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Yucca de Lac is a high-end restaurant at the Peak Galleria in Hong Kong. The original restaurant was opened at Tai Po Road,Ma Liu Shui,in 1963 and closed on September 20,2005. Located near the Chinese University of Hong Kong,it was famous for frequently serving as a scene for the black-and-white Cantonese films made in the 1960s. [1]
The site of the original restaurant was sold in 2005 to a local businessman at $380 million HKD for redevelopment as a real estate project. There were concerns from environmental groups that woodland on the site would not be preserved. Including the price of the land,developer Yucca Development invested over $1 billion in the 21-home project. [2]
On March 26,2012 the Fung Lum Restaurant Group opened a USA branch of the bar and restaurant in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto,California. [3]
The Sai Kung Peninsula is a peninsula in the easternmost part of the New Territories in Hong Kong. Its name comes from Sai Kung Town in the central southern area of the peninsula. The southern part of the peninsula is administered by Sai Kung District,the north by Tai Po District and the northwest by Sha Tin District.
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.
Tai Wai is an area in the New Territories,Hong Kong,located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock,within the Sha Tin District.
Ma Liu Shui is an area in Sha Tin District,in the New Territories,Hong Kong.
Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui (大埔舊墟) on the north of Lam Tsuen River and the Tai Po Hui on Fu Shin Street on the south of the Lam Tsuen River,near the old Tai Po Market railway station of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Both market towns became part of the Tai Po New Town in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In present-day usage,"Tai Po" may refer to the area around the original market towns,the Tai Po New Town,or the entire Tai Po District.
Tai Po New Town,or Tai Po Town,is a new town and non-administrative area in Tai Po District,in the New Territories,Hong Kong. The area is a planned town that surrounding the existing indigenous market towns of Tai Po Hui and Tai Po Kau Hui,as well as east of the existing indigenous villages that located on the Lam Tsuen Valley as well as west of those villages in Ting Kok and Tai Mei Tuk and south of those villages in Nam Hang,Fung Yuen and Sha Lo Tung. Most of the lands of the new town were obtained by land reclamation. In the present day,Tai Po New Town is simply known as Tai Po. The new town is largely covered by the government Tai Po Outline Zoning Plan,which legally regulates the land use of the area,on top of the terms in the land lease contract with the government. Some of the land lease within the area,were known as Tai Po Town Lot №foo. In elections,the town has a different zoning scheme for the election constituencies.
Sham Shui Po Park is a park in Sham Shui Po,New Kowloon,Hong Kong. It comprises two physically discontiguous sites on either side of Lai Chi Kok Road. The larger site is more well-known as Sham Shui Po Park. The smaller,located within Lai Kok Estate and originally managed by the Housing Authority,became part of Sham Shui Po Park when it was transferred to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
Lyndhurst Terrace is a street in the Central area of Hong Kong. Built on a slope in southern Central district,the terrace links Hollywood Road and Wellington Street,at its intersection with Pottinger Street. In the middle it meets Gage Street,Cochrane Street and the Central–Mid-Levels escalators.
Tai Po Kau is an area and a village south of the town of Tai Po in Hong Kong,which was the site of the former Tai Po Kau station on the Kowloon–Canton Railway. It is located at a river estuary that empties into Tolo Harbour.
The Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve,also called Tai Po Kau Special Area,is a nature reserve in the Tai Po area of the New Territories in northern Hong Kong. The area comprises a dense,hilly woodland with over 100 species of trees and numerous streams and rivers. It is one of the most biologically diverse forests in Hong Kong. It is noted by the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society and others as one of the best locations for seeing forest birds in Hong Kong.
Anderson Road is a road on the eastern border of the New Territories and New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It starts near the junction of Clear Water Bay Road and New Clear Water Bay Road,above Shun Lee Estate,then continues southeast to Tseng Lan Shue (井欄樹) and eastward through the hills above Sau Mau Ping,and finally ends at Po Lam Road (寶琳路) in Ma Yau Tong.
Blake Pier at Stanley is a public pier in Stanley,Hong Kong. The name originally referred to Blake Pier,Central,a ferry pier in Central,Hong Kong. The pier was named after Sir Henry Arthur Blake,the twelfth governor of Hong Kong. It was originally located at the site of the Central Reclamation Phase 1 project.
Mong Kok Ferry Pier (1924–1972) was a ferry pier to the west of Shantung Street,Mong Kok,Kowloon,Hong Kong,located inside the old Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter. The site was covered over during land reclamation under the West Kowloon Reclamation Project.
Tai Hang Sai Estate is a private housing estate in Shek Kip Mei,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is located between Shek Kip Mei Estate and Tai Hang Tung Estate,near MTR Shek Kip Mei station. It consists of 8 residential buildings which were built in 1965 and 1977 respectively. Although it is rental housing,it was developed by a privately owned company,unlike other public housing estates which are built and managed by either Hong Kong Housing Authority or Hong Kong Housing Society.
Tai Po Sam Yuk Secondary School is a co-educational Christian secondary school,located in Tai Po,New Territories,Hong Kong. The school is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Old Tai Po Police Station is a former Hong Kong police station at the top of Tai Po Wan Tau Tong Hill. It is located at No. 11 Wan Tau Kok Lane,Tai Po,New Territories,Hong Kong,near the Old District Office North.
Rhythm Garden is a Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme court in San Po Kong,Wong Tai Sin District,Kowloon,Hong Kong,jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and New World Development. Formerly a part of the site of former British Forces Overseas Hong Kong's Blackdown Barracks,the court has 12 blocks completed in 2000.
Mang Gui Kiu is a bridge situated in Tsung Tsai Yuen (松仔園),Tai Po Kau,Tai Po District,New Territories,Hong Kong. It was originally named Hung Shui Kiu for being frequently overflown by heavy rains. In 1955,a group of teachers and students from St. James' Settlement died in an accident on a day of heavy rain. Ghost haunting stories related to the incident have continued in the area ever since.
Ting Kok is an area and a village in New Territories,the northeastern part of Hong Kong. It is located on the northern shore of Plover Cove and west of Tai Mei Tuk. Administratively,it is part of Tai Po District.
New Territories Heung Yee Kuk Tai Po District Secondary School is a government secondary school on Ting Kok Road in Tai Po,Tai Po District,Hong Kong.