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Lam Tin
KNOWLEDGE OF Lam Tin
Lam Tin (è—?ç”°) is an area in the Kwun Tong District in southeastern New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
The unshaded region of the map on the right is normally known as Lam Tin. In common speech, the name Lam Tin in the past usually included the areas of Lei Yue Mun and Yau Tong. However as new infrastructures and housing estates were built, they were currently usually excluded.
Conventional boundaries: west to Laguna City, southeast to Kwong Tin Estate, north to the entrance of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, southwest to the harbour.
Before colonisation of the nearby Hong Kong Island in 1841, Lam Tin had been part of Kowloon Bay salt-fields (���鹽田) under the management of Dongguan county (�莞縣) or Xin'an county (新安縣) in different dynasties.
The Kowloon Bay salt-fields were rich in salt, and this brought wealth to the residents near the bay. Gradually, the Ham Tin Shan (鹹田山), literally meaning "salty hill", became villages. Agricultural activities started, and with a quarry found in Sau Mau Ping (掃墓�), literally meaning "funeral plains" (now renamed "秀茂�" with similar Cantonese pronunciation), the region gradually became a small fishing, farming and quarrying town.
This lasted on for years until the British occupation of Hong Kong (see History of Hong Kong). Under the British rule, the salt-fields were abandoned to facilitate the building of Kai Tak Airport (å•Ÿå¾·æ©Ÿå ´), and Ham Tin was renamed Lam Tin (è—?ç”°) because the village no longer produced salt.
With the building of 3 major transport infrastructures, Kwun Tong Bypass, Eastern Harbour Crossing, and MTR that all incurred outlets to Lam Tin, in late 20th century, continuously people moved into the district. Now Lam Tin is one of the major transport interchanges in Hong Kong.
The unshaded region of the map on the right is normally known as Lam Tin. In common speech, the name Lam Tin in the past usually included the areas of Lei Yue Mun and Yau Tong. However as new infrastructures and housing estates were built, they were currently usually excluded.
Conventional boundaries: west to Laguna City, southeast to Kwong Tin Estate, north to the entrance of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, southwest to the harbour.
Before colonisation of the nearby Hong Kong Island in 1841, Lam Tin had been part of Kowloon Bay salt-fields (���鹽田) under the management of Dongguan county (�莞縣) or Xin'an county (新安縣) in different dynasties.
The Kowloon Bay salt-fields were rich in salt, and this brought wealth to the residents near the bay. Gradually, the Ham Tin Shan (鹹田山), literally meaning "salty hill", became villages. Agricultural activities started, and with a quarry found in Sau Mau Ping (掃墓�), literally meaning "funeral plains" (now renamed "秀茂�" with similar Cantonese pronunciation), the region gradually became a small fishing, farming and quarrying town.
This lasted on for years until the British occupation of Hong Kong (see History of Hong Kong). Under the British rule, the salt-fields were abandoned to facilitate the building of Kai Tak Airport (å•Ÿå¾·æ©Ÿå ´), and Ham Tin was renamed Lam Tin (è—?ç”°) because the village no longer produced salt.
With the building of 3 major transport infrastructures, Kwun Tong Bypass, Eastern Harbour Crossing, and MTR that all incurred outlets to Lam Tin, in late 20th century, continuously people moved into the district. Now Lam Tin is one of the major transport interchanges in Hong Kong.
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