I found this concrete block in Tai Lam Country Park above the Tuen Mun Road and to the west of Yuen Tun CAS Camp. I believe the characters translate as “Danger, if see red flat don’t cross”
A Chinese friend found an old newspaper article saying an old lady remembered the British Navy doing target practice in the area.
Does anybody have more details?
Date picture taken
13 Nov 2022
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It certainly sounds like a…
It certainly sounds like a warning for a firing range, but I haven't heard of one in that area. I looked through the various maps at https://www.hkmaps.hk/viewer.html but didn't see any ranges marked.
Re: Likely warning marker for construction
Hi There,
That is likely marker for construction of one of the highways around. Owing to the geology they usually have to blast the way through.
Back in those days, both Red Flag or someone banging a Gong would be the signal of such a blast in a designated area.
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Red granite carvings
Top two words in Chinese: Danger
Middle four characters: Red flag(s)-bottom two words. In sight(visible)-top two Chinese words.
Cross.-Bottom Chinese word with black blobs above near the shadow of vegetations which might once hold the word-"Don't" but chistled out from the granite carvings?
Is this placed in a stragetic location where one could see the 5 stars red flags of communist China? Or a short cut trail crossing area where there were mining industry...high rises building projects happenings?
Tai Lam firing range, by…
Thanks to Chi Man Kwong
Thanks to Chi Man for finding the attached article from the SCMP. It does look like the block marks the boundary of a firing range.
Does anybody have a map of the range?
Could there be other boundary stones?