page_title: Pat Sin Leng
section_title: 1996 hillfire
hierarchical_section_title: Pat Sin Leng / 1996 hillfire
caption_attribution_description: English: Spring Breeze Pavilion with Hsien Ku Fung summit
context_page_description: Pat Sin Leng is a mountain range in the northeast New Territories of Hong Kong, located within the Pat Sin Leng Country Park. The name Pat Sin Leng literally means "Ridge of the Eight Immortals", who are eight well-known xian in Chinese Mythology. The eight peaks along the Pat Sin Leng mountain range are each named after a different Immortal.
context_section_description: A hill fire broke out on Pat Sin Leng on 10 February 1996, when a group of 49 teachers and students from HKCWC Fung Yiu King Memorial Secondary School were hiking in the mountains. 200 firemen and 4 helicopters were sent to rescue the group.  Two teachers, Chau Chi Chai (周志齊) and Wong Sau Mei (王秀媚) and three students died, with 13 others injured.
  Spring Breeze Pavilion (春風亭) was built on the mountain in memory of the five who died. It was inaugurated by the then-Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, on 12 March 1996.
caption: The Spring Breeze Pavilion in 2019
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