New Kowloon 新九龍 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Statutorily-defined area | |||||||||||||||||||
 Eastern New Kowloon (Kowloon Bay,Kwun Tong, etc.) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Etymology: Named afterKowloon Peninsula | |||||||||||||||||||
 Approx. location of New Kowloon (in red), as defined in a 1937 legislation, compared to the Kowloongeographical constituencies of theLegislative Council (in green); note that the newer 13/31 runway of the formerKai Tak Airport reclaimed land (also coloured in green), now considered part of New Kowloon, e.g. in lot numbers, did not exist until the 1950s. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Statutorily-defined area(s) | New Territories / Kowloon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Territory |  Hong Kong (special administrative region) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sovereign state |  People's Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cession of Kowloon | 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leased (as part of the New Territories) | 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Defined (from part of the New Territories) | 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | Hong Kong Time | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 新九龍 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新九龙 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Sān Gáulùhng | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | New NineDragons | ||||||||||||||||||
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New Kowloon is an area in Hong Kong, bounded to the south byBoundary Street, and to the north by the ranges of theEagle's Nest,Beacon Hill,Lion Rock,Tate's Cairn andKowloon Peak. It covers the present-dayKwun Tong District andWong Tai Sin District, and northern parts of theSham Shui Po District andKowloon City District.
The name of this area is[when?] rarely used in day-to-day life. Areas that belong to New Kowloon are usually referred to as part of Kowloon. However, in land leases, it is common to refer to land lots in lot numbers as "New Kowloon Inland Lot number #".
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By theConvention of Peking in 1860, the territory of British-ownedKowloon was defined as area inKowloon Peninsula south of a line which later becameBoundary Street (known as Kowloon, inclusive ofStonecutter's Island), which was ceded by theQing Empire (Ch'ing Empire, Manchu Empire) to theUnited Kingdom under the Convention.
On the other hand, the territory north ofBoundary Street (later known as New Kowloon) remained part of Qing Empire until it was leased as part of theNew Territories to the UK in 1898 for 99 years under theConvention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory (also known as theSecond Convention of Peking). The area of New Kowloon was defined in statutory law first in November 1900[1][2] (and referred to as such[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]) and again in December 1937[11][12][13]to increase land available for urban development.[citation needed] For most part the northern boundary of the area was defined by the 500 feet (152 metres) contour. In practice, nevertheless, both the areas to the south and to the north of Boundary Street (i.e. bothKowloon and New Kowloon), from theLei Yue Mun strait in the east toMei Foo Sun Chuen andLai Chi Kok Bay in the west, are collectively known as "Kowloon". For example, a postal address inKwun Tong will identify "Kowloon" as its regional destination, even though it is technically in New Kowloon and not part of Kowloon as statutorily defined.
In modern-day conversations, the term "New Kowloon" is now[when?] rarely heard in Hong Kong. New Kowloon is no longer regarded as part of theNew Territories, but as a part of the Kowloon urban area beyond Boundary Street. Nevertheless, the legal definitions of Kowloon, New Kowloon and New Territories remain unchanged—New Kowloon has remained legally part of theNew Territories instead ofKowloon.[14] On 1 July 1997, the territories on both sides ofBoundary Street (ceded and leased respectively) were transferred toChina, along with the rest ofHong Kong.
However, the designation "New Kowloon" still has some legal implications. Almost[clarification needed] all lands of Hong Kong are government land (known ascrown land in Commonwealth countries and before 1997 in Hong Kong), while all crown leases (now known as government leases in Hong Kong) of New Kowloon and New Territories lands had been expired on 27 June 1997, but automatically extended up to 30 June 2047 due to theSino-British Joint Declaration.[15] This renewal implies that, all privately owned land leases of New Kowloon, has to paygovernment rent (crown rent in Commonwealth countries) as leases in the rest of the New Territories, and unlike the rest of the Kowloon.[16] Most Kowloon land leases (Kowloon south of the Boundary Street) are not required to pay thegovernment rent to the government, unless they are new leases, or are old leases having been renewed and such clauses have been inserted in the renewed lease contract.
The land reclaimed from theKowloon Bay water body, such asKai Tak, are also referred as part of New Kowloon in land leases,[17][18] although these lots do not appear to be included in the 1937 map.
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Urban areas of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories | |||||||||||
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| MHong Kong1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16 |
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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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| New Territories |
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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 | |||||||||||