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[td]== History ==[/td]
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[td]The cathedral was established as Holy Trinity Church in 1890 and consecrated as a cathedral in 2010. The church had been rebuilt twice in nearby locations before finally settled down in its current location at 135 [[Ma Tau Chung Road]], [[Kowloon]].{{efn-lg|The diocese refer themselves as located at 139 Ma Tau Chung Road, Kowloon, without mentioning any neighbourhood or [[Districts of Hong Kong|district]], in English,{{refn|name=engaddress|{{cite web|title=Diocesan Office|url=http://dek.hkskh.org/office.aspx?lang=1|accessdate=20 January 2021|publisher=Diocese of Eastern Kowloon|language=en-gb}}}} while the cathedral refer themselves in [[Sinitic languages|Chinese]] as located at 135 Ma Tau Chung Road, ''Kowloon City'', Kowloon, without the word "District" in the address.{{refn|name=chineseaddress|{{cite web|url=http://dek.hkskh.org/holytrinity/contactus.aspx?&lang=2|script-title=zh:่ฏ็ตกๆˆ‘ๅ€‘|trans-title=Contact us|accessdate=6 January 2021|publisher=Holy Trinity Cathedral|language=zh-hk}}}} Secondary sources{{citation needed|date=January 2022|reason=At least two secondary sources needed, if the plural form is used here.}} such as ''Complete City Guide of Hong Kong 2018'', however, list the church as located in the [[Ma Tau Wai]] area.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AQ3DwAAQBAJ|script-title=zh:2018้ฆ™ๆธฏๅคงๅœฐๅœ–|trans-title=Complete City Guide of Hong Kong 2018|publisher=Wan Li Book|page=106|isbn=9789621464200 |language=zh-hk|date=July 2017 }}</ref> Sub-district level areas of Hong Kong usually{{weasel-inline|date=January 2021}} have no legally defined boundaries. [[Kowloon City District]] is the district where [[Kowloon City]], [[Ma Tau Chung]] and [[Ma Tau Wai]] are located, among other areas.|name=address}} The current structure was built in 1937 and designed by Ng Kin-chung, a [[draftsman]] from [[Leigh & Orange|Leigh and Orange]], an architectural firm. The church combines western and [[Chinese architecture|traditional Chinese]] [[architectural style]]s. [[Reinforced concrete]] structures and [[Chinese temple architecture|traditional Chinese decoration]]s can be seen inside the church and on its roof respectively. It has survived some serious damage during the [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong|Japanese occupation]] in the [[Second World War]] between 1941 and 1945.<ref name=".0" />[/td]
[td]The cathedral was established as Holy Trinity Church in 1890 and consecrated as a cathedral in 2010. The church had been rebuilt twice in nearby locations before finally settled down in its current location at 135 [[Ma Tau Chung Road]], [[Kowloon]]. The current structure was built in 1937 and designed by Ng Kin-chung, a [[draftsman]] from [[Leigh & Orange|Leigh and Orange]], an architectural firm. The church combines western and [[Chinese architecture|traditional Chinese]] [[architectural style]]s. [[Reinforced concrete]] structures and [[Chinese temple architecture|traditional Chinese decoration]]s can be seen inside the church and on its roof respectively. It has survived some serious damage during the [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong|Japanese occupation]] in the [[Second World War]] between 1941 and 1945.<ref name=".0" />[/td]
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[td]The Diocesan Office is located in the nearby Holy Trinity Bradbury Centre, on 139 Ma Tau Chung Road.<ref name=engaddress/> Holy Trinity Centre Kindergarten & Day Nursery, an affiliated school of the cathedral, is also located in Holy Trinity Bradbury Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.htckg.edu.hk/tc/index|script-title=zh:่–ไธ‰ไธ€ไธญๅฟƒๅนผ็จšๅœ’ โ— ๅนผๅ…’ๅœ’ {{!}} Holy Trinity Centre Kindergarten & Day Nursery|access-date=7 January 2022|publisher=Holy Trinity Centre Kindergarten & Day Nursery|quote=ๅœฐๅ€:ไน้พ้ฆฌ้ ญๆถŒ้“139่™Ÿ่–ไธ‰ไธ€็™ฝๆ™ฎ็†ไธญๅฟƒ}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The Diocesan Office is located in the nearby Holy Trinity Bradbury Centre, on 139 Ma Tau Chung Road.<ref name=engaddress/> Holy Trinity Centre Kindergarten & Day Nursery, an affiliated school of the cathedral, is also located in Holy Trinity Bradbury Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.htckg.edu.hk/tc/index|script-title=zh:่–ไธ‰ไธ€ไธญๅฟƒๅนผ็จšๅœ’ โ— ๅนผๅ…’ๅœ’ {{!}} Holy Trinity Centre Kindergarten & Day Nursery|access-date=7 January 2022|publisher=Holy Trinity Centre Kindergarten & Day Nursery|quote=ๅœฐๅ€:ไน้พ้ฆฌ้ ญๆถŒ้“139่™Ÿ่–ไธ‰ไธ€็™ฝๆ™ฎ็†ไธญๅฟƒ}}</ref>[/td]

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