Kwun Tong District (觀塘區) is situated in southeastern Kowloon, adjacent to the coast north of the former Kai Tak Airport runway, bounded by the foothills of Fei Ngo Shan in the east and Lei Yue Mun in the south.
With a population of over 620,000 and an area of about 1,130 hectares, Kwun Tong District covers Kowloon Bay, Ngau Tau Kok (Jordan Valley), Kwun Tong (Town Centre and Business Area), Four Shun, Sau Mau Ping, Lam Tin, Yau Tong and Anderson, and is one of the 18 districts in Hong Kong, and is the most extensive administrative district on the Kowloon Peninsula. Among the 10 constituencies of the Legislative Council Geographical Constituency, Kwun Tong belongs to the Kowloon East Constituency.
The district can be divided into two parts in terms of land use: the south-west side of Kwun Tong Road is a long-established industrial area, namely the Kwun Tong Business Area, which is currently undergoing transformation to meet the changing needs of the industrial and commercial sectors; while the north-east side of Kwun Tong Road and Lei Yue Mun Road is mainly a residential area.
History[]
The origin of Kwun Tong dates back to the Southern Song Dynasty, when the imperial court set up an official salt farm in Kwun Tong (with Chinese name 官塘 at that time, lit. government pond) called "Kwun Fu Cheung" (官富場, lit. government farmlands) along the northwest and southwest coast of today's Kowloon Bay, south of the northwest corner of the Kai Tak Airport, down to To Kwa Wan and as far as Tsim Sha Tsui, and assigned salt officials to take charge of the farm, which was one of the four major salt farms in the county at that time, and its influence spanned over to the Ming Dynasty and thus the name.
The Kangxi Emperor moved the boundary in 1662 to prevent Zheng Chenggong from entering the area. Although the boundary was restored after Zheng Chenggong's defeat, the new immigrants who moved into Kwun Fu Cheung did not know how to make salt, and the salt industry began to decline. During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, the Kowloon Inspection Department (九龍巡檢司, with its official headquarters in present-day Kowloon City) gradually replaced the "Kwun Fu Cheung", and "Kowloon" became a familiar name to the people.
In 1898, the Manchu government leased the New Territories to the British colonial government, and Kwun Tong came under British rule. In the 1930s, the area was transferred to "New Kowloon", where agriculture and the salt industry were still the main economic activities and the population was small.
Recent developments[]
With the rapid increase in the population of Hong Kong after the war, the industrial areas of Tsuen Wan and Ngau Tau Kok (San Po Kong) were already inadequate. In 1953-1954, the Government decided to develop Kwun Tong into a satellite city by reclaiming land around Kwun Tong Ferry Pier and establishing the New Industrial Area in three phases, with Phases I and II in the vicinity of the present-day Kwun Tong Road and Chong Yip Street, and Phase III in the vicinity of the present-day Wai Yip Street and Hung To Road and renaming Chinese name the area as "觀塘". However, there are still many people who still used its old Chinese name, such as the public light bus industry, and most of the red minibuses nowadays still write its old Chinese name on their rollsigns.
In October 1979, former Governor Murray MacLehose proposed the District Management Committee scheme in the Legislative Council and decided to implement it in Kwun Tong in December as an advisory framework for district administration. This was the predecessor of the District Councils and a milestone in the development of direct election for the three-tier councils in Hong Kong.
After years of construction, Kwun Tong has now become a community with a population of over 500,000, with housing estates located in Kwun Tong Town Centre, Kowloon Bay, Ngau Tau Kok, Lam Tin, Sau Mau Ping, Four Shun, Yau Tong, Anderson Road, etc. The coastline from Kowloon Bay to Cha Kwo Ling has been developed into a business and commercial area.
Street/roads[]
The main arterial road in Kwun Tong is Kwun Tong Road, which is bounded by Clear Water Bay Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, Anderson Road and Wilson's Path.
Kwun Tong Road itself is a section of Route 7, which connects Tseung Kwan O Road and Lung Cheung Road to the east and west respectively. Route 5 ends at Kai Fuk Road and connects to Kwun Tong Road. The Kwun Tong Bypass connects Tate's Cairn Tunnel and Lei Yue Mun Road to the east of Eastern Harbour Crossing, which is one of the sections of Route 2.
Other major streets in the area include Ngau Tau Kok Road, Wai Yip Street, Shun Lee Estate Road, Sau Mau Ping Road, Hip Wo Street, Hoi Yuen Road, Lei Yue Mun Road and Kai Tin Road.
Roads with intermediate bus stops[]
| Roads with intermediate bus stops in Kwun Tong District | |||
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| Road name | Direction[Remark 1] | KMB code for stops | Remarks |
| Cha Kwo Ling Road | North-southbound | CH01 | |
| Chun Wah Road | East-westbound | CH20 | |
| Choi Wing Road | East-westbound | CH42 | |
| Choi Ha Road | East-westbound | CH43 | |
| Choi Hing Road | East-westbound | CH44 | Bus stops are only available eastbound |
| Clear Water Bay Road | East-westbound | CL01 | Also belongs to Wong Tai Sin District, Sai Kung District |
| Eastern Harbour Crossing | East-westbound | EH01 |  Route 2, the tunnel portion is also in the Eastern District
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| Hip Wo Street | North-southbound | HI04 | |
| Hiu Kwong Street | East-westbound | HI06 | |
| Hoi Bun Road | East-westbound | HO01 | |
| Hoi Yuen Road | One-way southbound | HO05 | |
| Hong Ning Road | North-southbound | HO07 | |
| Kai Cheung Road | East-westbound | KA01 | |
| Kai Fuk Road | East-westbound | KA02 |  Route 5
|
| Kai Tin Road | North-southbound | KA04 | |
| Kai Wah Street | East-westbound | KA10 | |
| King Yip Street | One-way northbound | KI03 | |
| Ko Chiu Road | North-southbound | KO01 | |
| Kung Lok Road | Clockwise-counterclockwise | KU01 | Bus stops are only available clockwise |
| Kwun Tong Road | East-westbound | KW16 |  Route 7
|
| Lee On Road | East-westbound | LE01 | |
| Lei Yue Mun Road | East-westbound | LE03 | Route 2, Route 7
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| Lin Tak Road | North-southbound | LI01 | |
| Mut Wah Street | East-westbound | MU02 | Bus stops are only available eastbound |
| New Clear Water Bay Road | East-westbound | NE01 | Also belongs to Wong Tai Sin District |
| Ngau Tau Kok Road | East-westbound | NG05 | |
| On Tin Street | Clockwise-counterclockwise | ON05 | Only the section north of Ping Tin Street near Lam Tin (North) Bus Terminus is two-way, the rest is one-way clockwise; bus stops are only available clockwise |
| On Sau Road | East-westbound | ON14 | |
| On Chui Street | East-westbound | ON15 | Bus stops are only available westbound |
| On Yan Street | Clockwise-counterclockwise | ON16 | Bus stops are only available clockwise |
| Pik Wan Road | North-southbound | PI01 | |
| Ping Tin Street | One-way eastbound | PI04 | |
| Po Lam Road | East-westbound | PO04 | Also belongs to Sai Kung District |
| Prince Edward Road East | East-westbound | PR01 | Also belongs to Kowloon City District, Wong Tai Sin District |
| Sau Mau Ping Road | East-westbound | SA13 | |
| Sau Ming Road | North-southbound | SA14 | |
| Sheung Yee Road | East-westbound | SH20 | the section between Lam Fung Street and Wang Chiu Road is in one-way eastbound traffic; Currently bus stops are only available eastbound |
| Sheung Yuet Road | East-westbound | SH21 | |
| Shun Lee Estate Road | North-southbound | SH27 | |
| Shun On Road | East-westbound | SH28 | |
| Shung Shun Street | North-southbound | SH29 | |
| Shun Ching Street | One-way eastbound | SH31 | |
| Shing Kai Road | North-southbound | SH42 | Also belongs to Kowloon City District |
| Shung Tak Wai | One-way clockwise | SH44 | |
| Tak Tin Street | East-westbound | TA32 | |
| Routes 224M and 224X once had stops on this road northbound | |||
| Tseung Kwan O Road | East-westbound | TS03 | Route 7; bus stops are only available eastbound
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| Tsui Ping Road | North-southbound | TS13 | |
| Tseung Kwan O Tunnel | East-westbound | TS22 | Route 7; temporarily bus stops are only available eastbound; tunnel part also belongs to Sai Kung District
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| Wai Yip Street | North-southbound | WA06 | |
| Wang Chiu Road | North-southbound | WA12 | |
| Wang Kwong Road | North-southbound | WA13 | |
| Wai Fat Road | North-southbound | WA20 | One-way southbound from Lei Yue Mun Road to Cha Kwo Ling Road; bus stops are only available southbound |
| Yan Wing Street | One-way southbound | YA01 | |
| Yan Yu Wai | North-southbound | YA05 | bus stops are only available southbound[Remark 2] |
| Route 219P once had stops on this road northbound | |||
| Yue Man Square | One-way westbound | YU02 | |
Bus and minibus termini[]
Bus termini[]
Template:List of Kwun Tong District Bus Termini
Minibus termini[]
Template:List of Kwun Tong District Minibus Termini
Decommissioned termini[]
- Lam Tin (South) Bus Terminus
- Yau Tong Bus Terminus (1st generation)
- Yau Tong (Ko Chiu Road) Bus Terminus
- Yau Tong (Yan Wing Street) Bus Terminus
- Lei Yue Mun (Sam Ka Tsuen Ferry Pier) Bus Terminus
- Kwun Tong (Yuet Wah Street) Bus Terminus
- Kwun Tong (Yan Oi Court) Public Transport Interchange
Bus routes[]
| Bus routes terminating or turning back in Kwun Tong District (shown below are destination districts) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Shenzhen/Border Area | Kwun Tong 24 Hour Cross-Border Express | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Anderson Road Quarry Development Area (Tai Sheung Tok) belongs to Sai Kung District, please refer to the District Council constituency boundary map.
Italic - service during specified days/periods only; → - Outbound service only; ← - Inbound service only; (#) - outbound trips start at Diamond Hill Station (in Wong Tai Sin District); (*) outbound terminus located at North District and the inbound starting point is located at Tai Po District | |||||||||||||||||||
Gallery[]
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.JPG "Kwun Tong District from Lion Rock(0613).JPG (1.16 MB)")
Remarks[]
- ↑ The actual direction of travelling is not based on the criterion that there is only one direction of bus stops; east-west, north-south, clockwise and anti-clockwise are based on the bus company's criteria.
- ↑ This is the direction indicated by KMB, but the direction of the front end is actually north-northwest.
References[]
External Links[]
- Home Affairs Department Official Website: Kwun Tong District
- Leisure in Kwun Tong: History of Kwun Tong
- Official Website of the District Council: Kwun Tong District Highlights
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