Yau Tsim Mong District

Yau Tsim Mong District (油尖旺區) is located in the southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, consists of Yau Ma Tei (油麻地), Tsim Sha Tsui (尖沙咀) and Mong Kok (旺角), and is bounded by the harbourfront on the west and the south, the Kowloon-Canton Railway (present-day East Rail Line) on the east, and Boundary Street on the north.

Yau Tsim Mong is the smallest of the 18 districts, with only 699 hectares^[1].

History[]

Yau Tsim Mong District has a long history, with Yau Ma Tei (originally known as Yaumati), Tsim Sha Tsui (or named Tsimshatsui) and Mong Kok (or Mongkok) being places where villagers used to gather in the pre-colonial era. Yau Ma Tei was a place for the drying of linen products, Tsim Sha Tsui was a centre for trading along the coastline with a pier, while Mong Kok was a place for farming, and a number of streets in Mong Kok nowadays are known by the names of their agricultural products (e.g. brocoli and cabbage, etc.).

In 1860, the Yau Tsim Mong district was ceded to the United Kingdom, bounded by Boundary Street, and was the only existing administrative district in Kowloon under British rule at that time.

The Yau Tsim Mong district was well developed in the early 20th century, with bus services in the 1920s, making it one of the first places in Hong Kong to have buses, and it is still the most densely travelled area in Kowloon. Nathan Road (formerly known as Robinson Road) was extended to Yau Ma Tei by order of the then Governor Sir Matthew Nathan, then to Mong Kok, and in 1926 to Boundary Street, connecting the Kowloon Peninsula.

In addition, the West Kowloon Reclamation was part of the Airport Core Programme (ACP), with a total of 334 hectares of land being reclaimed^[2]. Most of the land to the west of Ferry Street and south of Cherry Street was reclaimed, and the land reclaimed was used for the construction of the present Kowloon Station, the Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and the Olympic Station.

The Yau Tsim District Council and the Mong Kok District Council were established in 1982, with the former covering the area south of Dundas Street and the latter between Dundas Street and Boundary Street. The two District Councils were amalgamated in 1994 and their boundaries have remained unchanged since then.

The Yau Tsim Mong District is now a popular shopping area for tourists, with commercial activities as the mainstay, supplemented by tourism and light industries. It also has a number of cultural attractions, including the clock tower of the old Kowloon Railway Station, Tsim Sha Tsui (Star Ferry Pier), Temple Street, Tung Choi Street (the section south of Argyle Street known as Women's Street), and so on.

Street/road structure[]

The streets in Yau Tsim Mong District are intricate, with the backbone streets being Nathan Road, Shanghai Street, Reclamation Street, Ferry Street, Canton Road, Chatham Road South, etc., and the horizontal streets being Boundary Street, Prince Edward Road West, Mong Kok Road, Argyle Street, Waterloo Road, Gascoigne Road, Jordan Road, Salisbury Road, etc. Among them, Boundary Street is the boundary between Sham Shui Po District and Yau Tsim Mong District, but bus stops are mostly located on the Sham Shui Po side. Many streets in the district are one-way only, including Shanghai Street and Reclamation Street where buses pass through. There are also a number of longitudinal streets that have been divided into several unconnected sections due to local development, such as Canton Road and Sai Yeung Choi Street (later divided into Street North and Street South), which is second only to Sham Shui Po in terms of the frequency of this situation.

The trunk roads were opened to traffic in the 1970s or later, including Hong Chong Road and the Cross-Harbour Tunnel of Route 1, the West Kowloon Highway and theWestern Harbour Crossing of Route 3, and the Gascoigne Road Flyover, the West Kowloon Corridor and the West Kowloon Corridor West of Template:Route 5.

As Yau Tsim Mong District is an early development area with a dense population, narrow streets and a commercial centre with serious roadside air pollution, the Government intends to designate the main streets in Yau Tsim Mong District as Low Emission Zones (LEZs) to restrict the access of commercial vehicles to the aforesaid streets. ^[3]

Yau Tsim Mong District has a high concentration of bus termini. Most of the existing bus termini are located along the waterfront or railway lines, and of the existing bus terminals, except for the Star Ferry Bus Terminus in Tsim Sha Tsui, the rest of the bus termini only came into operation in the 1980s or later, and most of the old ones have disappeared. The Star Ferry Bus Terminus, next to the Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui, is the earliest existing bus terminus and is also the terminus for a number of high-capacity bus routes in Kowloon. The Government once planned to build an open-air piazza at the site of the terminus. Bus fans and some conservationists fought for the preservation of the Star Ferry Bus Terminus, and the Government finally announced in August 2012 that the whole project was shelved.

Red minibus activities are concentrated in the area between Mong Kok and Jordan, and all streets south of Jordan Road are closed to red minibuses.

Bus and minibus termini[]

Bus termini[]

Star Ferry Bus Terminus: Located next to the Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui, it is the oldest existing bus terminus.
Hung Hom Station Bus Terminus: Located at the top of Hung Hom Station, it is the easternmost bus terminus in the district.
Tsim Sha Tsui East Bus Terminus: located on the ground floor of Concordia Plaza.
East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Public Transport Interchange: Located at the end of Middle Road, connecting to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station.
Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) Public Transport Interchange: Located next to Wing On Plaza, connecting to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station.
China Ferry Terminal Bus Terminus: Located in the basement of China Ferry Terminal, it is the only bus terminus in Hong Kong that is below grade.
Tsim Sha Tsui (Hankow Road) Bus Terminus: Located on Hankow Road, it was decommissioned in 2007 and became the terminus of KMB Route 8P special trips in 2010.
Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road) Bus Terminus: Located opposite to the Gateway Building on Canton Road, it is the terminus of KMB Route 271P.
Kowloon Station Public Transport Interchange: Located at the ground level of The Waterside next to Kowloon Station.
Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Bus Terminus: Located at ground level on Hoi Wang Road near Park Avenue.
Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview) Public Transport Interchange: Located on the ground level of the Island Harbourview in Tai Kok Tsui, connecting yo Olympic Station.
Olympic Station Public Transport Interchange: Located at the ground level of the HSBC Centre, formerly the Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Bus Terminus, connected to Olympic Station.
Mong Kok East Station Public Transport Interchange: Located off the concourse of Mong Kok East Station.
Tsim Sha Tsui (Middle Road) Bus Terminus: Located outside the Middle Road multi-storey car park.
West Kowloon Station Bus Terminus: Located to the north of High Speed Rail (HSR) Hong Kong West Kowloon Station at Ferry Point.

Tunnel toll plazas[]

Cross-Harbour Tunnel Toll Plaza: The Cross-Harbour Tunnel is the first cross-harbour tunnel in Hong Kong. The toll plaza is located at the Kowloon entrance near Hung Hom Station.
Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza: The Western Harbour Crossing is part of the Airport Core Programme and Route 3, the toll plaza is located at the Kowloon entrance near Kowloon Station.

Minibus termini[]

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Disused bus termini[]

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Tsim Sha Tsui Coach Terminus: Located at the Langham Hotel and Lippo Sun Plaza, which was discontinued due to the decline of the limousine bus service.
Lai Chack Middle School: Located on Canton Road near Lai Chack Middle School, used to be the terminus of KMB Route 260S. It was discontinued due to the cancellation of the route.
Jordan Road Ferry Bus Terminus: Located at the present Wui Cheung Road near Canton Road, it was demolished due to the construction of Kowloon Southern Link.
Jordan (Wui Cheung Road) Bus Terminus: Located between Wui Cheung Road, Kowloon Station and Austin Station, within the area of the present-day Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus.
Jordan (To Wah Road) Bus Terminus: Located at the junction of To Wah Road and Jordan Road.
Jordan (Canton Road) Bus Terminus: Located on Canton Road near Saigon Street Recreation Ground, which was referred to as "Jordan Road (Canton Road)" by KMB.
Mong Kok (West) Bus Terminus
Mong Kok MTR Station Bus Terminus
Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Bus Terminus: The remains are at the current site of the Olympic Station Public Transport Interchange, which was demolished for the West Kowloon Reclamation project.
Tai Kok Tsui Temporary Bus Terminus: The site was located next to One Silversea to accommodate bus routes originally serving the Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Bus Terminus.
Prince Edward MTR Station Bus Terminus: Located on Tung Choi Street near Prince Edward Station, it used to be the terminus for Cross-Harbour Tunnel Bus Route 300 and KMB Route B1 (1st generation).

Bus routes[]

Notes and References[]

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Yau Tsim Mong

[1] Census and Statistics Department, 2019.

[2] West Kowloon Reclamation Project

[3] Council for Sustainable Development’s Report on Better Air Quality Engagement Process – Government’s Response

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