Ma Tau Chung ( Chinese : 馬頭涌 or 碼頭涌 ) is an area in Kowloon , Hong Kong, west of Ma Tau Kok and east of Ma Tau Wai . It was named after a creek (hence [涌] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |label= ( help ) , Chung , in the name) which originated in Quarry Hill emptying into Kowloon Bay . The village of Ma Tau Chung stood on its banks near the river mouth near the Sacred Hill .
22-476: Ma Tau Chung Road is named after the historical place name. It is the major surface road for traffic between Kowloon City and other areas to the east, onwards through Prince Edward Road West and Prince Edward Road East , and areas in southern Kowloon, through Ma Tau Wai Road . According to gazette of xin an county, Emperor Bing of the southern Song dynasty (AD 1127 – AD 1279) settled in Ma Tau Chung and
44-540: A Chinese emperor: Kowloon Peak , Tung Shan , Tate's Cairn , Temple Hill , Unicorn Ridge , Lion Rock , Beacon Hill , Crow's Nest and Emperor Bing of Song . It was also spelt 'Kawloong' in some 19th-century sources. The part of Kowloon south of Boundary Street , together with Stonecutters Island , was ceded by Qing China to the United Kingdom under the Convention of Peking of 1860. For many years
66-402: A road connecting this to Kowloon City . In April 1922, Prince Edward (later Edward VIII ) came to Hong Kong and visited the construction of this road. Due to this visit, the government named this road Prince Edward Road. In the 1930s, Prince Edward Road was extended to the area of Ngau Chi Wan. During Japanese occupation , the road was renamed as Kashima-dori ( 鹿島通り ). Prince Edward Road West
88-545: A threat by the Japanese, and were used as 'guards' at Gun Club Hill Barracks and other areas, 500–600 Indian soldiers considered anti-Japanese were held at Ma Tau Chung in very unpleasant circumstances. There were many deaths, and the men were buried just outside the camp near the vegetable gardens of the Argyle Street Camp immediately on the other side of Argyle Street . Where Chun Seen Mei Chuen now stands
110-776: Is a road between Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong and Kowloon City. This road was originally named Edward Avenue ( 宜華徑 ) before 1924. It was later renamed Prince Edward Road ( 英皇子道 ) in 1924, and in 1958 the Chinese name was changed from what was literally "British Royal Prince Road" to a new name ( 太子道 ) that is literally "Crown Prince Road" . In 1979, it became the Prince Edward Road West. Prince Edward Road West starts from Kowloon City where it succeeds Prince Edward Road East. It runs across Kowloon City and Prince Edward, and ends at Tai Kok Tsui at an intersection with Tong Mi Road and West Kowloon Corridor . It
132-651: Is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon . It has a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of 43,033/km (111,450/sq mi) in 2006. It is one of the three areas of Hong Kong , along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories . It is the smallest, second most populous and most densely populated of the divisions. Kowloon is located directly north of Hong Kong Island across Victoria Harbour . It
154-460: Is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait to the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen , Butterfly Valley and Stonecutter's Island to the west, a mountain range, including Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock to the north, and Victoria Harbour to the south. Kowloon comprises the following districts : The name 'Kowloon' ( Chinese : 九龍 ; lit. 'nine dragons') alludes to eight mountains and
176-606: Is connected to Hong Kong Island by two road-only tunnels (the Cross-Harbour Tunnel and the Western Harbour Crossing ), three MTR railway tunnels ( Tsuen Wan line , Tung Chung line / Airport Express and East Rail ) and one combined road and MTR rail link tunnel ( Eastern Harbour Tunnel , containing the Tseung Kwan O line and road traffic in separate parallel conduits). No bridges connect
198-553: Is worth noting that the section of Prince Edward Road West from Olympic Garden to Nathan Road runs unidirectionally from east to west. Boundary Street serves as its complement by providing a nearby route which runs from west to east. Prince Edward Road East is a road between Kowloon City and San Po Kong. It was originally the Sai Kung Road and later part of the Clear Water Bay Road . It later became part of
220-773: The MTR serves the area and will be connected through pedestrian subways to Kau Pui Shek (珓杯石), as well as nearby Kowloon City across the Boundary Street in New Kowloon . 22°19′29″N 114°11′21″E / 22.3248°N 114.1893°E / 22.3248; 114.1893 Prince Edward Road West Prince Edward Road East and Prince Edward Road West are roads in Kowloon , Hong Kong , going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui , Mong Kok , Kowloon Tong , Kowloon City and San Po Kong (outside
242-717: The Prince Edward Road. In 1979, it became the Prince Edward Road East. The modern Prince Edward Road East starts from Choi Hung Interchange , where it meets Clear Water Bay Road to the northeast and Kwun Tong Road to the southeast. Then it goes west along the boundary between San Po Kong and the retired Kai Tak Airport , and finally ends at Olympic Garden in Kowloon City, where it branches into three roads, Ma Tau Chung Road , Argyle Street and Prince Edward Road West. Prince Edward Road East
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#1732776301301264-604: The area remained largely undeveloped, used by the British mainly for tiger-hunting expeditions. The part of Kowloon north of Boundary Street ( New Kowloon ) was leased by the British as part of the New Territories under the 1898 Second Convention of Peking for 99 years. Within New Kowloon is Kowloon City, an area of Hong Kong where the Kowloon Walled City used to be located. The Kowloon Walled City itself
286-620: The current official address is Fu Ning Street, Kowloon City. Argyle Street Playground, corner Argyle Street and Ma Tau Chung Road, was also credited as located in Ma Tau Chung in 1958, but known as inside Kowloon City in recent years. Most of the area is covered by the western end of the Sung Wong Toi constituency in the Kowloon City District Council . This constituency was previously named Kai Tak until 2015. The seat has been held by Yeung Chun Yu since 2012, who
308-541: The early 20th century, with the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway and the Kowloon Wharf , but because of the close proximity of Kowloon's built-up area to Kai Tak Airport , building construction was limited by flight paths. As a result, compared to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon had a much lower skyline. After World War II , Kowloon became extremely congested when slums for refugees from
330-409: The names of nearby neighbourhoods. For example, most news articles describe Sung Wong Toi Garden as located in Kowloon City, while Ta Kung Pao once used Ma Tau Chung, Kowloon City district. The official address of Hong Kong Aviation Club is Sung Wong Toi Road, Kowloon City, but secondary sources used Sung Wong Toi Road, Ma Tau Chung. Chun Seen Mei Chuen , once credited as located in Ma Tau Chung,
352-1171: The newly established People's Republic of China gave way to public housing estates , mixed with private residential, commercial, and industrial areas. The area of reclaimed land now known as West Kowloon was once home to a dockyard for the Royal Navy . The 1911 census recorded a population of 7,306, with most being Hakka . The invasion of China by Japan in 1937 caused the population of Kowloon to grow drastically. Between 1937 and 1939, 750,000 refugees arrived in Kowloon and nearby areas, with many not having residence. As of 2011 , 2,108,419 people lived in Kowloon. About 94.2% of Kowloon's residents are of Han Chinese ethnicity. The largest ethnic minority groups are Indonesians (1.8%), Filipinos (1.5%), Indians (0.5%), Nepalese (0.4%), and British (0.3%). Around 86% of Kowloon's residents use Cantonese as their usual language, while 2.3% use English and 1.2% use Mandarin . Kowloon comprises these localities of Hong Kong: Lists of primary and secondary schools in Kowloon by district: Kowloon
374-598: The retired Kai Tak Airport ). The roads were named after Prince Edward in 1922, later Edward VIII (later The Duke of Windsor), after his visit to Hong Kong. Prince Edward station and the Prince Edward area in Hong Kong are both named after Prince Edward Road, rather than Prince Edward himself. In the beginning of the 1920s, the Hong Kong government was developing the Mong Kok district and decided to build
396-757: The surrounding Song Wong Toi area for a few months. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War between 1941 and 1945, most of the Indian prisoners of war (POWs) captured in Hong Kong were interned at a POW camp here . The Japanese 'encouraged' these men to join the Indian National Army of the Indian Independence League , but met with little success. While hundreds of these POWs were not considered
418-593: Was demolished in 1993. The same area was called Kwun Fu Cheung ( 官富場 ) during the Song dynasty (960–1279). "New Kowloon" has remained part of the New Territories . Statutorily, "Kowloon" is only the area south of Boundary Street and Stonecutters Island, but in common use, New Kowloon is not regarded as part of the New Territories, but as an integral part of the Kowloon urban area whether north or south of Boundary Street. Large-scale development of Kowloon began in
440-553: Was first elected as an ADPL candidate but now sits as an independent. The rest of the area are represented by the Ma Tau Wai and the Ma Hang Chung constituencies. Apart from Ma Tau Chung Road , other major roads and streets in the area include Tam Kung Road . Sung Wong Toi Road , Ma Tau Kok Road and Mok Cheong Street (Chinese: 木廠街) connects the area with Ma Tau Kok . Sung Wong Toi station on Tuen Ma line of
462-505: Was once misspelled as "Princess Edward Road East" by MTR Corporation in the map describing Sha Tin to Central Link (from Diamond Hill station to Kai Tak ). On 9 May 2005, a dozen stacks of shelving on a construction site next to the road fell off due to adverse weather conditions. The relevant section of the road was closed, leading to a severe disruption of traffic among East Kowloon, and affecting more than 100,000 people. Kowloon Kowloon ( / ˌ k aʊ ˈ l uː n / )
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#1732776301301484-617: Was the Ma Tau Chung Cottage Area , which existed since 1938 and taken over and expanded by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 1955, until demolition in 1962 to make way for the construction of Chun Seen Mei Chuen. Ma Tau Chung was a creek. It was converted to an underground drainage. There was a village and land area that named after the stream. In modern-day the place name is not commonly used, or replaced with Ma Tau Wai, Ma Tau Kok or Kowloon City,
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