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Famous place names in Hong Kong: 1. Lightwater Bay The southern Hong Kong Island has two famous bays and beaches-deep water bay and shallow water bay. Sham Shui Bay is a mansion in the Chinese mansion, mainly villas. Masaki Bay is a mansion of the West, mainly apartments, and the English of Sham Shui Bay is called Deep Water Bay, and the shallow water bay is called Repulse Bay. Repulse means "repel -repelled and defeated" in English, named because the British naval warship HMS Repulse, which was parked in the bay in the Bay in the 1840s. 2. Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is currently the name of the bustling business district, but it originally refers to the Bay and southeast bank of Victoria Park today. Essence The early coastline was on Causeway Bay Road today. In the middle of the 19th century, Causeway Bay became the location of British -funded Yihe Western Bank headquarters. The is inconvenient to go around or go to Hong Kong Island or take a boat through the Causeway Bay, and a seawall connecting the bay is built, which is the current Gao Shiwei. It -reclamation projects in the 1950s filled the bay, and part of the land obtained was used to build roads, and part of them became Victoria Garden. It turned out that the Causeway Bay Road, which was once located by the sea and the Gao Shiwei Road built in the Bay, has become an inland road. 3. Hong Kong Tsai The meaning of "Little Hong Kong" in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Tsai was originally called "Shi Pai Bay" in the center of Hong Kong Island. A female resident named Chen Qun introduced to the northern part of Hong Kong Island. When the British soldiers via Hong Kong Village, they asked Chen Qun as the name of the place. Hong Kong guy". 4. Stanley . Stanley is located in the Stanley Peninsula in Hong Kong Island. East of the shallow water bay, Stanley has many kapok trees before, with bright red flowers. It looks like red under the sunrise sunlight. The pillar of the village is "Stanley". It another saying is that the pirates are rampant and often robbed. There are also pirates living here. The Aboriginal people said that there were "thieves live" in the place. 5. The puddle mouth The water pits were used to be a sea corner on the north bank of Hong Kong Island. There was a large puddle nearby. After reclamation in the 1850s, it became inland areas. After the law and Qi Shan in 1841, the British army landed in Hong Kong. The UK measured staff found that there is a prominent highland nearby and the sea, which can be used to camp, so it opens the road from the sea to this highland, which is today's Mizukoukou Street.
A total of 18 districts in Hong Kong: In Central and Western District Wan Chai District East District Kowloon City Huangdaxian District Kwun Tong District Kwai Qing District Tsuen Wan District Tuen Mun District R N Dapu District
Saigon District lyric island area of which the largest 175 square kilometer area of the outlying island area is 6.8 square kilometers Shatian Shatian The population of the area up to 62,8600 people off the island area at least 86,700 people
Famous place names in Hong Kong:
1. Lightwater Bay
The southern Hong Kong Island has two famous bays and beaches-deep water bay and shallow water bay. Sham Shui Bay is a mansion in the Chinese mansion, mainly villas.
Masaki Bay is a mansion of the West, mainly apartments, and the English of Sham Shui Bay is called Deep Water Bay, and the shallow water bay is called Repulse Bay.
Repulse means "repel -repelled and defeated" in English, named because the British naval warship HMS Repulse, which was parked in the bay in the Bay in the 1840s.
2. Causeway Bay
Causeway Bay is currently the name of the bustling business district, but it originally refers to the Bay and southeast bank of Victoria Park today. Essence
The early coastline was on Causeway Bay Road today. In the middle of the 19th century, Causeway Bay became the location of British -funded Yihe Western Bank headquarters.
The is inconvenient to go around or go to Hong Kong Island or take a boat through the Causeway Bay, and a seawall connecting the bay is built, which is the current Gao Shiwei.
It -reclamation projects in the 1950s filled the bay, and part of the land obtained was used to build roads, and part of them became Victoria Garden. It turned out that the Causeway Bay Road, which was once located by the sea and the Gao Shiwei Road built in the Bay, has become an inland road.
3. Hong Kong Tsai
The meaning of "Little Hong Kong" in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Tsai was originally called "Shi Pai Bay" in the center of Hong Kong Island. A female resident named Chen Qun introduced to the northern part of Hong Kong Island.
When the British soldiers via Hong Kong Village, they asked Chen Qun as the name of the place. Hong Kong guy".
4. Stanley
. Stanley is located in the Stanley Peninsula in Hong Kong Island. East of the shallow water bay, Stanley has many kapok trees before, with bright red flowers. It looks like red under the sunrise sunlight. The pillar of the village is "Stanley".
It another saying is that the pirates are rampant and often robbed. There are also pirates living here. The Aboriginal people said that there were "thieves live" in the place.
5. The puddle mouth
The water pits were used to be a sea corner on the north bank of Hong Kong Island. There was a large puddle nearby. After reclamation in the 1850s, it became inland areas. After the law and Qi Shan in 1841, the British army landed in Hong Kong.
The UK measured staff found that there is a prominent highland nearby and the sea, which can be used to camp, so it opens the road from the sea to this highland, which is today's Mizukoukou Street.
A total of 18 districts in Hong Kong:
In Central and Western District
Wan Chai District
East District
Kowloon City
Huangdaxian District
Kwun Tong District
Kwai Qing District
Tsuen Wan District
Tuen Mun District
R N Dapu District
Saigon District
lyric island area
of which the largest 175 square kilometer area of the outlying island area is 6.8 square kilometers
Shatian Shatian The population of the area up to 62,8600 people off the island area at least 86,700 people