Hung Hom Bay was a bay in

Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbor, 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 instrume ...

, between

Tsim Sha Tsui Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsi ...

and

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 Hu ...

in the southeast of

Kowloon Peninsula The Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong, alongside Victoria Harbour and facing toward Hong Kong Island. The Kowloon Peninsula and the area of New Kowloon are collec ...

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 China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

. Since 1994, parts of the bay were reclaimed, and by 2019 it had been completely extinguished. All of present-day

Tsim Sha Tsui East Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim ...

and

Hung Hom station Hung Hom () is a railway station in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is an interchange station between the and the domestic services of the MTR network, as well as the southern terminus of cross-border through-trains to mainland China w ...

on the

MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...

as well as the

Hung Hom Ferry Pier Hung Hom Ferry Pier () is a ferry pier in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is at the reclaimed Hung Hom Bay at the south of Lily Mansion (Phase 9), Whampoa Garden. History The original pier, opened in 1979 using Streamline Moderne design fr ...

are on land reclaimed from the bay. The reclamation also buried several rocks, including

Rumsey Rock Rumsey Rock () was a rock in Hung Hom Bay, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Administratively it belonged to the Kowloon City District. The rock was incorporated in reclaimed land between Tsim Sha Tsui East and Hung Hom in Kowloon in the 1970s. The ...

. The bay once came inland as far as the present-day interchange of the West Kowloon Corridor and the Hung Hom Bypass.

Education

* Hong Kong Community College (Hung Hom Bay campus) *

Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...

*Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School（Hung Hom Bay） (馬頭涌官立小學（紅磡灣）)https://www.chsc.hk/psp2020/sch_detail.php?lang_id=1&sch_id=102&return_page=sch_list.php?lang_id%3D1%26search_mode%3D%26frmMode%3Dpagebreak%26district_id%3D6%26sort_id%3D-1 and http://www.mtchhb.edu.hk

Transportation

Facilities

*Fortune Metropolis *

Hong Kong Coliseum Hong Kong Coliseum, commonly known as the Hung Hom Coliseum, is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. It is in Yau Tsim Mong District. It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 ...

*Hung Hom Promenade

Hotel

*Harbour Grand Kowloon *Harbour Plaza Metropolis * Kerry Hotel Hong Kong

Residential

Harbour Place Harbour Place () is a private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. History Hunghom Peninsula Formerly called Hunghom Peninsula () and built on the reclaimed land of Hung Hom Bay, it was an HOS estate comprising 2,470 flats compl ...

Harbourfront Horizon Harbourfront may refer to: * Harbourfront (Toronto), a neighbourhood in Toronto **509 Harbourfront, Toronto streetcar route ** Harbourfront Centre, cultural organization on the waterfront of Toronto * HarbourFront (Singapore), waterfront site in Si ...

* Harbourview Horizon *

The Harbourfront Landmark The Harbourfront Landmark () is a 70-floor 233 meters tall luxury residential skyscraper completed in 2001 located in Hung Hom in the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. This prime waterfront residence has glass curtain walls and sweeping views o ...

The Metropolis Residence ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

Royal Peninsula Royal Peninsula () is a private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, which was jointly developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and Henderson Land Development in 2001. Built on the reclaimed land of Hung Hom Bay, it comprises 5 h ...

Stars by the Harbour A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth mak ...

References

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