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122: 1024: 32: 366:. There are other theories as to why the area became known as "Diamond Hill", such as the crystals contained within the rocks mined from the area have a diamond-like luminance, or that the hill resembles the shape of a diamond. 478:
Diamond Hill is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 45. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.
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Contrary to its name, the area does not contain any diamond deposits. There are a number of theories as to why the misnomer came about, but the most accepted version states that the
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Many location shots were taken within the squatter settlement, which came to visually represent poverty in Hong Kong films.
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for many years before urban development took place. Due to that, the English name only became a
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has its Kowloon entrance in Diamond Hill. The shopping centre has an array of shops, such as
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NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south of
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Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government of
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Diamond Hill - Memories of growing up in a Hong Kong squatter village
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name for this area was a simple mistranslation, for in
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