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 Aerial View of Siu Sai Wan | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 小西灣 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 小西湾 | ||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Síusāiwāan | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "small west bay" | ||||||||||||
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Siu Sai Wan (Chinese:小西灣) is aresidential area in the northeastern part ofHong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located in the eastern part ofChai Wan, and is administratively under theEastern District. The population was 59,729 in June 2011.[1]
The current perimeter of Siu Sai Wan includes the rest of Chai Wan east of Wing Tai Road. Prior toreclamation, Siu Sai Wan was a small bay east of Chai Wan. Chai Wan was once known asSai Wan (Chinese:西灣;Cantonese Yale:Sāiwāan;West Bay), and the small bay as Siu Chai Wan (Chinese:小柴灣;Cantonese Yale:Síu Chàaihwāan;Small Chai Wan) or Chai Wan Tsai (Chinese:柴灣仔;Cantonese Yale:Chàaihwāan Jái;Little Chai Wan), and over time the names combined into the current name Siu Sai Wan.
Siu Sai Wan was originally an intelligence gathering centre for theUnited Kingdom. In 1947,Australia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom andUnited States signedan agreement to jointly pursue the gathering of intelligence. TheBritish Armed Forces then set up an intelligence gathering centre in Siu Sai Wan, one of the largest in theFar East, to monitor wireless communications fromTaiwan (ROC) toChina (PRC). In 1985, shortly after thehandover of Hong Kong to China was agreed, the centre was dismantled.[2]
At the same time, along with the development of theMass Transit Railway, the resettlement estates in Chai Wan were to be demolished. To accommodate residents from these estates and from the expanding urban population, thegovernment decided to develop Siu Sai Wan. At that time the name Siu Sai Wan was deemed "indecent" by the Government, who suggested to name the area "Siu Chai Wan" instead. This didn't sit well with local residents, and as a result when theSiu Sai Wan Estate was built a few years later, the name Siu Sai Wan was returned to the area. Nevertheless, taxi drivers are known to use a similar-soundingprofane term when they refer to the area.
Siu Sai Wan facesTathong Channel and Lei Yue Mun, an entrance to theVictoria Harbour. The government has builtHome Ownership Scheme housing such asHarmony Garden.
A number of schools including both primary and secondary schools can be found in Siu Sai Wan.
Siu Sai Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 16. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Shau Kei Wan Government Primary School and Aldrich Bay Government Primary School.[3]
Hong Kong Public Libraries operates the Siu Sai Wan Public Library in the Siu Sai Wan Complex.[4]
With theIsland Resort now constructed, the population of Siu Sai Wan has been steadily increasing, so bothFirst Bus andCitybus extended routes ending at Chai Wan (East) to Siu Sai Wan Estate and Island Resort.
The government suggested to theMTR Corporation (MTR) in 2001 that they should consider extending theIsland line toSiu Sai Wan fromChai Wan. In June 2005, the MTR revealed that they had started planning for the extension. In 2014, the MTR withdrawn the plan of extension, due to the difficulties of extension.
There is currently no direct MTR service to Siu Sai Wan. However, residents can walk or take Green Public Light Buses route 47M to reachChai Wan station, the terminus of theIsland line.
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| MHong Kong1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16 |
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| MOld KowloonKL,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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