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Tseung Kwan O
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Tseung Kwan O (Chinese: å°‡è»?æ¾³, Cantonese Jyutping: zoeng1 gwan1 ou3; Cantonese IPA: /tsÅ“Å‹55 kwÉ?n55 əʊ33/; Mandarin Pinyin: JiÄ?ngjÅ«n Aò; formerly Junk Bay) is a new town in Hong Kong, mainly built on reclaimed land in the northern half of the bay after which it is named.
Tseung Kwan O is a bay near the eastern mouth of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. The new town is within Sai Kung District in the eastern New Territories, but it is often incorrectly regarded as part of Kowloon due to its close proximity to the city.
In Cantonese, Tseung Kwan (將�) means "General", and O (澳) means "bay". Therefore, Tseung Kwan O literally means "General's Bay".
The exact origin of the name Tseung Kwan O is unknown, but it is said to be named in honour of a Ming Dynasty general who visited Tseung Kwan O at some point. Another theory is that the name was chosen in the 17th Century, when naval battles were fought against pirates from Japan at Tseung Kwan O.
Before new town development, the area around the bay was occupied by a number of fishing towns and villages. The Tseung Kwan O Village in the northern tip of the bay is about 600 years old. Other towns and villages include Rennie's Mill, Hang Hau and Yau Yu Wan. Rennie's Mill was where Kuomintang loyalists were settled following the end of the Chinese civil war, and Hang Hau had a ship building industry.
The Hong Kong Government had been interested in developing a new town at Hang Hau because of its proximity to the urban area. The project was postponed for a long time owing to the extensive scale of reclamation in the bay, which is rather deep. It finally started under the name of Tseung Kwan O.
The New Town was developed in three phases:
Phase I - Hang Hau, Po Lam, Siu Chik Sha, Tsui Lam
Phase II - Town Centre North
Phase III - Pak Shing Kok, Tiu Keng Leng, Tai Chik Sha, Town Centre South.
Tseung Kwan O is a bay near the eastern mouth of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. The new town is within Sai Kung District in the eastern New Territories, but it is often incorrectly regarded as part of Kowloon due to its close proximity to the city.
In Cantonese, Tseung Kwan (將�) means "General", and O (澳) means "bay". Therefore, Tseung Kwan O literally means "General's Bay".
The exact origin of the name Tseung Kwan O is unknown, but it is said to be named in honour of a Ming Dynasty general who visited Tseung Kwan O at some point. Another theory is that the name was chosen in the 17th Century, when naval battles were fought against pirates from Japan at Tseung Kwan O.
Before new town development, the area around the bay was occupied by a number of fishing towns and villages. The Tseung Kwan O Village in the northern tip of the bay is about 600 years old. Other towns and villages include Rennie's Mill, Hang Hau and Yau Yu Wan. Rennie's Mill was where Kuomintang loyalists were settled following the end of the Chinese civil war, and Hang Hau had a ship building industry.
The Hong Kong Government had been interested in developing a new town at Hang Hau because of its proximity to the urban area. The project was postponed for a long time owing to the extensive scale of reclamation in the bay, which is rather deep. It finally started under the name of Tseung Kwan O.
The New Town was developed in three phases:
Phase I - Hang Hau, Po Lam, Siu Chik Sha, Tsui Lam
Phase II - Town Centre North
Phase III - Pak Shing Kok, Tiu Keng Leng, Tai Chik Sha, Town Centre South.
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