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12-752: New Kowloon is an area in Hong Kong, bounded to the south by Boundary Street , and to the north by the ranges of the Eagle's Nest , Beacon Hill , Lion Rock , Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak . It covers the present-day Kwun Tong District and Wong Tai Sin District , and northern parts of the Sham Shui Po District and Kowloon City District . The name of this area is rarely used in day-to-day life. Areas that belong to New Kowloon are usually referred to as part of Kowloon. However, in land leases, it

24-664: Is common to refer to land lots in lot numbers as "New Kowloon Inland Lot number #". By the Convention of Peking in 1860, the territory of British-owned Kowloon was defined as area in Kowloon Peninsula south of a line which later became Boundary Street (known as Kowloon, inclusive of Stonecutter's Island ), which was ceded by the Qing Empire (Ch'ing Empire, Manchu Empire) to the United Kingdom under

36-614: Is technically in New Kowloon and not part of Kowloon as statutorily defined. In modern-day conversations, the term "New Kowloon" is now rarely heard in Hong Kong. New Kowloon is no longer regarded as part of the New Territories , but as a part of the Kowloon urban area beyond Boundary Street. Nevertheless, the legal definitions of Kowloon, New Kowloon and New Territories remain unchanged—New Kowloon has remained legally part of

48-728: The New Territories instead of Kowloon . On 1 July 1997, the territories on both sides of Boundary Street (ceded and leased respectively) were transferred to China , along with the rest of Hong Kong . However, the designation "New Kowloon" still has some legal implications. Almost all lands of Hong Kong are government land (known as crown land in Commonwealth countries and before 1997 in Hong Kong), while all crown leases (now known as government leases in Hong Kong) of New Kowloon and New Territories lands had been expired on 27 June 1997, but automatically extended up to 30 June 2047 due to

60-514: The New Territories , but as part of the Kowloon urban area (on both sides of Boundary Street), except for statutory and land rent proposes, where the original arrangement has remained in place. Administratively its portion west of the East Rail line forms part of the boundary between Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po districts, until the former western coast of the peninsula, from whereupon

72-714: The Sino-British Joint Declaration . This renewal implies that, all privately owned land leases of New Kowloon, has to pay government rent ( crown rent in Commonwealth countries) as leases in the rest of the New Territories, and unlike the rest of the Kowloon. Most Kowloon land leases (Kowloon south of the Boundary Street) are not required to pay the government rent to the government, unless they are new leases, or are old leases having been renewed and such clauses have been inserted in

84-872: The Convention. On the other hand, the territory north of Boundary Street (later known as New Kowloon) remained part of Qing Empire until it was leased as part of the New Territories to the UK in 1898 for 99 years under the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory (also known as the Second Convention of Peking ). The area of New Kowloon was defined in statutory law first in November 1900 (and referred to as such) and again in December 1937 to increase land available for urban development. For most part

96-414: The New Territories joined the colony. Although the street marks the historical boundary, the road did not come to exist until 1934, more than 30 years after the lease of boundary north. The road was built to accelerate the development of Kowloon Tong and identify the difference in calculation of rates between the boundary north and south. In everyday life, New Kowloon is no longer regarded as part of

108-470: The intersection with Tung Chau Street in the west, and ends at its intersection with Prince Edward Road West in the east, near the former Kai Tak Airport . The street previously marked the boundary between the southern part of Kowloon, ceded by the Qing dynasty to Great Britain in 1860 along with Stonecutters Island , and the northern part of Kowloon ( New Kowloon ) (which remained part of China until it

120-588: The northern boundary of the area was defined by the 500 feet (152 metres) contour. In practice, nevertheless, both the areas to the south and to the north of Boundary Street (i.e. both Kowloon and New Kowloon), from the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east to Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Lai Chi Kok Bay in the west, are collectively known as "Kowloon". For example, a postal address in Kwun Tong will identify "Kowloon" as its regional destination, even though it

132-554: The renewed lease contract. The land reclaimed from the Kowloon Bay water body, such as Kai Tak , are also referred as part of New Kowloon in land leases, although these lots do not appear to be included in the 1937 map. 22°20′03″N 114°11′14″E  /  22.3341°N 114.1871°E  / 22.3341; 114.1871 Boundary Street Boundary Street is a three-lane one-way street in Kowloon , Hong Kong . It runs in an easterly direction from its start at

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144-471: Was leased as part of the New Territories to the United Kingdom in 1898 for 99 years under the Second Convention of Peking ). After the lease, the boundary was renamed from Boundary Line to Old Frontier Line . The boundary was marked by a long line of tall bamboo fences, which effectively blocked smuggling between Chinese Kowloon and British Kowloon at that time. The barrier became obsolete when

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