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Kowloon Bay | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 九龍灣 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 九龙湾 | ||||||||||||
Jyutping | Gau2 lung4 waan1 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Gáu lùhng wāan | ||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Jiǔlóng Wān | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | bay of the 9 dragons | ||||||||||||
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Kowloon Bay is a bay within Victoria Harbour and an neighbourhood within Kowloon,Hong Kong.
The bay is located at the east of the Kowloon Peninsula and north of Hong Kong Island. It is the eastern portion of Victoria Harbour,between Hung Hom and Lei Yue Mun. The bay was divided into half when the 13/31 runway of the former Kai Tak International Airport was constructed in the middle of the bay in the mid-1950s.
The reclamation of north-eastern Kowloon Bay near Ngau Tau Kok is also named Kowloon Bay. It was formerly known as Ngau Tau Kok Industrial Area. After the construction of MTR Kowloon Bay station,the area is referred to as Kowloon Bay. The area near the MTR station is residential while the area near the shore is industrial. The area is traditionally an extension of Ngau Tau Kok,and thus facilities such as Ngau Tau Kok Police Station are located there.
Administratively,the reclamation of Kowloon Bay and water east of the runway except the airport area is part of Kwun Tong District. The airport and the waters of the district,on the other hand,belong to Kowloon City District.
Kowloon Bay has undergone massive reclamation over the past century. San Po Kong,which is now far from the coast,was reclaimed from the bay in the early days.
The western part of the bay is now protected from the sea by a breakwater,and forms the To Kwa Wan typhoon shelter. A small barrel rock,the Kowloon Rock,is in the typhoon shelter. Other barrel rocks,the Channel Rock and the Hoi Sham Island (also To Kwa Wan Island),are now connected to land at the former Kai Tak International Airport runway and at To Kwa Wan respectively,by land reclamation.
The former Kai Tak International Airport was built on reclaimed land in Kowloon Bay and its one and only runway,which juts out into the bay,is surrounded by water on three sides. The airport was closed in 1998 and now a cruise terminal occupies a part of the site.
Kowloon Bay Depot,the first MTR depot,is located in the area.
Fung Seng Enterprises has its head office in Kowloon Bay. [1]
Schools and institutions are scarce in this district. The most famous ones include the SPACE of the University of Hong Kong,Town Center of City University of Hong Kong and YCH Law Chan Chor Si College.
Kowloon Bay is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 46. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money);no government primary schools are in this net. [2]
In the 1990s,there were plans to convert the bay (reclaiming part or even the entire bay) and the former airport site into an in-city new town which would house 240 to 340 thousand residents and a sports stadium. The reduction in demand for land,environmental issues,and public outcry led to a revision of the project. The scheme would not comply with the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance. Hence,the Kai Tak Development plans do not include any land reclamation. A cruise terminal opened on the southern part of the runway.
The area is serviced by MTR Kowloon Bay station on the Kwun Tong line which is beside Telford Plaza,along with many bus routes along Kwun Tong Road.
The old airport Kai Tak Airport was located next to Kowloon Bay. The airport was closed in 1998 and the new one was opened on Chep Lap Kok.
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,second most populous and most densely populated.
Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong,situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula,and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south,and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in the west.
San Po Kong is an area in New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It is largely industrial and partly residential. Administratively,it belongs to Wong Tai Sin District.
Ngau Tau Kok is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line. It is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area of Kowloon East,between Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay stations. It was among the earliest stations in the network,becoming operational on 1 October 1979.
To Kwa Wan is a bay and an area of the eastern shore of Kowloon peninsula. The area is part of urban Hong Kong,and is situated between Hok Yuen,Hung Hom,Ma Tau Chung and Ma Tau Kok. Administratively,the area belongs to the Kowloon City District of Kowloon.
Ngau Tau Kok is an area of eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong,in the north of Kwun Tong District east to Kowloon Bay. Largely residential,Ngau Tau Kok has a population in excess of 210,000.
Kwun Tong is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon,and is the easternmost and southernmost district in Kowloon. It had a population of 648,541 in 2016. The district has the second highest population in Hong Kong,after Sha Tin District,while the income is below average. Kwun Tong District borders Sai Kung District to the east,Wong Tai Sin District to the north,and Kowloon City District to the west. To the south is Victoria Harbour,and the Eastern District directly across on Hong Kong Island.
Prince Edward Road East and Prince Edward Road West are roads in Kowloon,Hong Kong,going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui,Mong Kok,Kowloon Tong,Kowloon City and San Po Kong.
East Kowloon line was one of the original five MTR lines proposed in the late 1970s in Hong Kong,which would have connected Sheung Wan with East Kowloon.
Ma Tau Kok is a place north of To Kwa Wan,south-east of modern-day Ma Tau Chung and south-west of the former Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. It was a cape in Kowloon Bay in Victoria Harbour and opposite to the Sacred Hill and the mouth of Ma Tau Chung. Ma Tau Kok is a mixed industrial and residential area.
Kwun Tong Road is a major thoroughfare in Kwun Tong District,New Kowloon,Hong Kong.
Kwun Tong Ferry Pier is a ferry pier situated on Hoi Yuen Road,Kwun Tong,Kowloon,Hong Kong. The pier was originally situated at Ngau Tau Kok called "Ngau Tau Kok Ferry Pier",but during the 1960s,due to reclamation work,the pier was moved to Kwun Tong.
KMB Route 1A is a bus route operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) in Hong Kong. It runs between Star Ferry and Sau Mau Ping (Central) and provides air-conditioned service. The route runs via Tsim Sha Tsui,Yau Ma Tei,Mong Kok,Kowloon City,San Po Kong,Ngau Tau Kok,Kwun Tong,and Sau Mau Ping.
Lower Ngau Tau Kok (II) Estate was a 7-block public housing estate built on reclaimed land in Ngau Tau Kok,Kwun Tong,Kowloon,Hong Kong,located opposite Kowloon Bay station on the MTR. The demolition of the estate started in March 2010. The estate,along with the Lower Ngau Tau Kok (I) Estate,which was demolished in June 2004,formed the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate. A new estate,retaining the name Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate,is being constructed on the site.
The following shows the public housing estates in Ngau Tau Kok,Jordan Valley,Kowloon Bay and surrounding neighbourhoods,in Kwun Tong District,Kowloon,Hong Kong.
Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate is a public housing estate in Ngau Tau Kok,Kwun Tong,Kowloon,Hong Kong,located next to Kwun Tong Garden Estate and between MTR Ngau Tau Kok station and Kowloon Bay station. After redevelopment,the estate has 9 blocks developed into 3 phases.
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.
Ping Shan is a hill in Kwun Tong District,eastern Kowloon that lies between the communities of Ngau Chi Wan,Kowloon Bay and Jordan Valley,Hong Kong. Most of it was the Ping Shan Stone Quarry before redevelopedment into a new neighbourhood with numerous public housing estates and schools. Being unlabelled in most maps,it was often mistaken as part of the forementioned neighbourhoods and Ngau Tau Kok.
Choi Tak Estate,formerly Choi Wan Road Site 2 and Choi Wan Road Site 3A,is a public housing estate in Ping Shan,Kowloon,Hong Kong next to Choi Ying Estate. Choi Tak Estate is a part of the housing development near Jordan Valley. It is developed into two phases and all blocks were completed in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
16/F Chevalier Commercial Centre, 8 Wang Hoi Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong