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Sham Mong Road
Sham Mong Road () is a major road on the new reclamation of the 1990s in western Kowloon and New Kowloon of Hong Kong. Location The road starts from Cherry Street near HSBC Centre and MTR Olympic station in Tai Kok Tsui, and ends in the former site of incinerator at the junction of Yuet Luen Street and Lai Po Road in Lai Chi Kok. It spans over three areas of Tai Kok Tsui, Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan. Features Major projects along the road include Hoi Lai Estate, Aqua Marine, Tack Ching Girls' Secondary School, St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary and Primary School, Ying Wa College, Fu Cheong Estate, MTR Nam Cheong station, Cullinan West, V Walk, Nam Cheong Estate, Nam Cheong Park, Metro Harbour View and MTR Olympic station. Transportation Bus services are provided by New World First Bus, Kowloon Motor Bus and Citybus Cityflyer. See also * List of streets and roads in Hong Kong The following are incomplete lists of notable expressways, tunnels, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HK Sham Mong Road No 1
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the Global city, most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a British Hong Kong, colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty, Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Bao'an County, Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fu Cheong Estate
Fu Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, built on the reclaimed land of the southwest of Sham Shui Po near MTR Nam Cheong station. Built in 2001, the estate was constructed on the former site of the Sham Shui Po bus terminus. Its name, "Fu Cheong", comes from nearby Nam Cheong Estate and means "Wealthy and Prosperity" in Chinese language. It consists of 10 residential buildings and a shopping centre completed in 2001 and 2002. Houses Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Fu Cheong Estate had a population of 14,900. The median age was 48.2 and the majority of residents (97.7 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.5 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$20,780. Politics Fu Cheong Estate is located in Fu Cheong constituency of the Sham Shui Po District Council. It was formerly represented by Wong Kit- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roads In Kowloon
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths. Definitions Historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or some maintenance. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels", which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Streets And Roads In Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of notable expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong. Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. Some of the roads on the Victoria City, Hong Kong#Geography, north side of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon peninsula#Geography, southern Kowloon have a grid-like pattern.https://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/28458/1/FullText.pdf The roads are generally designed to British standards. Expressways generally conform to Motorways in the United Kingdom, British motorway standards. Speed limits on all roads are 50 km/h (30 mph), unless indicated otherwise by road signs. Usually, higher speed limits such as 70 km/h (45 mph) and 80 km/h (50 mph) have been raised to facilitate traffic flow along main roads and trunk roads. On most expressways, speed limits have been raised to 80 km/h and 100 km/h (60 mph) due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cityflyer (bus Service)
Cityflyer is an airport Coach (vehicle), coach service to Hong Kong International Airport and Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge provided by Citybus (Hong Kong), Citybus. The service was started during the opening of the Hong Kong International Airport in 1998. Fleet At the time of the opening of Hong Kong International Airport in 1998, the fleet consisted of 62 Dennis Trident 3 double decker buses (fleet numbers 2100-2161), of which 11 had Alexander ALX500 bodies and the other 51 had Duple Metsec#Duple Metsec DM5000, Duple Metsec DM5000 bodies. Ten MAN NL262/R single deckers (fleet number 1560 - 1569) were added to the fleet in 2006 for use in route A10. Two urban-specification Alexander Dennis Enviro500, Enviro500s (8203-8204) joined the fleet in 2011, and were repainted with Cityflyer livery but retained their normal seats which differ from the high backed coach seats of the other buses. They were returned to normal Citybus livery in 2013. Ano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citybus (Hong Kong)
Citybus Limited () is a bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ... company which provides both franchised and non-franchised service in Hong Kong. The franchised route network serves Hong Kong Island, cross-Victoria Harbour, harbour routes (between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon/New Territories), North Lantau (Tung Chung and Hong Kong Disneyland), Hong Kong International Airport, Kowloon, New Territories, Shenzhen Bay Port and Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Hong Kong Port. The non-franchised routes serve mainly City One Sha Tin. It also provides bus rental services and staff bus services for some large companies such as TVB and China Light and Power. From 1984 to 2001 the company offered a cross-border service between Hong Kong and Mainland China using mainly Leyla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kowloon Motor Bus
The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes. It is a subsidiary of Transport International. Its slogan is ''Heartbeat of the City'' (Chinese: 城市脈搏) since 2017. Previously, it was ''Moving Forward Every Day'' (Chinese: 九巴服務 日日進步, literally ''KMB service improves every day''), which was introduced in 1985. History KMB was founded on 13 April 1933 as a result of the reformation of public transport by the Hong Kong Government. Before the reformation, there were several independent bus operators working on both sides of Victoria Harbour including KMB. The Hong Kong Government enforces the bus franchises in favour of the franchisees, while it prosecutes the operators of unauthorised private bus services and other types of authorised bus service that pick up or drop off passengers in franchised bus parki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World First Bus
New World First Bus Services Limited (NWFB) is the third-largest bus operator in Hong Kong. Established by NWS Holdings and FirstGroup in September 1998, it took over 88 China Motor Bus services in Hong Kong Island. Since 2020 it has been a subsidiary of Bravo Transport which also owns Citybus. The NWFB brand will be retired on 30 June 2023 with operations merged into Citybus. History Before NWFB was established, franchised bus service in Hong Kong Island was provided by China Motor Bus (CMB) (franchisee since 1933) and Citybus (franchisee since 1991). In the early 1990s, the service levels of CMB were in decline. Therefore, the Government of Hong Kong started to introduce new competitors by transferring the franchise of CMB routes to other companies. As a result, Citybus became the second franchisee of the bus service on Hong Kong Island. Over 40 routes were transferred between 1991 and 1995. In spite of the loss of many profitable routes, the service of CMB did not show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Harbour View
Metro Harbour View () is a private housing estate at the intersection of Tai Kok Tsui Road () and Fuk Lee Street () in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, within walking distance to the MTR Olympic station. Formerly the Yaumati Ferry shipyard and HYFCO Industrial Building in Tai Kok Tsui, it was jointly developed by Henderson Land Development and Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited in 2003. The development consists of 10 blocks of residential buildings into 2 phases, divided into 3,520 residential units, plus a 2-storey commercial arcade and about 1,100 car parking spaces. Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Metro Harbour View had a population of 8,954. The median age was 39 and the majority of residents (91.1 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.7 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$46,990. Politics Metro Harbour View is locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Cheong Park
The Nam Cheong Park is an urban park in the Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon, Hong Kong. The park is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It is located near Nam Cheong station, Nam Cheong Estate, and Tung Chau Street Park. History The park is built on land reclaimed in the 1990s as part of the Airport Core Programme. The site was zoned "District Open Space" to act as a buffer zone between Nam Cheong Estate and the West Kowloon Highway. This is similar to Lai Chi Kok Park, which acts as a buffer zone between the highway and Mei Foo Sun Chuen and which was developed at the same time. The park opened in July 1998. In the early 2000s, half the park was occupied by West Rail line construction. More recently much of the park has been occupied by temporary works areas for the Express Rail Link. Features * Children's playground * Fitness equipment for elderly persons * Lawns * Toilets See also * List of urban public parks and gardens in Hong Kong Urban public parks an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Cheong Estate
Nam Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Nam Cheong Park, Tung Chau Street Park and MTR Nam Cheong station. It is named from nearby Nam Cheong Street, a main street in Sham Shui Po District. It consists of seven residential blocks completed in 1989. In 2005, the estate was sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B. Houses Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Nam Cheong Estate had a population of 4,847. The median age was 48.9 and the majority of residents (96.8 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.6 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$22,000. Politics Nam Cheong Estate is located in Nam Cheong West constituency of the Sham Shui Po District Council. It was formerly represented by Wai Woon-nam, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021. COVID-19 pandemic Cheong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V Walk
V, or v, is the twenty-second and fifth-to-last letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''vee'' (pronounced ), plural ''vees''. History The letter V ultimately comes from the Phoenician letter ''waw'' by way of U. See U for details. During the Late Middle Ages, two minuscule glyphs of U developed which were both used for sounds including and modern . The pointed form "v" was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form "u" was used in the middle or end, regardless of sound. So whereas "valour" and "excuse" appeared as in modern printing, "have" and "upon" were printed as "haue" and "vpon". The first distinction between the letters "u" and "v" is recorded in a Gothic script from 1386, where "v" preceded "u". By the mid-16th century, the "v" form was used to represent the consonant and "u" the vowel sound, giving us the modern letter V. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
