Chai Wan Kok 柴灣角 | |
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 Chai Wan Kok | |
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| Coordinates:22°23′N114°06′E / 22.383°N 114.100°E /22.383; 114.100 | |
| Country | China |
| Special Administrative Region | Hong Kong |
| Town | Tsuen Wan |
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| Traditional Chinese | 柴灣角 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 柴湾角 | ||||||||||||||
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Chai Wan Kok (Chinese:柴灣角) is an area inTsuen Wan,Hong Kong. It is located at the west end of Tsuen Wan Town. While its southeast is industrial area, its hilly northeast and coastal southwest are residential. It is on the main access betweenTuen Mun and Tsuen Wan.
According to the book Hong Kong monuments (Chinese:香港文物), published in 1991 by the Hong Kong regional council, there were antiques traced back to around five thousand years, there were also antiques traced back to theWestern Han dynasty andEastern Han dynasty.
Between southeast seafront andCastle Peak Road are the industrial area, the major textile factories had chosen the area for their business. As the economy of Hong Kong shifting totertiary industry, some factory building are transformed into offices. The headquarters ofI-CABLE, a majorcable TV andinternet service provider in Hong Kong, is sited in the area.
Due to the industries along the waterfront, there is a high amount of copper pollution among the species living in the region.[1]
The hilly northeast sited some early Hong Kongprivate housing estate likeAllway Gardens andTsuen King Garden.
The southwest coast is also residential and major private housing estate includesBelvedere Garden.
HistoricallyYuen Tsuen Ancient Trail, a hilly path connecting Tsuen Wan andYuen Long, was once a major access between two areas. The trail remains good for hiking and Chai Wan Kok is the start on the Tsuen Wan end.
The area is the transportationcrossroads of several major roads connecting Tsuen Wan andTuen Mun.Tuen Mun Road,Castle Peak Road andTsuen Wan Road joins in the area.
The former location ofTsuen Wan Pier is now theTsuen Wan West station on theTuen Ma line, the MTR station closest to the Chai Wan Kok area.
Chai Wan Kok is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 62, which includes schools in Tsuen Wan and areas nearby. The net includes multiple aided schools and one government school, Hoi Pa Street Government Primary School.[2]
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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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 | |||||||||||