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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 ...
Yau Ma Tei boat people; Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building; Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market; Yau Ma Tei North (constituency) Yau Ma Tei Police Station; Yau Ma Tei South (constituency) Yau Ma Tei station; Yau Ma Tei Theatre; Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter; Yaumatei Ferry Pier; Yung Shue Tau
Busy tunnel of Yau Ma Tei station Exit A, with green light box indicating Pitt Street. MTR provides services to the area around the street by Yau Ma Tei station, with two direct lines, Kwun Tong Line, from Whampoa station to Yau Tong station, and Tsuen Wan Line, from Tsuen Wan station to Central station. The station has two exits on the street.
Yaumati was the old name of Yau Ma Tei, which is rarely used today. [1] [unreliable source?] The station was renamed Mong Kok on 31 December 1968 on the grounds that it was actually in Mong Kok District. [2] [3] In 1983, the station was rebuilt. A temporary station was in use just to the south (towards Hung Hom) during reconstruction.
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 Tin Hau Temple is visible behind the trees in the background. Yau Ma Tei Community Centre Rest Garden. Yung Shue Tau (Chinese: 榕樹頭) is the public square in front of the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei of Kowloon in Hong Kong. The name in Cantonese means banyan tree head, and many banyan trees are still there. [1]
Ferry Street (Chinese: 渡船街) is a throughfare running north–south through Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, and Jordan in Hong Kong. [1] It is a major road housing the West Kowloon Corridor above it, making it one of the busiest roads in Kowloon. [2]
The public square in the street's name refers to Yung Shue Tau (榕樹頭), a gathering place in front of the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei. Apart from the landmarks of Yung Shue Tau and Tin Hau Temple, there are also the night market of Temple Street, historical Yau Ma Tei Police Station, and Broadway Cinematheque. Jade Market is just a few ...