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The addition of the Botanical Garden, including the Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse, was completed in 1999. In that same year, the number of specimens in the museum collection had grown to 551,705. Satellite museums include the 921 Earthquake Museum (2004), Funghuanguu Bird and Ecology Park (2013), and the Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park (2013).
The botanical garden was opened on 23 July 1999 in a ceremony attended by Education Minister Yang Chao-hsiang, Taichung Mayor Chang Wen-ying and National Museum of Natural Science Director Chow Yien-shing. [1]
Tai Kwun, named after the historical colloquial name of the compound, [3] [6] is a mix of heritage and contemporary architecture, with 16 heritage buildings having been restored. An additional two new buildings were constructed, featuring designs inspired by the site's historic brickwork.
Statue of Kwun Yam (Boddhisattva Avalokiteśvara) Its description in San-on County GazetteerKwun Yam Shan (Chinese: 觀音山) is a mountain located in northern Hong Kong and its peak is in the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, [1] at the border of Tai Po District and Yuen Long District, branching north from the highest mountain in Hong Kong, namely Tai Mo Shan.
Those located in present-day Central and Western are: Sai Ying Pun, Sheung Wan, Tai Ping Shan, Central. The area was essentially a European area until 1860 when Chinese merchants begin buying up European properties around Cochrane , Wellington and Pottinger Streets .
The founder of The Garden Company Limited discussed at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens and came up with the idea of starting a company; therefore, it was named after "Garden" and its Cantonese transliteration "Garden". The park was closed from 1931 to 1933 to allow for the construction of a reservoir under the park.
Braunschweig Botanical Garden, Germany; Victoria amazonica, giant Amazon water lily. The "New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening" (1999) points out that among the various kinds of organizations known as botanical gardens, there are many that are in modern times public gardens with little scientific activity, and it cited a tighter definition published by the World Wildlife ...
On 20 January 1995, the Legislative Council passed an ordinance that established the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Corporation. This opened the door for a new era of flora and fauna conservation, organic agriculture, creative education and a focus on sustainability in Hong Kong. Its mission is to harmonise our relationship with the environment.