Sai Wan Ho is a primarily residential area on the northeastern shore of

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, between

Quarry Bay Quarry Bay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. The western portion of the area was also formerly known as Lai Chi (). Traditionally an industrial and residential area, the number of commer ...

and

Shau Kei Wan Shau Kei Wan or Shaukiwan is a neighborhood in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island. The area is bordered by Chai Wan to the east, Mount Parker to the south, Sai Wan Ho to the west, and Victoria Harbour to the north. Shau Kei Wan is consi ...

. It is part of the Eastern District, and is administered together with surrounding areas under the

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History

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sai Wan Ho was 876. The number of males was 650.

Location

Sai Wan Ho is conventionally agreed to extend between the

Taikoo Shing Road Tai Koo ( zh, 太古) may refer to: *Taikoo Shing, a private housing estate in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong *Taikoo Sugar Refinery *Taikoo Place, a group of office buildings in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong *Tai Koo station, a station on the Island line of the MT ...

Shau Kei Wan Road Shau Kei Wan Road (), formerly known as Shaukiwan Road, is the main road in Shau Kei Wan and Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. History The road was originally a main road lying on the north coast of Hong Kong Island from Causeway Bay to Shau Kei Wan, pass ...

and

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junction to the west, and the Shau Kei Wan tram depot in the east. It is bounded by the

Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental i ...

to the north, and mountains to the south.

Housing

Sai Wan Ho is primarily residential. The hill was once filled with

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settlements, which were later demolished and replaced with new residential buildings.

Taikoo Shing Taikoo Shing or Tai Koo Shing (), is a private residential development in Quarry Bay, in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is a part of Swire's property business, along with Taikoo Place, the adjacent Cityplaza retail and offic ...

, redeveloped from

Taikoo Dockyard Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company () was a dockyard in what is now Taikoo Shing, MTR Tai Koo station and part of Taikoo Place of Quarry Bay on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. History The idea that John Swire and Sons should have thei ...

, spans the east end of the area. From the 1980s through the 2000s, extensive reclamation drastically reshaped the shore.

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s were built near the new sea front, like Lei King Wan,

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and

Grand Promenade The Grand Promenade () is a high-rise residential development built in 2005 in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. The complex consists of five towers, with towers 2, 3, and 5 being interconnected The towers are 213 - 219 metres tall and contain 2,020 ap ...

. However, older buildings such as

Tai On Building The Tai On Building is a residential and commercial building in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. It was once one of the largest buildings in the district and remains a landmark. The Storey#Numbering, ground floor arcade is well known for its many snack sho ...

still remain further inland.

Amenities and attractions

Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre is a community arts centre in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong and maintained by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, one of the successors to the territory's Urban Council. It was opened on 4 December ...

, A community arts centre *

Hong Kong Film Archive The Hong Kong Film Archive is a film archive collects, preserves, and screens Hong Kong films and other related materials. The archive was founded in 1993, when its Planning Office was opened by the Urban Council. It joined the Internationa ...

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Sai Wan Ho Sports Centre Sai or SAI may refer to: Companies * Science Applications Incorporated, original name of Leidos * ICAO designator for Shaheen Air, a Pakistani airline * Skandinavisk Aero Industri, a former Danish aeroplane manufacturer * Software Architects, In ...

* Eastern Law Courts Building *

Sai Wan Ho Health Centre Sai or SAI may refer to: Companies * Science Applications Incorporated, original name of Leidos * ICAO designator for Shaheen Air, a Pakistani airline * Skandinavisk Aero Industri, a former Danish aeroplane manufacturer * Software Architects, In ...

* Aldrich Bay Park *

Sai Wan Ho Market Sai or SAI may refer to: Companies * Science Applications Incorporated, original name of Leidos * ICAO designator for Shaheen Air, a Pakistani airline * Skandinavisk Aero Industri, a former Danish aeroplane manufacturer * Software Architects, In ...

, With Market and Cooked Food Centre *

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Report Rooms, Traffic Hong Kong Island *Sai Wan Ho

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Transport

Sai Wan Ho station Sai Wan Ho () is a station on the Hong Kong MTR . It was opened on 31 May 1985. It is located under Shau Kei Wan Road in Sai Wan Ho in the Eastern District. History The site of the present-day station concourse was home to the old Sai Wan H ...

, served by the

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*Numerous buses and minibuses serve the area * Coral Sea Shipping Services provide regular ferry services from

Sai Wan Ho Ferry Pier Sai Wan Ho Ferry Pier () is a ferry pier near Lei King Wan () in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. It is near a bus terminus on the Grand Promenade (). It has three ferry services to Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen and Tung Lung Chau. All ferry services are oper ...

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon ...

and Sam Ka Tsuen * Blue Sea Ferry provides regular ferry services from Sai Wan Ho to

Tung Lung Island Tung Lung Chau, previously known as Nam Tong Island or Nam Fat Tong is an island located off the tip of the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is also referred by Hong Kong people as Tung Lung To or Tung Lung Islan ...

(formerly served by

Lam Kee Ferry Lam Kee Ferry () was a ferry services provider in Hong Kong 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 Ch ...

) *Sai Wan Ho Tram Depot, is the northern depot of the

Hong Kong Tramways Hong Kong Tramways (HKT) is a narrow-gauge tram system in Hong Kong. Owned and operated by RATP Dev Transdev Asia, the tramway runs on Hong Kong Island between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan, with a branch circulating through Happy Valley. ...

, which is between

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and

Island Eastern Corridor The Island Eastern Corridor (IEC) is an expressway built along the northeastern shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It starts from Causeway Bay in the west and ends in Chai Wan in the east. It is mostly part of Route 4. The section betwe ...

Education

Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club College Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club College is located in Sai Wan Ho in Hong Kong. It was founded on 1 September 1978 and Mr. Yeung Chi Keung is the principal. The school uses English as the Medium of Instruction; it is an aided grammar school in Ba ...

, Government aided co-educational grammar school *

Munsang College (Hong Kong Island) Munsang College (Hong Kong Island) (IMSC, zh, 港島民生書院) is a top-ranked Christian secondary school located in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong, at the waterfront of Aldrich Bay. Established in 1999 by Munsang College Education Council, it o ...

, Government aided co-educational grammar school *

Korean International School of Hong Kong The Korean International School of Hong Kong ( ko, 홍콩한국국제학교; ) is an international school located in Lei King Wan, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. It is located near the Tai Koo Shing area, which is home to a large number of Hong Kong ...

, International school Sai Wan Ho is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 16. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Shau Kei Wan Government Primary School and Aldrich Bay Government Primary School.

References

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