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Kings Park Rise [????- ]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/20/2008 - 23:24

It's quite difficult to place it accurately now as the whole of the King's Park Rise area has undergone tremendous development, but when it was just the four government blocks known as King's Park Flats, there was a small cave not far below and to the left of the southernmost block. We knew it as candy cave and most of the kids living in the Flats were familiar with it. It always struck me as an odd place to put a tunnel,(and tunnel it was not a cave)but then during the occupation I will assume there were no buildings on the rise.
RICHARD

Japanese tunnels, Tate's Ridge [????- ]

Submitted by David on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 10:11

This tunnel lies on stage 5 of the Maclehose trail, between the three-way Shatin Pass Road /  Jat's Incline / Fei Ngo Shan Rd junction, and Tate's Ridge. Not far from the road I remember seeing a collapsed tunnel entrance, and a noticeboard describing Japanese tunnels.

I'll get photos and a better description of the location next time I'm out hiking that way.

Japanese tunnels, Diocesan Boys School [????- ]

Submitted by David on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 13:10

These tunnels were the center of attention in early 1946 - when they exploded!

The tunnels were dug into the slope on the southern edge of the Diocesan Boys School (DBS) campus, near to Argyle Street. The tunnels would have been well known to the school at the time, as the school staff had been pressed into digging the tunnels by the Japanese. The DBS website notes: