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Yau Ma Tei, formerly named Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It lays straightly like a long box under thoroughfare Nathan Road, ending north under Pitt Street and south near Man Ming Lane. It is served by the Kwun Tong line and the Tsuen Wan line. The station opened on 22 December 1979 and was ...
The shore of Yau Ma Tei in 1880 The old shore of Yau Ma Tei in 2008. Yau Ma Tei was a village in Kowloon. It was mentioned that a Chinese burial ground was assigned at a mile northeast of a village of Yau-ma-Tee at 2 December 1871. [2] The name Yau Ma Tei is not thought to pre-date British rule. However, Kwun Chung is mentioned in many historic ...
The following is a list of fire stations of the Hong Kong Fire Services. All but one of Hong Kong's fire stations are located in Hong Kong (Shenzhen Bay is located across the border in Shekou, Shenzhen) Hong Kong Command West Division Name Photographs Location Notes/References Kennedy Town Fire Station (堅尼地城消防局) 6 Kennedy Town New Praya, Kennedy Town Aberdeen Fire Station ...
Yau Tsim Mong: 10 May 1982: PRE: Mong Kok formerly Argyle Kwun Tong line: Yau Tsim Mong: 31 December 1979: MOK [c] Yau Ma Tei formerly Waterloo Kwun Tong line: Yau Tsim Mong: 22 December 1979: YMT: Jordan: Yau Tsim Mong: 16 December 1979: JOR: Tsim Sha Tsui: Transfer to Tuen Ma line via East Tsim Sha Tsui station: Yau Tsim Mong: TST: Admiralty
Universal Models Limited is also situated on the Yau Ma Tei section. The road intersects Argyle Street, a major street in Kowloon. Danger Flag Hill is a landmark located near the road. [citation needed] The Yau Ma Tei station of MTR was initially named Waterloo station as it is at the junction of Waterloo Road and Nathan Road. [citation needed]
Kowloon Peninsula. Map of Convention of Peking. Great Britain took Kowloon Peninsula from China in 1860 under Convention of Peking.The development started from Tsim Sha Tsui, nearest location to the City of Victoria of Hong Kong Island and extended northward, Kwun Chung, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, and Tai Kok Tsui.
The district was once called Yau Ma Tei District. It was renamed Yau Tsim District from 1 April 1988 to "remove any misconception that Tsim Sha Tsui was an administrative district separate from Yau Ma Tei". [5] Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District were merged in 1994 to form the new Yau Tsim Mong District.
The Yau Ma Tei Police Station is the location of a scene of the 2001 film Rush Hour 2. However, because the scene called for an explosion, the real filming had to be done in a movie studio, where wires and other special effects could be used. The station was also featured in the 2007 TVB programme On the First Beat. It was used multiple times ...