New Praya, Kennedy Town (), also known as Kennedy Town New Praya or New Praya (), is a seaside street in

Kennedy Town Kennedy Town is a town and neighbourhood at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Kennedy (colonial administrator), Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Adminis ...

, Hong Kong Island, connected to Sands Street in the east and Cadogan Street in the west. It is a one-way eastbound road. After the reclamation of Belcher Bay, the New Praya, Kennedy Town replaced

Catchick Street Catchick Street (Chinese: 吉席街) is a street in the Kennedy Town area of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the location of the Hong Kong Tramways' Kennedy Town Terminus. Adjacent to the street is Block 3 of The Merton, a private housing ...

and became the new promenade 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. It acts as both a major trading hub and tourist attraction of Hong Kong in general. Lying in ...

West.

Features along the street

;Residential buildings * Manhattan Heights *

The Merton The Merton () is a high-rise development located in Kennedy Town supplying 1,182 units in total, Hong Kong. The complex consists of three towers. The Merton 1 rises 59 floors and , and stands as the 60th-tallest building in territory. The Mer ...

;Public facilities * Catchick Street Garden * Kennedy Town (Belcher Bay) Bus Terminus * Kennedy Town Fire Station * Kennedy Town Slaughterhouses (demolished)

Intersecting roads

* Cadogan Street (加多近街) * Davis Street * Smithfield * Shing Sai Road (城西道) * Sands Street

Seaside

The New Praya, Kennedy Town and the sidewalk next to the Shing Sai Road Bus Terminus are great places to view Victoria Harbour, Green Island,

Stonecutters Bridge Stonecutters Bridge is a high level cable-stayed bridge spanning the Rambler Channel in Hong Kong, connecting Nam Wan Kok, Tsing Yi to Stonecutters Island. The bridge deck was completed on 7 April 2009, and opened to traffic on 20 December ...

, Tsing Yi Island and

West Kowloon West Kowloon (), named after West Kowloon Reclamation Project as a part of Airport Core Programme, is the western part of Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong, situated within the Yau Tsim Mong District and Sham Shui Po District. The Land reclam ...

. As the

seawall A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast. The purpose of a seawall is to protect areas of human habitation, conservation, ...

at Kennedy Town is perpendicular to the sea surface, the waves hitting the shore can create huge splashes and wet the people watching the scenery on the shore. When typhoons hit Hong Kong, some citizens would go to the street to experience the power of the typhoon and watch the waves. The street was also one of the hot spots for TV stations to report live news. With the re-opening of Hong Kong's border and the dropping of restrictions after the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, the area became a favourite among mainlaind Chinese tourists.

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Features along the street

Intersecting roads

Seaside

See also

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