Lai Chi Kok 荔枝角 | |
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.JPG) View fromLai Chi Kok Park.Banyan Garden is at the far end.Mei Foo Sun Chuen phase 5 and 7 is on the left and right respectively. | |
 Interactive map of Lai Chi Kok | |
| District | Sham Shui Po District |
| Time zone | UTC+8 |
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| Chinese | 荔枝角 | ||||||||||||
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Lai Chi Kok is a neighbourhood inKowloon,Hong Kong, east ofKwai Chung and west ofCheung 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 toSham Shui Po District.[1][2]
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Xin an county gazette (新安縣志), published in AD 1819, did not have any description of Lai chi kok, therefore, we did not have detail information of earlier history of the region.[original research?]
Lai Chi Kok literally means "lychee corner", referring to a seashore named after a type of fruit tree native to southern China. However, some historians such as Leung Ping Wah suggested the original name of the region was Lai Tsai Kuok (孺仔脚), literally mean the footprint of the youngest son. The river once separated Cheung Sha Wan fromLai Chi Kok Bay, and a river fromButterfly Valley separated Cheung Sha Wan from Lai Chi Kok. At the innermost area of Lai Chi Kok Bay, namely present-dayLai King Hill Road, is a settlement calledKau Wa Keng.
TheQing government had set up a customs station in Lai Chi Kok, to collectcustoms duties after cedingHong Kong Island andKowloon Peninsula to the British.[3] After the lease of the New Territories, the British reclaimed Lai Chi Kok for military use. A torpedo storage facility was also erected on the west point of Lai Chi Kok Bay, an area near Kwai Chung.
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Lai Chi Kok was 173.[4]
Lai Chi Kok Hospital is a special hospital located on the original location of the cap. Its neighbour, theLai Chi Kok Reception Centre, is managed by theHong Kong Correctional Services. At one point, theLai Chi Kok Incinerator was one of threeincinerators in Hong Kong; however, it was demolished because it released pollutants into the Hong Kong air. The headquarters of theKowloon Motor Bus was also in Lai Chi Kok, before being relocated; the site has since been replaced by a private housing project calledManhattan Hill.
The area is served byMei Foo station on theMTRTsuen Wan line andTuen Ma line. The MTR'sLai Chi Kok station is actually inCheung Sha Wan, not Lai Chi Kok. Mei Foo is a transportation hub due to its geographic location in the north-western end ofKowloon.[5]Lai Chi Kok Road is named after this place, but most part of the road lies outside Lai Chi Kok.
Lai Chi Kok is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 40. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Fuk Wing Street Government Primary School and Li Cheng Uk Government Primary School.[6]
Hong Kong Public Libraries maintains the Lai Chi Kok Public Library.[7]
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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 | |||||||||||
