Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of 43,033/km2 (111,450/sq mi) in 2006. It is one of the three regions of Hong Kong,along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories,and is the smallest and most densely populated.
Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon,Hong Kong,situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula,north of Tai Kok Tsui,east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (石硤尾). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui Po District.
Telephone numbers in Hong Kong are mostly eight-digit. Fixed land line numbers start with 2 or 3,mobile (cellular) phone numbers with 5,6,7 or 9,pager numbers with 7 and forwarding service with 8. Since the end of 1989,there have been no area codes within Hong Kong.
Lai Chi Kok is a neighbourhood in Kowloon,Hong Kong,east of Kwai Chung and west of Cheung Sha Wan. Mei Foo Sun Chuen is the largest housing estate in the area and also the largest in Hong Kong with 99 blocks. Administratively,it belongs to Sham Shui Po District.
West Kowloon Corridor is part of Route 5 in Hong Kong. Bypassing existing surface roads in West Kowloon,it connects Lai Chi Kok Road in Cheung Sha Wan with the Gascoigne Road Flyover near Yau Ma Tei.
Lai Chi Kok Road is a road in western Kowloon,Hong Kong. It links Lai Chi Kok to Mong Kok,via Tai Kok Tsui,Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan. It starts from a junction with Nathan Road near Pioneer Centre in the south and ends near Mei Foo Sun Chuen. The road is bidirectional except the section at Lai Chi Kok,between the junction with Butterfly Valley Road and Mei Foo Sun Chuen,where it serves New Territories-bound traffic only. The Kowloon-bound traffic uses Cheung Sha Wan Road,separated by the flyover of Kwai Chung Road. The road once hosted shipyards,fish,meat and vegetable wholesale markets,which were moved closer to the coast after extensive reclamation.
Tonkin Street is a street between Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It runs northeast to southwest and crosses many major roads in the Cheung Sha Wan area. After extensive reclamation in West Kowloon during the 1990s,an extension Tonkin Street West (東京街西) was built.
The Nam Cheong Park is an urban park in the Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon,Hong Kong. The park is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It is located near Nam Cheong station,Nam Cheong Estate,and Tung Chau Street Park. The park is bordered by Sham Mong Road in the east,Hoi Fai Road in the south,Lin Cheung Road to the west,and Yen Chow Street to the north.
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Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier was a ferry pier in Sham Shui Po,Kowloon,Hong Kong that operated from 1919 to 1992. It was one of the important ferry piers in West Kowloon and had a bus terminus nearby.
The following is an overview of Public housing estates in Cheung Sha Wan,Hong Kong,including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS),Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme (GFSHOS),Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS),and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
The following is an overview of public housing estates in Sham Shui Po,Hong Kong,including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS),Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS),and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
Cheung Sha Wan Road is a main thoroughfare in Kowloon,Hong Kong going in a south-north direction from Mong Kok in the south to Lai Chi Kok in the north.
Nam Cheong Street is a street in Shek Kip Mei and Sham Shui Po,Sham Shui Po District,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It begins in the north at Lung Ping Road and Yan Ping Road in Shek Kip Mei and terminates in the south at Tung Chau Street and Boundary Street in Sham Shui Po.
