Causeway Bay or East Point is a heavily built-up area of Hong Kong, located on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, and covering parts of Wan Chai and Eastern districts.
Location and History

g Location

Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣 Traditional Chinese) is located on the Northen point of the island covering parts of Wan Chai and Eastern Districts. Geographically it is part of Wan Chai District.


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g History

Before urban development and massive land reclamation, Causeway Bay was a heavily silted bay. Its former shape can be found on maps by tracing Tung Lo Wan Road, which goes along the former bay.

In the early stage of development a causeway was built, which is the present-day Causeway Road. In the 1950s, the coastline was further pushed forward when the remains of the bay was reclaimed for the Victoria Park, when the statue of Queen Victoria was brought back from Japan. The statue had been taken away during the Second World War from Statue Square at Chater Road, Central.

The typhoon shelter of Causeway Bay and the Tin Hau Temple reveal that the area was a fishing village.

The names of Yee Wo Street, Jardine's Bazaar and Jardine's Crescent reveal that the land in this area was sold by the British colonial government to Jardines in the early 19th century. The area was therefore named East Point, after a pointed place on the coastline, east from the centre of Victoria City.

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Transportation

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Causeway Bay is on the Island Line - with multiple station exits.


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Causway Bay has tram services To Kennedy Town, Happy Valley, or Whitty Street
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Kowloon Motor Bus Company operates services from Causeway Bay to other Islands / N.T.

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A large array of routes are provided by Citybus and Firstbus.

New World First Bus: 2X, 2A, 2, 8, 23, 25, 38, 42, 106, 112, 116, N122, N8

Citybus: 5, 8X, 10, 11, 72, 92, 592, 103, 170, 619, 690, 962, N962

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g Mini Bus 

Those in the know... will know there are two types of minibus services: 

Red Roof - These follow relativley undocumented routes, Check the front and flag them down if they are heading where you need.

Services include:

  • Sai Wan - Causeway Bay
  • Causeway Bay - Shau Kei Wan
  • Temple Hill (Tsz Wan Shan) - Causeway Bay

Green Roof - These are the documented and numbered routes, these typically have fixed pick up points, however they may be flagged down when there is space on board.

4A、4B、4C、5、10、11、14M、21A、21M、25、28、30、31、36X、39M、40、56、69X, 9

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 Updated 5/10/2009 5:42:16 PM By dacasa
Features



g Recreation

  • Hong Kong Central Library
  • Victoria Park

g Shopping

  • Times Square
  • SOGO
  • City Super


g Food and Drink

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