Telephone numbers in

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are mostly eight-digit. Fixed land line numbers start with 2 or 3,

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(cellular) phone numbers with 5, 6, 7 or 9, pager numbers with 7 and forwarding service with 8. Since the end of 1989, there have been no

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s within Hong Kong. The telephone number for emergency services – Police, Fire Service and Ambulance – is

999 999 or triple nine most often refers to: * 999 (emergency telephone number), a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries * 999 (number), an integer * AD 999, a year * 999 BC, a year Books * ''999'' (anthology) or ''999: ...

for all telephone lines. These numbers can also be used for mobile and other users: * 992 – fax on fixed line, SMS on mobile phones (for subscribers with disabilities) *

112 112 may refer to: *112 (number), the natural number following 111 and preceding 113 *112 (band), an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia **112 (album), ''112'' (album), album from the band of the same name *112 (emergency telephone number), t ...

– mobile phones Some special numbers are three- to five-digit. Some premium rate services, for example for games and adult contents, are 11-digit. Numbers beginning with '1' are usually reserved for carrier/operator services. These services are provided by the individual telephone carrier. In general, these numbers can be used across all carriers: * Directory services can be reached at 1081 (English), 1083 (Cantonese) and 1088 (Mandarin) * Time and temperature information can be reached at 18501 (English), 18503 (Cantonese) and 18508 (Mandarin) The

international call prefix An international call prefix, international dial-out code or international direct dial code (IDD code) is a trunk prefix that indicates an International call, international phone call. In the dialling sequence, the prefix precedes the country call ...

varies depending on

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provider, however 001 works on all phone lines and uses the IDD service provided by the same carrier as the telephone line that 001 call is dialed from. During the years of telephone monopoly, the International call prefix was 106 (through 1980s) and then 001. Calls to

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and

mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

are international. Calls from Hong Kong to other parts of China include that regions separate country code: * Macau +853 xxxx xxxx * Mainland China +86 (area code) xxxx xxxx

Present numbering scheme and format

The present structure and format of telephone numbers in Hong Kong according to the Hong Kong Telecom Service Numbering Scheme, is as follows (the first digits of the telephone number is used as follows): * 001 - International long-distance voice service access code * 002 - International long-distance fax / data service access code * 003 to 009 - International gateway access code * 100xxxx to 107xxxx - Inquiry / hotline / operator-assisted service * 1081 - Directory Services in English * 1083 - Directory Services in Cantonese * 1088 - Directory Services in Mandarin * 109 - Telephone repair * 112 - Emergency Calls (Mobile Phones only, redirects to 999) * 115 to 118 - International Routing Network Identification Number * 12xxxxx - Inquiry / hotline / operator-assisted service * 133 - Enable the Restricted Caller ID feature * 1357 - Cancel the "Caller ID Restrictions" feature * 14 - Network identification number * 15 to 16 - External telecommunications service access code * 17xxxxx - Operator-assisted service * 1801x - PPS ( Payment by Phone Service) * 1803x - PPS (Payment by Phone Service) * 18060x - PPS (Payment by Phone Service) * 1808 - International calls search service * 181 - Helpdesk/Hotline * 182xxxx - High-traffic telephone line * 182182 - Employees Retraining Board *

1823 Events January–March * January 22 – By secret treaty signed at the Congress of Verona, the Quintuple Alliance gives France a mandate to invade Spain for the purpose of restoring Ferdinand VII (who has been captured by armed revolutio ...

- Hong Kong SAR Government Efficiency Unit * 18281 -

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (), with a history dating back to 1870, is the oldest and largest charitable organisation in Hong Kong. It provides extensive education and community services through 194 service centres spread across Hong Kong. ...

* 18282 -

The Community Chest of Hong Kong The Community Chest of Hong Kong () is an independent, nonprofit organization established on 8 November 1968 in Hong Kong. As one of the most important charities in Hong Kong, The Community Chest serves as an umbrella organization to provide gr ...

* 18288 - Caritas Family Services * 183xxxx - High-traffic telephone line * 184xx -

Hong Kong Jockey Club The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) is one of the oldest institutions in Hong Kong, having been founded in 1884. In 1959, it was granted a Royal Charter and renamed The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (). The institution reverted to its original name ...

* 18501 - Time and temperature information service in English * 18503 - Time and temperature information service in Cantonese * 18508 - Time and temperature information service in Mandarin * 186xxxx - High-traffic telephone lines * 186000 - Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR * 186111 - "GovWiFi" help desk * 186131 - Security Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR * 186186 - Anti Narcotics Division, Security Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR * 1868 - Immigration Department of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR (assistance to Hong Kong residents in distress) * 187xxxx - High traffic telephone lines * 18713xx - Macau phone gambling (Telebet) * 1872xxx - Radio station listener calls live program hotline * 1878xxx - Public service, fundraising, accidental death inquiries * 1879xxx - Public service, charity hotline * 1880 -

Customer Service * 1881 to 1889 -

phone gambling (Telebet) * 189 - Disaster Response / Disaster Recovery * 19 - Test code / routing code * 200 - Telephone card access code * 201xxxxx to 206xxxxx - Fixed-line telephone * 207, 208, 209 - Telephone card access code * 21xxxxxx to 29xxxxxx - Fixed-line telephone * 28088000 to 28088099 - Telephone card access code * 3000xxx - Number Conversion Equipment * 301xxxxx to 304xxxxx - Non-external telecommunications services * 305xxxxx to 309xxxxx - External telecommunications services * 31xxxxxx - Fixed-line telephone * 34xxxxxx to 39xxxxxx - Fixed-line telephone * 4xxxxxxxxxxx - Network number * 504, 505, 507, 508, 509 - SMS / Multimedia value-added services * 51xxxxxx to 57xxxxxx - Mobile phone number * 58xxxxxx - 'Class 2 Service' such as

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* 59xxxxxx - Mobile phone number * 6xxxxxxx - Mobile phone number * 7xxxxxxx - Mobile phone number & pager number * 800xxxxxx -

Toll-free telephone number A toll-free telephone number or freephone number is a telephone number that is billed for all arriving calls. For the calling party, a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge. A toll-free number is identified by a dialing prefi ...

* 81xxxxxx to 83xxxxxx - Personal number service * 900xxxxxxxx - Information service * 901xxxxx to 989xxxxx - Mobile phone number * 990 to 998 - Emergency services (routing) *

- Emergency number (

Police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...

Fire service A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...

and Ambulance)

Telephone exchanges in Hong Kong

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- 6 Wong Chuk Hang Road *

Castle Peak Bay Castle Peak Bay is a bay outside Tuen Mun. Tuen Mun River empties into the bay. In the past, many Tanka fishermen harboured at the bay. In 1513, explorer Jorge Álvares arrived in the Pearl River Delta and started a Portuguese settlement, Ta ...

- 138 Castle Peak Road-Castle Peak Bay *

Chai Wan Chai Wan (; ), formerly known as Sai Wan (西灣), lies at the east end of the urban area of Hong Kong Island next to Shau Kei Wan. The area is administratively part of the Eastern District, and is a mosaic of industrial and residential area ...

- 13-15 Cheung Lee Street near Kut Shing Street *

Chek Lap Kok Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the island for the current Hong Kong International ...

- 1 Chun Ming Rd, Chek Lap Kok *

Cheung Chau Cheung Chau (lit. "Long Island") is an island southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is nicknamed the 'dumbbell island (啞鈴島)' due to its shape. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in Hong Kong, and had a population of 2 ...

- 31 Cheung Chau Sports Road *

Cheung Sha Cheung Sha () is a rural area on the south coast of Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong. Along the South Lantau Road, Cheung Sha is located between Tong Fuk (to the southwest) and San Shek Wan (to the northeast). The most notable feature ...

- 57A Cheung Sha, Lantau Island *

Clearwater Bay Clear Water Bay () is a bay on the eastern shore of Clear Water Bay Peninsula of Hong Kong, located within Clear Water Bay Country Park. There are two beaches at Clear Water Bay: " Clear Water Bay First Beach" and "Clear Water Bay Second Beach" ...

- East Telephone Exchange Tower, 38 Clearwater Bay Road *

Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong, an area and Victoria Park, Hong Kong, a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern and the Wan Chai District, Wan Chai ...

- East Telephone Exchange Tower, 38 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay *

Fanling Fanling ( zh, t=粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling i ...

- 21 Lok Yip Road *

Fo Tan Fo Tan is an area of Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was developed as a light industrial area, but this activity has declined markedly in recent years. There are residential areas to the east, alongside the MTR line, and in the ...

- 32-34 Shan Mei Street *

Fortress Hill Fortress Hill or Pau Toi Shan () is a hill and an area on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Fortress Hill includes the western part of North Point lying west of Oil Street, and the eastern part of Causeway Bay. There are a number ...

- 14 Fortress Hill Road *

Ha Hang Ha Hang () is a village in Tai Po District, Hong Kong. Administration Ha Hang is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Tai Po Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, H ...

- 101 Ting Kok Road *

Ho Man Tin Ho Man Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District. History Section of lists of villages in the book ' (literally ''The History of Xin'an County'') published in twenty fourth year of Jiaqing era ...

- 43 Sheung Shing St, Ho Man Tin *

Hung Hom Hung Hom () is an area in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Including the area of Whampoa, Tai Wan, Hok Yuen, Lo Lung Hang and No. 12 Hill are administratively part of the Kowloon City District, with a portion west of Hung Ho ...

- 140 Gillies Avenue North *

Kennedy Town Kennedy Town is at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th Governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Administratively, it is part of Central and Western District. Due to its ...

- 14 Smithfield Road, Sai Wan *

Kowloon City Kowloon City is an neighbourhood, area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District. Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is History As early as in the Qin dynasty (221 BCE ...

- 28 Lung Kong Road *

Kowloon Tong Kowloon Tong () is an area of Hong Kong located in Kowloon. The majority of the area is in the Kowloon City District. Its exaclocationis south of the Lion Rock, north of Boundary Street, east of the East Rail line and west of Grampian Road. It i ...

- 1 Kam Shing Road *

Kwai Chung Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District District of Hong Kong. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a populat ...

- Kwok Shui Road near Fu Uk Road *

Kwai Shing Kwai Shing (葵盛) is an area on the hill between Kwai Fong and Tai Wo Hau in the Kwai Chung area of Hong Kong. The area is named after the two major public housing estates on the hill, Kwai Shing East Estate and Kwai Shing West Estate, accommo ...

- 298 Kwai Shing Circuit, Kwai Chung *

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 ...

- 408 Kwun Tong Road *

Lai Chi Kok Lai Chi Kok is a neighbourhood in Kowloon, Hong Kong, east of Kwai Chung and west of Cheung Sha Wan. Mei Foo Sun Chuen is the largest housing estate in the area and also the largest in Hong Kong with 99 blocks. Administratively, it belongs ...

- 2 Yuet Lun Street *

Lamma Island Lamma Island, also known as Y Island or Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District. Name Lamma Island was named Lamma only because of a chart reading error by ...

- 70A Po Wah Yuen, Lamma Island *

Lau Fau Shan Lau Fau Shan () is an area of Yuen Long District, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is at the shore of Deep Bay, near Tin Shui Wai and facing Shekou in Shenzhen, China. Economy Lau Fau Shan is traditionally famous for fresh oysters. Abo ...

- 13 Lau Fau Shan Road *

Ma On Shan Ma On Shan may refer to: * Ma On Shan (peak) ( zh, t=馬鞍山, s=马鞍山, l=saddle peak, links=no), a mountain in the New Territories of Hong Kong * Ma On Shan (town), a New Town in the New Territories on the foot of Ma On Shan mountain * Ma On ...

- 20 On Shing Street *

Mong Kok Mong Kok (also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok. Mong Kok is one of the major shopping areas in Hong Kong. The area is characterised ...

- 37 Bute Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon *

Ngau Tam Mei Ngau Tam Mei (), also known as Yau Tam Mei (), is a suburb located in San Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong near Yuen Long. It is located at the east of Fairview Park, the north of San Tin village and Kai Kung Leng, the northwest of Lam Tsuen Cou ...

- 388 Castle Peak Road-Tam Mi *

Ngau Tau Kok Ngau Tau Kok is an area of eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong, in the north of Kwun Tong District east to Kowloon Bay. Largely residential, Ngau Tau Kok has a population in excess of 210,000. Geography In Chinese, Ngau Tau Kok means ''ox horn'' ...

- 7 Siu Yip St, Kowloon Bay *

North Point North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, the area is named after a cape between Tin Hau, Hong Kong, Causeway Bay and Tsat Ts ...

- 511 King's Road *

Peng Chau Peng Chau is a small island located off the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is known locally for its temples, fishing industry and seafood. Geography Peng Chau has an area of and a perimeter of about . The tallest point ...

- 5 Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau *

Ping Che Ping Che () is a village in Ta Kwu Ling, North District, Hong Kong. ''Che'' (; Jyutping: ce4; literally "clear land for agriculture by burning") refers to the method of farming used by the Che people. Administration Ping Che is a recognized vi ...

- 2 Ping Che Road *

Repulse Bay Repulse Bay or Tsin Shui Wan is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong. It is one of the most expensive residential areas in the world. Geography Repulse Bay is located in the southern ...

- 6 beach road, Repulse Bay *

Sai Kung Sai Kung may refer to: * Sai Kung Town, or just Sai Kung, a town and administrative area in the Sai Kung District, Hong Kong * Sai Kung Peninsula, a peninsula in Hong Kong * Sai Kung District, an administrative district in Hong Kong, which does no ...

- 66 Man Nin Street *

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ne ...

- 14-16 Man Lai Road, Tai Wai *

Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui P ...

- 330 Cheung Sha Wan Road *

Sham Tseng Sham Tseng is a coastal area in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong, between Ting Kau and Tsing Lung Tau. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sham Tseng was 72. The number of males was 32. In 1982, the Government launched ...

- 44 Castle Peak Road - Sham Tseng *

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 ...

- 17 Sun Sing Street *

Shek Kip Mei Shek Kip Mei, is an area in New Kowloon, to the northeast of the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. It borders Sham Shui Po and Kowloon Tong. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Kip Mei was 72. A major fire on 25 ...

- 41 Wai Chi Street *

Shek O Shek O is an area of the south-eastern part of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It can refers to Shek O village or Shek O Peninsula or Shek O Headland. Administratively, they are part of Southern District. Geography The name "Shek O" literal ...

- 185 Shek O Village *

Sheung Shui Sheung Shui (, literally "Above-water") is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Town, a part of this area, is part of the Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong. Fanling Town is to its southea ...

- 88-98 Jockey Club Road *

Sheung Wan Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted as ''Upper Dist ...

- West Exchange Tower, 322 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan *

Siu Lek Yuen Siu Lek Yuen () is an area in Sha Tin District, New Territories East. Located to the east of Yuen Chau Kok, the area is surrounded on three sides by the Ma On Shan Country Park. Nowadays it is a residential area. Name The name means the origin ...

- 18 Siu Lek Yuen Road *

Stanley Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...

- 36 Stanley Village Road *

Tai Hing Tai Hing Group ( zh, 太興集團) is a restaurant chain in Hong Kong. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2019. The company was founded in 1989. As of May 2019, it operates 9 brands, with a total of 191 branches, of which 126 ...

- 6 Shek Pai Tau Rd, Tuen Mun *

Tai Kok Tsui Tai Kok Tsui is an area west of Mong Kok in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The mixed land use of industrial and residential is present in the old area. The Cosmopolitan Dock and oil depots were previously located there. Blocks of high-rise residential b ...

- 663 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok *

Tai Po Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsue ...

- 30 Kwong Fuk Square, Tai Po *

- 5 On Po Lane, Tai Po *

Tin Shui Wai Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a ' fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is due northw ...

- 8 Tin Pak Rd, Tin Shui Wai *

Tsing Yi Tsing Yi, sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost all ...

- 12 Chung Mei Rd, Tsing Yi *

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...

- 303 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan *

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named. ...

- 22 Wan Lung Road, Tseung Kwan O *

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more re ...

- 1 Hing On Lane *

Tung Chung Tung Chung, meaning " eastern stream", is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. One of the most recent new towns, it was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay, and along the delta and lower courses of T ...

- 12 Cheung Tung Rd, Tung Chung *

Wan Chai Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to th ...

- 44-46 Wood Road *

- Lockhart Telephone Exchange Tower, 3 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai *

Wong Tai Sin Wong Tai Sin or Huang Daxian () is a Chinese Taoist Deity popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Hong Kong with the power of healing. The name, meaning the "Great Immortal Wong (Huang)", is the divine form of Huang Chuping or Wong Cho Ping (; c. 328 ...

- 19 Muk Lun Street, Wong Tai Sin *

Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, ...

- 524A Nathan Road *

Yau Tong Yau Tong () is an area of Hong Kong, located in the southeastern end of Kowloon, between Lei Yue Mun and Lam Tin, at the east shore of Victoria Harbour, west of Tseung Kwan O. Administratively, it is part of Kwun Tong District, the most densely ...

- 6 Tseung Kwan O Road, Lam Tin *

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang W ...

- 170-184 Kau Yuk Road, Yuen Long

Historical numbering scheme and area codes

1970s

In the 1970s, area codes were assigned with the following pattern: * 3

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

New Kowloon New Kowloon is an area in Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Eagle's Nest, Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak. It covers the present-day Kwun Tong District and Wong Tai S ...

Ha Kwai Chung Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan, Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District districts of Hong Kong, District of Hong Kong. It is also part of T ...

and

* 5

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...

and Outlying Islands * 12

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

There was no standard trunk prefix like '0' – only the area code and phone number were dialed when calling from one area code to another. Thus the Kowloon number xxx-xxx would have been dialed as follows: * xxx-xxx – from within Kowloon * 3 xxx-xxx – from Hong Kong Island or New Territories * +852 3 xxx-xxx – from the rest of the world

1980s

In the mid-1980s, 6-digit numbers starting with '0' became 7-digit numbers starting with '71', making way for subsequent change of the New Territories prefix from '12' to '0'. * 0xxxxx became 71xxxxx Fixed-line phone numbers were either six- or seven-digit in the 1980s. Area codes were assigned with the following patterns. * 3 Kowloon, New Kowloon, Ha Kwai Chung and Sai Kung * 5 Hong Kong Island and Outlying Islands * 0 New Territories Cellular phone numbers are all eight-digit starting with '9'.

Easy Dialling Day

On 30 December 1989, area codes were abolished. Six-digit numbers in the New Territories were changed to replace the initial 8 with 46, followed by five digits; area codes for six-digit numbers in the other areas became part of subscriber's numbers. Area codes for seven-digit numbers were simply removed. Some six-digit numbers had the first digit changed to two digits to make a seven-digit number. * (3) xxx xxx became 3xx xxxx * (3) 7xx xxxx became 7xx xxxx * (5) xxx xxx became 5xx xxxx * (5) Nxx xxxx became Nxx xxxx (N = 8 or 9) * (0) 8xx xxx became 46x xxxx * (0) Nxx xxxx became Nxx xxxx (N = 4 or 6)

1990s

On January 1, 1995, a '2' was prefixed to all fixed line (land line) numbers which are now eight-digit. A '7' was prefixed to existing pager service numbers. * xxx xxxx became 2xxx xxxx * 11xx xxx became 711xx xxx * 11xx xxxxx became 7xx xxxxx * 9xxx xxxx remain unchanged

Since 2000s

Before the introduction of portable fixed line numbers, numbers were assigned in a pattern akin to districts. For example, in addition to the existing 3, 5 and 0 prefixes, a 4 prefix was used for Tuen Mun and Yuen Long, 6 for Tai Po and Sha Tin, and 8 for Hong Kong Island. Numbers starting with '3' were introduced when '2' for fixed lines started running out. Cell phone numbers remain eight-digit. The number '6' started to be used when numbers started with '9' were running out. In May 2008, cellular phone numbers with '5' as the beginning were also introduced. Due to numerous phone scams spoofing local telephone numbers, calls started from outside Hong Kong using a local number now show the Hong Kong prefix +852 before the phone numbers in Caller ID.

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