Happy Valley, Hong Kong - Aberdeen Tunnel, Amigo (Restaurant), Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley Racecourse, Happy Valley Station, Henderson Land Dev (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 22. Chapters: Aberdeen Tunnel, Amigo (restaurant), Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley Racecourse, Happy Valley Station, Henderson Land Development, Highcliff, HKFC Soccer Section, Hong Kong Cemetery, Hong Kong Football Club, Hong Kong Football Club Soccer/Rugby Pitch, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple, Leighton Hill, Marymount Secondary School, St. Paul's Secondary School, The Leighton Hill, Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Wong Nai Chung Road. Excerpt: Tung Lin Kok Yuen (Traditional Chinese: ) is a Buddhist nunnery and educational institution located on Shan Kwong Road, Happy Valley in Hong Kong. Founded in 1935 by Lady Clara Ho-Tung, it is home to approximately 30 nuns and 50 lay devotees. It is the only seminary for Buddhist nuns in Hong Kong and provides an 8-year curricular program in Mahayana Buddhism. It contains both a primary day and primary night school, the Po Kok Vocational Middle School, and a separate branch of primary schools in the New Territories. In all institutions a study of Buddhist Sutras is given, but other subjects, depending on the location, include Mathematics, English, Chinese and History. All said institutions are female-only, and the total enrollment is 1,256. A large draw to Tung Lin is its two halls housing memorial tablets for the deceased. Each Remembrance Day, Tung Lin hosts a public service for the souls of the dead there. Similarly, there have been famous courses offered several times a year at the seminary, taught by authorities from the Sangha. These courses last several weeks each session. Both events are sponsored by the Hong Kong Buddhist Association. Exterior of Tung Lin Kok Yuen. In 1931, Lady Clara Cheng Lin Kok (wife of Sir Robert Ho Tung) received a sum of $100,000 from her husband as a gift for their 50th wedding anniversary. During that period, China faced civil war and social disputes, causing many tragedies and chaos in the society. Lady Clara Lin Kok, who was a faithful believer in Buddhism, decided to use the anniversary gift to establish a base for the propagation of Buddha's teaching. Her vision and goals are to promote social harmony and to build a school so as to allow children of poverty to receive education with Buddhism teachings. The location was selected to be in vibrant Happy Valley. The twelve thousand square feet plot of land where now the temple stands, was purchased from the Hong Kong Government by Lady Clara. She had also invited Ven. Aiting (Tr