Kai Tak Airport(IATA:HKG,ICAO:VHHH) was an international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998,it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport,Kai Tak,or simply Kai Tak and Kai Tak International Airport,to distinguish it from its successor,Chek Lap Kok International Airport,built on reclaimed and levelled land around the islands of Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau,30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west.
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium,it reopened as Hong Kong Stadium in March 1994. It has a maximum seating capacity of 40,000,including 18,260 at the main level,3,173 at executive level,18,510 upper-level seats and 57 seats for wheelchair users.
The West Kowloon Cultural District is a large arts development in Hong Kong. Designed and planned by Foster and Partners,the district comprises 40 hectares with 17 venues. Major establishments include Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera,the Freespace Centre for contemporary performance,the M+ Museum,and the Hong Kong Palace Museum. As of 2023,the Lyric Theatre and other commercial structures are under construction. It is managed by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA).
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP) is a listed corporation and one of the largest property developers in Hong Kong. The company's businesses include property sales,property rental,telecommunications,hotel operation,transport and logistics,and others. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust,largely the Kwok brothers.
Kowloon Park is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It has an area of 13.3 hectares and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
Kai Tak Tunnel,formerly known as the Airport Tunnel,is a tunnel in New Kowloon,Hong Kong,which connects the Kowloon Bay and Ma Tau Kok areas by going beneath the former Hong Kong International Airport. It is part of Route 5.
The Sha Tin to Central Link was an expansion project of the MTR public transport network in Hong Kong. It was divided into two sections and expanded the network’s heavy rail lines.
The Hong Kong Sports Institute is a sports institute located in Sha Tin,New Territories,Hong Kong. It is mandated to provide training to athletes,and also offers academic qualification in the field of sports training. The institute sponsors elite athletes and trains them as full-time employees,based on their talent and potential. The campus is located on reclaimed land on the bank of the Shing Mun River,next to the Sha Tin Racecourse.
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is a cruise ship terminal on the former Kai Tak Airport runway in Hong Kong. Its completion date was delayed into 2013 due to re-tendering. Following an international competition,Foster + Partners was chosen to design the cruise terminal. The first ship berthed on 12 June 2013. The terminal has the capacity to berth two large 360-metre (1,180 ft) long vessels,which carry a total of 5,400 passengers and 1,200 crew,as well as anticipating the demands of cruise liners currently on the drawing board.
Kai Tak is an underground MTR rapid transit station located on the Tuen Ma line,in the Kai Tak Development area of Hong Kong. The station was opened on 14 February 2020 as part of the Tuen Ma line's first phase. It will provide access to the multi-purpose Kai Tak Sports Park,currently under construction,as well as other facilities. The station was built as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link (SCL).
Sung Wong Toi is an underground MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong on the Tuen Ma line,located in Ma Tau Chung in Kowloon City District. The station also serves Kowloon City and Ma Tau Wai via a pedestrian tunnel. The station was built as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link (SCL),and opened on 27 June 2021 along with the rest of phase 2 of the Tuen Ma line. The station was constructed by a Samsung–Hsin Chong joint venture.
Wanchai Tower,located at 12 Harbour Road,Wan Chai,Hong Kong,is home to the District Court and government offices. Neighbouring buildings include Immigration Tower,Revenue Tower and Shui On Centre.
The reclamation of land from the ocean has long been used in mountainous Hong Kong to expand the limited supply of usable land with a total of around 60 square kilometres of land created by 1996. The first reclamations can be traced back to the early Western Han dynasty,when beaches were turned into fields for salt production. Major land reclamation projects have been conducted since the mid-19th century.
Kowloon City Plaza is a shopping centre located at Kowloon City,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It was established in 1993,and it underwent a HK$100-million renovation from October 2005 to December 2006. The shopping centre re-opened on 26 January 2007.
The Kai Tak Development,abbreviated as "KTD" and formerly called South East Kowloon Development (東南九龍發展計劃),refers to the redevelopment of the former Kai Tak Airport site in Kai Tak,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
The following is an overview of public housing estates in the Kai Tak development area,Kowloon City District,Hong Kong,including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS),Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS),and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
The Environmentally Friendly Linkage System,abbreviated to EFLS and commonly called the Kai Tak Monorail,was a government-proposed monorail system to be located in the Kai Tak Development area of Hong Kong with 12 stations. The system was expected to be completed in 2023,at a cost of HK$12 billion,and to take up 15 percent of public transport in the Kowloon East Development.
Hong Kong Children's Hospital is the first children hospital in Hong Kong's public healthcare system,located in Kowloon City,Hong Kong. Located at the south apron of the former Kai Tak Airport,the hospital has 468 beds for inpatients and day-patients,providing mainly tertiary services for complex and rare paediatric cases. Funded by the Hong Kong Government,construction of the HK$13 billion hospital began in August 2013. The hospital treats patients with a referral up to 19 years of age.
Kitson Yang Wing-kit is a Hong Kong politician who is the elected Legislative Council member for Kowloon Central.
Culture,Sports and Tourism Bureau (CSTB) is one of the fifteen policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The bureau is responsible for the policy portfolios of culture,sports and tourism. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current Secretary for Culture,Sports and Tourism is Kevin Yeung.
