| West Kowloon | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 西九龍 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 西九龙 | ||||||||||
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West Kowloon (Chinese: 西九龍), named after West Kowloon Reclamation Project as a part of Airport Core Programme, is the western part of Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong, situated within the Yau Tsim Mong District and Sham Shui Po District. The reclamation spanned from mid-1990s to mid-2003,[1] but major part was completed in 1990s. It represents the new coast area facing Victoria Harbour and West Kowloon Cultural District is its focal point. Multiple railway stations, namely Nam Cheong, Olympic, Austin, Kowloon and Hong Kong West Kowloon stations, are within the area.
Before the 1990s reclamation, the name of West Kowloon were also used to refer western part of Kowloon, such as West Kowloon Corridor and West Kowloon Area Traffic Control System.[2] The area referred to could change over time and have different usages by departments. In legislative elections, it is Kowloon West and its area is changed frequently.
For the reclamation, many of government projects named after West Kowloon, such as West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station and West Kowloon Cultural District lays in the area bounded by Canton Road to the east, Victoria Harbour to the west and the south, and Jordan Road to the north, overlapping with Ferry Point or Austin. West Kowloon Cultural District, a tourist hotspot, got much attention as the representative of West Kowloon.
But West Kowloon spans much further north and ends in Stonecutters Island, including Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, Tai Kok Tsui, Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok roughly on the shore side of the West Kowloon Highway. Property agents branded four private housing estate projects, Banyan Garden, Liberte, AquaMarine and The Pacifica, in Cheung Sha Wan as West Kowloon Four Little Dragons (西九四小龍).[3][4] Another example is from Environmental Protection Department that West Kowloon Transfer Station is located on the reclamation next to Stonecutters Island.[5] Also, West Kowloon Government Offices situates on the reclamation next to Yau Ma Tei,[6] and West Kowloon Law Courts Building next to Cheung Sha Wan.
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