but known as inside Kowloon City in recent years. Most of
80-776: Is a road between Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong and Kowloon City. This road was originally named Edward Avenue ( 宜華徑 ) before 1924. It was later renamed Prince Edward Road ( 英皇子道 ) in 1924, and in 1958 the Chinese name was changed from what was literally "British Royal Prince Road" to a new name ( 太子道 ) that is literally "Crown Prince Road" . In 1979, it became the Prince Edward Road West. Prince Edward Road West starts from Kowloon City where it succeeds Prince Edward Road East. It runs across Kowloon City and Prince Edward, and ends at Tai Kok Tsui at an intersection with Tong Mi Road and West Kowloon Corridor . It
100-553: Is worth noting that the section of Prince Edward Road West from Olympic Garden to Nathan Road runs unidirectionally from east to west. Boundary Street serves as its complement by providing a nearby route which runs from west to east. Prince Edward Road East is a road between Kowloon City and San Po Kong. It was originally the Sai Kung Road and later part of the Clear Water Bay Road . It later became part of
120-794: The Song dynasty were fleeing south when the Song Empire was gradually being conquered by the Yuan dynasty in the late 13th century, they took refuge at the Sacred Hill along the seashore. Zhao Shi died of illness in Hong Kong, while Zhao Bing died when the Song loyalist Lu Xiufu put him on his shoulders and jumped off a cliff following the defeat of Song by the Yuan at the naval Battle of Yamen . After
140-484: The Chinese name of the stone, "Sung Wong Toi". After World War II , this portion of the stone was shaped into a rectangular block and moved to the Sung Wong Toi Garden, a small park especially constructed for it. This park is located in the present-day Kowloon City District , at the junction of Sung Wong Toi Road and Ma Tau Chung Road, which is close to the stone's original site. The construction work of
160-772: The Indian prisoners of war (POWs) captured in Hong Kong were interned at a POW camp here . The Japanese 'encouraged' these men to join the Indian National Army of the Indian Independence League , but met with little success. While hundreds of these POWs were not considered a threat by the Japanese, and were used as 'guards' at Gun Club Hill Barracks and other areas, 500–600 Indian soldiers considered anti-Japanese were held at Ma Tau Chung in very unpleasant circumstances. There were many deaths, and
180-717: The Prince Edward Road. In 1979, it became the Prince Edward Road East. The modern Prince Edward Road East starts from Choi Hung Interchange , where it meets Clear Water Bay Road to the northeast and Kwun Tong Road to the southeast. Then it goes west along the boundary between San Po Kong and the retired Kai Tak Airport , and finally ends at Olympic Garden in Kowloon City, where it branches into three roads, Ma Tau Chung Road , Argyle Street and Prince Edward Road West. Prince Edward Road East
200-473: The Song dynasty was overthrown by the Yuan dynasty in 1279, local residents inscribed the words "Sung Wong Toi" on this large rock that was on the Sacred Hill at that time. Note that the Chinese character for " king " ( 王 ) is carved in the stone instead of the conventional " emperor " ( 皇 ). Both characters are pronounced as "Wong" in Cantonese . This may have been done by the locals to avoid angering
220-405: The Yuan emperors. The colonial government in 1959 recognized the nature of this intentional word choice, preferred using the character for "emperor" ( 皇 ) to name the surrounding locations associated with Sung Wong Toi, namely the park built for settling the trimmed monolith, the nearby road and the metro station. In 1807, seven smaller characters were added on the right side of the stone to record
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#1732775462719240-975: The area include Tam Kung Road . Sung Wong Toi Road , Ma Tau Kok Road and Mok Cheong Street (Chinese: 木廠街) connects the area with Ma Tau Kok . Sung Wong Toi station on Tuen Ma line of the MTR serves the area and will be connected through pedestrian subways to Kau Pui Shek (珓杯石), as well as nearby Kowloon City across the Boundary Street in New Kowloon . 22°19′29″N 114°11′21″E / 22.3248°N 114.1893°E / 22.3248; 114.1893 Prince Edward Road West Prince Edward Road East and Prince Edward Road West are roads in Kowloon , Hong Kong , going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui , Mong Kok , Kowloon Tong , Kowloon City and San Po Kong (outside
260-731: The area is covered by the western end of the Sung Wong Toi constituency in the Kowloon City District Council . This constituency was previously named Kai Tak until 2015. The seat has been held by Yeung Chun Yu since 2012, who was first elected as an ADPL candidate but now sits as an independent. The rest of the area are represented by the Ma Tau Wai and the Ma Hang Chung constituencies. Apart from Ma Tau Chung Road , other major roads and streets in
280-549: The east, onwards through Prince Edward Road West and Prince Edward Road East , and areas in southern Kowloon, through Ma Tau Wai Road . According to gazette of xin an county, Emperor Bing of the southern Song dynasty (AD 1127 – AD 1279) settled in Ma Tau Chung and the surrounding Song Wong Toi area for a few months. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War between 1941 and 1945, most of
300-610: The kings of the Song dynasty ". The stone is believed to have been a memorial to the last two boy emperors of the Southern Song dynasty , Zhao Shi and Zhao Bing , who temporarily lived in Hong Kong from 1277 to 1279. In historical maps and documents, Sung Wong Toi is also known as Hill of the King of the Sung and Song Wong Toi in some occasions. According to historical records, when the child emperors Zhao Shi and Zhao Bing of
320-645: The men were buried just outside the camp near the vegetable gardens of the Argyle Street Camp immediately on the other side of Argyle Street . Where Chun Seen Mei Chuen now stands was the Ma Tau Chung Cottage Area , which existed since 1938 and taken over and expanded by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 1955, until demolition in 1962 to make way for the construction of Chun Seen Mei Chuen. Ma Tau Chung
340-427: The park was completed in the winter of 1945. The park was planned be relocated to nearby Kai Tak Development as Sung Wong Toi Park. 22°19′30″N 114°11′22″E / 22.325116°N 114.189418°E / 22.325116; 114.189418 Ma Tau Chung Ma Tau Chung Road is named after the historical place name. It is the major surface road for traffic between Kowloon City and other areas to
360-532: The renovation work during the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor . During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941–1945, the boulder was dislodged from its place when the Sacred Hill was levelled for an extension of the Kai Tak Airport . A portion of the rock inscribed with Chinese characters survived the blasting operation. That part of the boulder, about one-third of its original size, displays
380-541: The retired Kai Tak Airport ). The roads were named after Prince Edward in 1922, later Edward VIII (later The Duke of Windsor), after his visit to Hong Kong. Prince Edward station and the Prince Edward area in Hong Kong are both named after Prince Edward Road, rather than Prince Edward himself. In the beginning of the 1920s, the Hong Kong government was developing the Mong Kok district and decided to build
400-483: Was a creek. It was converted to an underground drainage. There was a village and land area that named after the stream. In modern-day the place name is not commonly used, or replaced with Ma Tau Wai, Ma Tau Kok or Kowloon City, the names of nearby neighbourhoods. For example, most news articles describe Sung Wong Toi Garden as located in Kowloon City, while Ta Kung Pao once used Ma Tau Chung, Kowloon City district. The official address of Hong Kong Aviation Club
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