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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 ...
The history of the Hong Kong Fire Service began in the Government Gazette dated 9 May 1868. Charles May became the first Superintendent of the Fire Brigade. At the time, the Fire Department was part of the Hong Kong Police Force. It had a total strength of 62 with a supplement of 100 Chinese volunteers. The fire department expanded to 140 ...
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 ...
The MTR, the rapid transit system of Hong Kong, encompasses 10 heavy rail lines and 98 stations as of May 2022. The following list sorts the stations according to their service line. In addition to the 98 metro stations listed on this page, the MTR system also consists of 68 light rail stops and one high-speed rail terminus in the city. [1]
Quarry Bay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Quarry Bay is bordered by Sai Wan Ho to the east, Mount Parker to the south, North Point to the west, and Victoria Harbour to the north. Quarry Bay is a residential and business district in Hong Kong.
The centre of Lok Fu contains the Lok Fu Place shopping centre. The shopping mall was renovated in 2008-9 [7] while the market was renovated in 2013. [8] The anchor tenant of the shopping mall is the Japanese department store Uny. [9] Besides the shopping mall, Lok Fu primarily consists of public housing estates: Lok Fu Estate; Wang Tau Hom Estate
The blaze, rated three in the city's five-grade system, was doused by 8:54 a.m. (0054 GMT), an hour after fire services were alerted to the fire in Jordan, an area teeming with homes and offices ...
Caine Road is a road running through Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road to the west (at the junction with Hospital Road and Seymour Road), and Arbuthnot Road, Glenealy and Upper Albert Road to the east. The road is named after William Caine, [1] a Colonial Secretary, and an acting Governor of Hong Kong between May and September 1859.