Kwun Chung (官涌) is an area to the southwest of Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area has one of the Nepalese communities in Hong Kong. Yau Ma Tei, also Yaumatei, Yau Ma Ti or Yaumati (Chinese: 油麻地; pinyin: ), is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong district, in the south of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong. ... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (ä¹é¾; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: JiÇ”lóng; lit. ...
In present-day the area is also frequently thought of as part of Jordan, since the MTR station named Jordan nearby have been in service.
Its Chinese name suggests that it was a river, a government river. The area, south of Jordan Road was orginially hilly and the hill was removed for development and its rock and sand were for reclamation. On the contrary, the area north of Jordan Road were all reclaimed lands. Jordan Road (ä½æ•¦é“) is a road in Yau Ma Tei of Kowloon, from the Ferry Point (渡船角) to Gascoigne Road. ...
It was important for coastal defense in the periods of both Qing Dynasty and early British rule in Kowloon. The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清æœ; pinyin: qÄ«ng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing...
Construction of the Kwun Tong Line was approved in November of 1975, and four years later, on 1 October 1979 service commenced on the Kwun Tong Line.
A year after on 12 December 1980 the first harbour crossing was made by an MTR train as the Kwun Tong Line was extended even further to Chater station, present-day Central station.
When the Eastern Harbour Crossing was completed on 6 August 1989, the Kwun Tong Line was extended to Quarry Bay station, and on 1 October of the same year, Lam Tin station was opened.
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