History Salon: Whose monument? The Kowloon railway terminus and Tsim Sha Tsui clock tower | 歷史沙龍： 誰的古蹟？九廣鐵路總站與尖沙咀鐘樓

  • Yep, R. (Organiser)
  • Yiuwa Chung (Organiser)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion

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【History Salon】 Whose monument? The Kowloon railway terminus and Tsim Sha Tsui clock tower

Date: 18 May 2024
Time: 2:30 – 4:30pm (UKT)
Venue: Research Space (1.H020), Arts Complex, University of Bristol
Language: Cantonese

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The Kowloon railway terminus in Tsim Sha Tsui was demolished in 1978. Today, only two traces of the old station remain in the city: six columns standing at the Urban Council Centenary Garden, and the now ‘Former Kowloon-Canton Railway Clock Tower’, still on the tip of the Kowloon peninsula. Adonis M. Y. Li explores attempts to preserve the station, in which a nascent civil society searched for help from local government, London officials, and even the Queen. He explores how Hong Kong people and officials in both London and Hong Kong thought about the relationship between place and people.

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Adonis M. Y. Li, Lecturer in East Asian History, University of Lincoln.

His research interests include Hong Kong history, urban history, and the history of Sino-British relations. His research has appeared in The International History Review and Urban History. His doctoral research, conducted at the University of Hong Kong, explored the history of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.
Period18 May 2024
Held atDepartment of History (Historical Studies)

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