Quarry Bay is an

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beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of

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, in

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. The western portion of the area was also formerly known as Lai Chi (). Traditionally an industrial and residential area, the number of commercial buildings in this district has increased since the 1990s. Quarry Bay is bordered by

Sai Wan Ho Sai Wan Ho is a primarily residential area on the northeastern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, between Quarry Bay and Shau Kei Wan. It is part of the Eastern District, and is administered together with surrounding areas under the Eastern ...

to the east, Mount Parker to the south,

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 ...

to the west, and

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. Administratively, it is part of Eastern District. Quarry Bay is considered as an area surrounded by to the east, Hong Shing Street and to the south, junction of

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and Healthy Street West to the west, and

History

The 1819 edition of the '' Gazetteer of Sun On County'' () did not mention today's Quarry Bay. Historians such as Anthony Kwok Kin Siu suggested Quarry Bay was a remote area before British colonial time. During

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times, the

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

stonemasons Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. It is one of the oldest activities and professions in human history. Many of the long-lasting, ancient shelters, temples, mo ...

settled in the area after the British arrival. This area was a bay where rock from the hillsides were quarried and transported by ship for building construction or road building. The Chinese name ''

Tsak Yue Chung 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 comme ...

'' () reveals that it was a small stream where

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() could be found in the 19th century. The English name was ''Arrow Fish Creek''. The original bay has disappeared since

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has taken place, and was about from the current coastline.

Taikoo

The eastern part of Quarry Bay, namely ', was largely owned by

Swire Swire Group () is a Hong Kong- and London-based British conglomerate. Many of its core businesses can be found within the Asia Pacific region, where traditionally Swire's operations have centred on Hong Kong and mainland China. Within Asia ...

and therefore many places and facilities are named after the company's Chinese name, Taikoo. The river originally flowed into the bay, however it was shut off from the sea with the construction of the to supply fresh water to the

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 ...

, the Taikoo Sugar factory at Tong Chong Street (), and later the Swire

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factory at Greig Road () and

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(). The upper course of the river was converted into a cement-paved catchwater, and the lower course is the present-day Quarry Bay Street (), with the original

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near the Quarry Bay Street -

junction. In the mid-1980s, the hillside was converted into

Kornhill Kornhill and Kornhill Gardens are apartment buildings on the northern slope of Mount Parker (Hong Kong), Mount Parker, in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Kornhill is a private housing estate and Kornhill Gardens is a Private Sect ...

apartment buildings, the reservoir into () apartment buildings, and the Dockyard into

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 ...

. The Coca-Cola factory is now apartment Kornville (), and Taikoo Sugar is now the

Taikoo Place Taikoo Place () is a commercial building complex located in Quarry Bay, east Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It comprises grade A office towers, car parking, clubs, office apartment, parks, and shops to meet the needs from business people worldwide. ...

, a commercial hub.

Lai Chi

The western end of Quarry Bay was historically part of

; during the 1930s its beaches became one of the most popular places for holding swimming galas in Hong Kong. From this basis an upmarket entertainment complex, the Ritz Nightclub (), was built in the area in 1947. The nightclub was demolished a few years later to make way for the construction of apartment buildings during the latter half of the 1950s. Nonetheless, for years afterwards, the western part of Quarry Bay continued to be known informally as ''Lai Chi'' (), made more so by the name being

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to Cantonese for "late as usual" () - a reference to

, until 1984 the only thoroughfare in the area and thus infamous for traffic congestion. To this day, some buildings in the western part of Quarry Bay are named as "North Point something building", although they are across the modern-day limit of

at Man Hong Street / Healthy Street West.

Residential buildings

Looking upward at the Yick Cheong Building, 13 June 2019

* Bedford Gardens * CASA 880 * Dragon View House * Granview Court * The Floridian * Healthy Village Estate * Kings View Court *

, and

Kornhill Gardens Kornhill and Kornhill Gardens are apartment buildings on the northern slope of Mount Parker, in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Kornhill is a private housing estate and Kornhill Gardens is a Private Sector Participation Scheme ...

* Model Housing Estate * Mount Parker Residences * Nan Fung Sun Chuen * Novum East * Oceanic Building * The Orchards * *

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* Riviera Mansion * Royal Terrace * Snowboat Mansion * Splendid Place * Sunway Gardens *

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* * *“

Monster Building The Monster Building is a group of five connected buildings on King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. It is a famous location for photography and used as inspiration for several filming locations. There are 2,243 units in five blocks with 18 floors ...

” -

Fook Cheong Building The Monster Building is a group of five connected buildings on King's Road (Hong Kong), King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. It is a famous location for photography and used as inspiration for several filming locations. There are 2,243 units in f ...

, Montane Mansion, Oceanic Mansion,

Yick Cheong Building The Monster Building is a group of five connected buildings on King's Road (Hong Kong), King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. It is a famous location for photography and used as inspiration for several filming locations. There are 2,243 units in f ...

and

Yick Fat Building The Monster Building is a group of five connected buildings on King's Road (Hong Kong), King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. It is a famous location for photography and used as inspiration for several filming locations. There are 2,243 units in f ...

Nan Fung Sun Chuen

Nan Fung Sun Chuen (), built in 1978, is a private apartment estate. Consisting of 12 buildings distributed along Greig Road and Greig Crescent with a car park at the centre of the development, it was developed by Nan Fung Development. Because of the relatively large size of the development, it serves as the benchmark for premises developed in the late 1970s in the property market. The tower blocks range in height from 28 to 33 floors. Blocks 1 to 5 are at 32 to 40 (even numbers) Greig Road while blocks 6 to 12 are at 27 to 15 Greig Crescent.

Taikoo Shing

Taikoo Shing is a private residential development in Quarry Bay. Consisting of 61 mansions distributed along Taikoo Wan Road & Taikoo Shing Road, it was developed by Swire.

Tourism

Fireboat ''Alexander Grantham'' Exhibition Gallery

The ''

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'' was a fireboat of

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. The

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was named after former Governor Sir Alexander Grantham. The boat has since retired from service and been replaced by other vessels. On 10 March 2006, the fireboat was successfully hoisted into its new permanent home in the Central Concourse of

Quarry Bay Park Quarry Bay Park () is an urban park located in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong Island's Eastern District. It lies between the waterfront and the Tai Koo Shing housing estate, and covers around . The park is managed by the Leisure and Cultura ...

, Hong Kong, where it has been converted into the Fireboat ''Alexander Grantham'' Exhibition Gallery and was opened to the public as a museum in 2007. In addition to the fireboat itself, the Gallery houses a number of multimedia exhibits on the vessel's history and on firefighting in Hong Kong.

"Monster Building" complex

"Monster Building" is a condominium complex of five interconnected buildings. The complex consists of

, Montane Mansion, Oceanic Mansion,

, and

Woodside Biodiversity Education Centre

situated at Mount Parker Road, Quarry Bay. The centre comprises three themed exhibition galleries introducing Hong Kong's precious natural resources and biodiversity. The centre aims to foster public awareness, knowledge and understanding the inherent value of Hong Kong's biodiversity assets and to marshal public support and action for nature conservation.

Commercial buildings

- including **Devon House **Dorset House **PCCW Tower **Warwick House **Cornwall House **Lincoln House **Oxford House **Cambridge House **Berkshire House **Taikoo Place Apartment (hotel) **

One Island East One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Overview The skyscraper is a commercial office building, rising 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 storeys plus two levels of basement. There is ...

**One Taikoo Place (Completed in 2018) **Two Taikoo Place (Completed in 2021) *

Cityplaza Cityplaza () is an office and shopping development, developed by Swire Properties, at 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to Taikoo Place, another office complex developed by Swire. The six-level shopping cen ...

**Cityplaza Phase 1 ** EAST, Hong Kong (hotel) ** Cityplaza Phase 2 **Cityplaza Phase 3 **Cityplaza Phase 4 *1025 King's Road *1063 King's Road *Kerry Centre () *Prosperity Millennia Plaza A few industrial buildings exist in the areas of Shipyard Lane. ''Former'' *Fresh Produce Market * Gala I, Gala II cinemas *Mount Parker House 栢嘉商業大廈

Economy

The

Kerry Properties Kerry Properties Limited is a listed company engaged in property development in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Asia Pacific region; infrastructure projects in Hong Kong and Mainland China; and hotel ownership and operations in Mainland China. Th ...

head office is in Quarry Bay.

Government

The head office of the

Securities and Futures Commission The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is the independent statutory body charged with regulating the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong. The SFC is responsible for fostering an orderly securities and futures market ...

is in

in Quarry Bay.

Parks and recreational facilities

* Quarry Bay Municipal Services Building - with indoor playground and a public library managed by LSCD *Greig Road Sitting-out Area *

Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension) Tai Tam (Quarry Bay Extension) Country ParkCountry Parks (Designation) (Consolidation) Order (Chapter 208B) (Chinese: 大潭（鰂魚涌擴建部份）郊野公園), also known simply as Quarry Bay Country Park (鰂魚涌郊野公園), on the ea ...

Education

Quarry Bay is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 14. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and North Point Government Primary School. Kindergartens & Nurseries * ABC Pathways International Kindergarten (Tai Koo Campus) * Creativity (Park Vale) Kindergarten * Epoch Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten * Hamilton Hill International Kindergarten * MAGART International Kindergarten * Saint Anna Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten * Victoria (Kornhill) Kindergarten * Victoria (Kornhill) Nursery Primary schools * Buddhist Chung Wah Kornhill Primary School *

Canossa School (Hong Kong) Canossa (Emilian language#Dialects, Reggiano: ) is a ''comune'' and castle town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is where Holy Roman Empire, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV did penance ...

* Chinese Methodist School North Point *

Delia School of Canada DSC International School () (formerly known as Delia School of Canada) is a Canadian international private school in Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1986 which offers Ontario curriculum (registered in the province of Ontario as an interna ...

* North Point Government Primary School * Shanghai Alumni Primary School * Secondary schools *

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Transport

Public transport

* MTR ** MTR Quarry Bay station:

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and

Island line Island Line or Island line may refer to: * Island line (MTR), one of the lines of the MTR metro system in Hong Kong * Island Line, Isle of Wight, a railway line on the Isle of Wight, England ** Island Line (brand) Island Line is a brand of the ...

** MTR Tai Koo station:

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s * First Bus * Citybus * KMB (serves only cross-

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routes) *

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es ** to

Cyberport Cyberport is a business park in Southern District, Hong Kong consisting of four office buildings, a hotel, and a retail entertainment complex. It describes itself as a digital technology community with over 1,800 (800 on-site and 1,0 ...

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 ...

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 ...

, etc. ** includes 32, 32A, 33 etc.

Major thoroughfares, roads and streets

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 ...

Eastern Harbour Crossing The Eastern Harbour Crossing, abbreviated as "EHC" (), is a combined road-rail tunnel that crosses beneath Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Opened on 21 September 1989, it connects Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island and Cha Kwo Ling, East Kowloon, Ko ...

* Finnie Street *

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Java Road Java Road () is a street in North Point on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It runs from the junction of Electric Road and Tin Chong Street in Fortress Hill to meet King's Road (Hong Kong), King's Road in Quarry Bay, near . History Completed in 19 ...

Kornhill Road Kornhill and Kornhill Gardens are apartment buildings on the northern slope of Mount Parker, in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Kornhill is a private housing estate and Kornhill Gardens is a Private Sector Participation Scheme ...

Mansion Lane A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...

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Mount Parker Road Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

* Quarry Bay Street *

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* Shipyard Lane *

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 ...

* Taikoo Wan Road *

Tsat Tsz Mui Road Tsat Tsz Mui Road () is a road in Tsat Tsz Mui in Hong Kong. The road runs in the area of Tsat Tsz Mui and eastern North Point from west to east, parallel to King's Road, except disjoint by a residential-commercial complex of Island Place. Nam ...

* Tong Chong Street *

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References

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