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Centre Street Escalator Link, in the upper section of Centre Street, between High Street and Bonham Road, in May 2013. Centre Street is a street in the Sai Ying Pun area of Hong Kong. Centre Street is the central point of the most active traditional market in Western District of Hong Kong Island. The street is part of planned streets in the ...
According to the 2016 by-census, Hoi Lai Estate had a population of 16,901. The median age was 38.8 and the majority of residents (96.9 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 3.5 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK ...
Today Wan Chai is sometimes described as the heart of the city, representing the epitome of the Hong Kong lifestyle – it has a well-established arts centre, the large exhibition and conference complexes, luxury apartments, five-star and non-five-star hotels, shopping malls, metropolitan office towers and a large government building cluster.
The five east-west routes — Route 4, Route 5, Route 6, Route 7, Route 8 and Route 10 — are numbered from south to north. Route 4 runs along the north shore of Hong Kong Island, connecting the eastern and western ends of the island, whereas Routes 5, 6 and 7 link southern New Territories with parts of Kowloon.
Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong are those selected as those "outstanding merits of which every effort should be made to preserve if possible". [1]These buildings may be protected under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance; after consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, with the approval of the Chief Executive and the publication of the notice in government gazette, the Antiquities ...
The section between Tsing Yi and Cheung Sha Wan, formerly known as Route 9, is a 7.6 km (4.7 mi) dual 3-lane expressway. This section consists of the Stonecutters Bridge , which spans the Rambler Channel from Stonecutters Island and links with the Lantau Link through the Nam Wan Tunnel and West Tsing Yi viaduct and was opened on 20 December 2009.
Hong Kong is administratively divided into 18 districts. Each district has a district council. District councils was formerly called district boards, for which the boards were established in 1982, [1] when Hong Kong was under British rule. However, the districts have limited relevance to the population, as few public services operate according ...
Hong Kong Housing Authority Tin Ching Estate ( Chinese : 天晴邨 ) is a public housing estate in Tin Shui Wai , New Territories , Hong Kong, near Light Rail Tin Yuet stop . [ 3 ] It is divided into two phases and consists of seven residential buildings completed in 2008 and 2010 respectively.