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Whampoa Garden (Chinese: 黃埔花園; Jyutping: wong4 bou3 faa1 jyun4) is the largest private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built on the site of the former Whampoa Dockyards by Hutchison Whampoa Property. The urban design of the estate incorporates concepts inspired by the Garden city movement [1] and was completed in ...
Founded in 1866 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland, [1] the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company (known as Hong Kong Kowloon and Whampoa Dock Company). In 1865, it was known as Kowloon Docks and located on the west Kowloon coast between Hung Hom and Tai Wan, facing Hung Hom Bay in the Victoria Harbour. It is also known as Whampoa Dock for
Whampoa Dock, a Hong Kong dockyard operated in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong from 1863 to 1979; Whampoa Garden, a private housing estate built in the 1980s located on part of the former site of the dock; Whampoa station, terminal station on the Kwun Tong line of the MTR in Hong Kong; Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, the eventual ...
Hung Hom Estate (Chinese: 紅磡邨) is a public housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The estate is built on a hill along Dyer Avenue and next to Whampoa Estate, Whampoa Garden and MTR Whampoa station. [3] It now consists of five residential buildings completed in two stages in 1999 and 2011 respectively.
Whampoa (Chinese: 黃埔; Jyutping: Wong4 bou3; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng bou) is the western terminus of the Kwun Tong line of the MTR in Hong Kong. It is located in Hung Hom, Kowloon City District within the developed area of Whampoa Garden immediately adjacent to the stern of The Whampoa, a symbol of identity for the area and its history.
Following the appointment of district officers in urban Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon since 1968, [7] the District Administration Scheme was implemented in 1982 with the establishment of a district board and a district management committee in each of the districts in Hong Kong, including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and aforementioned the New ...
Hung Hom Ferry Pier (Chinese: 紅磡碼頭) is a ferry pier in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is at the reclaimed Hung Hom Bay at the south of Lily Mansion (Phase 9), Whampoa Garden . History
The District Court is the intermediate court system in Hong Kong, having limited criminal and civil jurisdictions. The District Court was established in 1953 with the enactment of the District Court Ordinance. [1] It is located in the Wanchai Law Courts, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road.