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| Kowloon Bay | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 九龍灣 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 九龙湾 | ||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Gau2 lung4 waan1 | ||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Gáu lùhng wāan | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiǔlóng Wān | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | bay of the 9 dragons | ||||||||||||
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Kowloon Bay (Chinese: 九龍灣) is a bay withinVictoria Harbour and a neighbourhood withinKowloon,Hong Kong.
The bay is located at the east of theKowloon Peninsula and north ofHong Kong Island. It is the eastern portion ofVictoria Harbour, betweenHung Hom andLei Yue Mun. The bay was divided into half when the 13/31 runway of the formerKai Tak International Airport was constructed in the middle of the bay in the mid-1950s.
Thereclamation of north-eastern Kowloon Bay nearNgau Tau Kok is also named Kowloon Bay. It was formerly known as Ngau Tau Kok Industrial Area. After the construction ofMTR 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 ofKwun Tong District. The airport and the waters of the district, on the other hand, belong toKowloon City District.
Kowloon Bay has undergone massivereclamation 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 abreakwater, and forms theTo Kwa Wan typhoon shelter. A small barrel rock, theKowloon Rock, is in the typhoon shelter. Other barrel rocks, theChannel Rock and theHoi Sham Island (also To Kwa Wan Island), are now connected to land at the formerKai Tak International Airport runway and atTo Kwa Wan respectively, by land reclamation.
The formerKai Tak International Airport was built on reclaimed land in Kowloon Bay and its one and onlyrunway, which juts out into the bay, is surrounded by water on three sides. The airport was closed in 1998 and now acruise terminal occupies a part of the site.
Kowloon Bay Depot, the firstMTR 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 theSPACE of the University of Hong Kong, Town Center ofCity 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-citynew 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 theProtection of the Harbour Ordinance. Hence, theKai Tak Development plans do not include any land reclamation. A cruise terminal opened on the southern part of the runway.
The area is serviced byMTRKowloon Bay station on theKwun Tong line which is beside Telford Plaza, along with many bus routes alongKwun Tong Road.
The old airportKai Tak Airport was located next to Kowloon Bay. The airport was closed in 1998 and the new one was opened on Chep Lap Kok.
16/F Chevalier Commercial Centre, 8 Wang Hoi Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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| MKowloonKL,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16 |
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| MNew KowloonNKL,2,3,4,5,6,7,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16 |
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Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government ofHong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" ofLands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" ofRating and Valuation Department. M：Narrow meaning of urban areas KL:Kowloon Peninsula at the south ofBoundary Street NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south ofLion Rock 1: Common definition (1) 2: Common definition (2) 3: Common definition (3) 4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right ofindigenous inhabitants 5: Jurisdiction area of formerUrban Council 6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" ofPlanning Department 7: Jurisdiction area ofUrban Renewal Authority 8: Unique operating area ofurban taxis 9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined byHong Kong Housing Authority 10: Definition of Urbanrates 11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 13: Regions having 999-year land lease 14:Geographical Constituency inHong Kong Legislative Council belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 15:Regional Education Office belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 16:Primary One Admission School Net belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon | |||||||||||
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