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32-545: The road was the only way towards Chai Wan before the opening of the Island Eastern Corridor and MTR Island line . Currently, it is still the only pedestrian route connecting to Chai Wan. From West to East: Chai Wan Road starts from the connection with Shau Kei Wan Road and the off-ramp from the Island Eastern Corridor and then goes uphill through Chai Wan Gap . After junctioning with Tai Tam Road , it goes downhill into central Chai Wan, and intersects

64-564: A result, the major thoroughfare in the area, King's Road , became very congested. To relieve the issue of congestion, the idea of constructing an elevated vehicular corridor in the Eastern District was brought out in 1968, as part of the Hong Kong Long Term Road Study . The original plan was to construct an elevated dual carriageway above King's Road, which continues eastward as a ground-level road along

96-438: A taxi. British citizen Ivan Aranto Herrera Jorge and Swede Carl Magnus Lindgren , members of celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal 's culinary team, were among the dead. On 16 September 2017 , a Citybus on route 118 was travelling along Chai Wan Road when one of its passengers was stabbed on the upper deck near Fu Shing Court. The suspect subsequently smashed open the window and jumped out in an attempted suicide. While no one else

128-579: 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 between Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay consists mainly of viaducts built along Victoria Harbour . After World War II , the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island developed rapidly. As

160-623: Is bordered by Sai Wan Ho to the east, Mount Parker to the south, North Point to the west, and Victoria Harbour to the north. Quarry Bay is a residential and business district in Hong Kong. One Island East , the seventh tallest building in Hong Kong, is located in Quarry Bay. Some government departments such as the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council have relocated their offices from Central and Wan Chai to Quarry Bay over

192-678: Is home to multiple hiking trails, including the Mount Parker Road Green Trail and the Hong Pak Country Trail, which connects further to nearby trails. The Woodside Biodiversity Education Center (also known as the Red House) is a biodiversity centre housing local animal species and displays of educational resources on Hong Kong wildlife. The centre is situated on Mount Parker Road , with benches available nearby for picnics. Wartime remains including

224-553: Is now the Taikoo Place , a commercial hub. The western end of Quarry Bay was historically part of North Point ; 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 ( 麗池夜總會 ; lai6 chi4 ye6 jung2 wui2 ), was built in the area in 1947. The nightclub was demolished a few years later to make way for

256-628: Is one of the transportation hubs in Hong Kong. There are two MTR stations in the district, being Quarry Bay Station and Taikoo Station . Quarry Bay Station is the intersection of the Island line and Tseung Kwan O line . Other transportation means in the district include buses, minibuses, and trams. The 1819 edition of the Gazetteer of Sun On County ( 嘉慶版新安縣志 ) did not mention today's Quarry Bay. Historians such as Anthony Kwok Kin Siu suggested Quarry Bay

288-546: Is the present-day Quarry Bay Street ( 鰂魚涌街 ), with the original estuary near the Quarry Bay Street – King's Road junction. In the mid-1980s, the hillside was converted into Kornhill apartment buildings, the reservoir into Mount Parker Lodge  [ zh-tw ] ( 康景花園 ) apartment buildings, and the Dockyard into Taikoo Shing . The Coca-Cola factory is now apartment Kornville ( 康蕙花園 ), and Taikoo Sugar

320-932: 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" is a condominium complex of five interconnected buildings. The complex consists of Fook Cheong Building , Montane Mansion , Oceanic Mansion , Yick Cheong Building , and Yick Fat Building . Woodside Biodiversity Education Centre  [ zh-tw ] 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

352-404: The Island Eastern Corridor 's eastern terminus and Wan Tsui Road at a roundabout, before turning north-east and turning sharply to the east at the junction with Wing Tai Road and flows into Siu Sai Wan Road to the east at Sun Yip Street. On 19 November 2012, three men were killed and 56 people were injured when a New World First Bus 's driver became unconscious and hit a Kowloon Motor Bus and

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384-440: The 19th century. The English name was Arrow Fish Creek . The original bay has disappeared since land reclamation has taken place, and was about 700 m (770 yd) from the current coastline. The eastern part of Quarry Bay, namely Quarry Point  [ yue ] , was largely owned by Swire and therefore many places and facilities are named after the company's Chinese name, Taikoo . The river originally flowed into

416-744: The Island Eastern Corridor became the new venue of the Hong Kong Marathon 10km race, held on 17 February 2008. The race track started from City Garden in North Point , and ran eastwards until Shau Kei Wan , where it made a U-turn, back along westbound IEC and ended at Victoria Park , near the western terminus of the IEC. The noise problem caused by the IEC's design became evident as residents complained about noises as high as 60 dB emitting at about five to six o'clock in

448-544: The Wartime Stoves and Anti-Air-Raid Caves are preserved throughout Mount Parker Road Green Trail and the Hong Pak Country Trail . Hikes throughout Quarry Bay are often packed with resting benches, washrooms, pavilions, mappings as well as trash bins. Mount Butler , Mount Parker and Siu Ma Shan are mountains available for hiking. These mountains are linked towards more hiking options such as

480-547: The Watson Road – Tin Chiu Street section of the corridor be replaced with a tunnel, but was never considered due to the complex nature of the necessary works. 22°17′37″N 114°11′57″E  /  22.293547°N 114.199097°E  / 22.293547; 114.199097 Quarry Bay Quarry Bay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island , in Hong Kong . Quarry Bay

512-668: The bay, however it was shut off from the sea with the construction of the Tai Koo Reservoir  [ zh-tw ] to supply fresh water to the Taikoo Dockyard , the Taikoo Sugar factory at Tong Chong Street ( 糖廠街 ), and later the Swire Coca-Cola factory at Greig Road ( 基利路 ) and Yau Man Street ( 佑民街 ). The upper course of the river was converted into a cement-paved catchwater, and the lower course

544-517: The coast of North Point, still a viaduct until it comes to Quarry Bay where it descends onto ground level, and interchanges with the approach road of Eastern Harbour Crossing . After passing Taikoo Shing, the corridor becomes a viaduct again, now crossing between Sai Wan Ho and Aldrich Bay , making a broad curve toward the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence , where it returns to ground level and runs past A Kung Ngam and Heng Fa Chuen all

576-540: The coastline between Sai Wan Ho and Chai Wan . Such alignment along King's Road was later discarded in favour of a waterfront viaduct running parallel to King's Road instead. It was not until 8 April 1981, 20 May 1982 and 5 August 1986 that construction commenced on the three sections of the corridor, respectively. The corridor was opened in three phases: Causeway Bay to Taikoo Shing on 8 June 1984; Taikoo Shing to Shau Kei Wan on 26 July 1985; and Shau Kei Wan to Chai Wan on 12 October 1989. Work has been done to

608-431: 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 ( 麗池 ), made more so by the name being homophone to Cantonese for "late as usual" ( 例遲 ) – a reference to King's Road , until 1984 the only thoroughfare in the area and thus infamous for traffic congestion. To this day, some buildings in

640-429: The expressway portion of IEC is 70 km/h. It is often criticised for using up the seafront which could have been enjoyed by residents of Hong Kong had alternative alignments been chosen. Residents have also complained about traffic noises owing to some sections' proximity to residential buildings, and it could be advised that there would have to be sound barriers installed along this section. It has been suggested that

672-529: The expressway several times over its life, including the bridge diversions at Quarry Bay , completed in 2003, where Route 4 joins with Route 2 . There is also a proposed extension of the Corridor into the hills of Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan. The section of viaduct near City Garden has also been rebuilt and expanded so that it could become the eastern terminus of the Central–Wan Chai Bypass . In 2008,

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704-717: The inherent value of Hong Kong's biodiversity assets and to marshal public support and action for nature conservation. The head office of the Securities and Futures Commission is in One Island East in Quarry Bay. 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 Primary schools Secondary schools Quarry Bay

736-421: The lack of space. Further study will take place regarding the feasibility of the project. When it is finished, a continuous promenade will be formed between Central and Sai Wan Ho , together with recreational land use projects related to the Central–Wan Chai Bypass . The corridor starts at Causeway Bay as a viaduct, where it joins Victoria Park Road and Gloucester Road with a ramp. It then heads east along

768-647: The morning. In February 2008, the Government announced that it will construct a waterfront promenade between Causeway Bay and Sai Wan Ho, with significant sections at North Point running under Island Eastern Corridor, using floating boards. However, the Government is concerned about the plan violating the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance , since the boards may need to extend seabound due to

800-456: 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 is a private residential development in Quarry Bay. Consisting of 61 mansions distributed along Taikoo Wan Road & Taikoo Shing Road, it

832-555: The way towards Chai Wan. It ends near Chai Wan Park, at a large roundabout with Chai Wan Road and Wan Tsui Road in Chai Wan, just next to MTR Chai Wan station . The full length of the corridor, save for a small section in Chai Wan between its eastern terminus and Wing Tai Road, is a statutorily-designated expressway (under section 123(1) of the Road Traffic Ordinance , Cap. 374, Laws of Hong Kong ). Speed limit for

864-414: The west, and Taikoo Wan Road to the north. Also, a few industrial buildings exist in the areas of Shipyard Lane. Former Nan Fung Sun Chuen ( 南豐新邨 ), built in 1978, is a private apartment estate. Consisting of 2,827 apartment units in 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

896-420: The western part of Quarry Bay are named as "North Point something building", although they are across the modern-day limit of North Point at Man Hong Street / Healthy Street West. Quarry Bay is considered as an area surrounded by Kornhill Road  [ yue ] to the east, Hong Shing Street and Mount Parker Road  [ yue ] to the south, junction of King's Road and Healthy Street West to

928-432: The years, and some multinational companies have their offices located in the district, such as Ernst & Young , BNP Paribas , LVMH and Boston Consulting Group , etc. Cityplaza and Kornhill Plaza , being one of the largest shopping malls on Hong Kong Island is at Quarry Bay. With dense population as well as developed economic and commercial activities in the district, Quarry Bay has a considerable traffic demand. It

960-523: Was a remote area before British colonial time. During colonial Hong Kong times, the Hakka stonemasons 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 ( 鰂魚涌 ) reveals that it was a small stream where crucian carp ( 鰂魚 ) could be found in

992-506: Was developed by Swire. The Alexander Grantham was a fireboat of Hong Kong 's Fire Services Department . The fireboat 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 , Hong Kong, where it has been converted into

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1024-674: Was injured, the victim succumbed to her injuries after being transported to Eastern Hospital . The suspect was eventually convicted of murder in December 2020 sentenced to life imprisonment in 2021. On 20 January 2018, a truck whose crane was raised while driving on Chai Wan Road crashed into a bridge. No one was injured and the driver was stuck in the vehicle for an hour and half until being rescued. From West to East: 22°16′12″N 114°14′15″E  /  22.2701°N 114.2374°E  / 22.2701; 114.2374 Island Eastern Corridor The Island Eastern Corridor ( IEC )

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