Everything tagged: Jao Tsung-I Academy

According to the 2017 report cited below, the masonry boundary wall was built circa 1908 to enclose the Lai Chi Kok quarantine station (now the site of the Jao Tsung-I Academy). Remnants of the wall can still be found near the former Customs Sub-station/Guard house:

"The [Jao Tsung-I] Academy, with High, Middle and Low zones, was once surrounded by a whole granite stone wall. The stone walls one can find in the main and back entrance are those remained [sic]."

"The pier had been used by the Kowloon Customs sub-station (1887 – 1898), Chinese Labourers’ Quarters (1904 – 1906) and Quarantine Station (1908 – 1910s) for boat parking.

Location is described as being on the hillside above the Middle Zone of the Jao Tsung-I Academy. It is shown the 'Century Heritage Trail' leaflet in the first link below.

Sources: https://www.jtia.hk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lord-wilson-leaflet_eng-…;

Used as a Customs Sub-station for only a short period, from September 1895 until April 1899. Subsequently used as a guard house for the Quarantine Station (ca 1910-12), and possibly also for Lai Chi Kok Prison (ca 1921-1937).

Source: "Research Study and Heritage Interpretation of Historic Relics in Jao Tsung-I Academy" (2017), https://www.jtia.hk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/lw_paper_eng_120.pdf (at pp. 22-23)