Kowloon Tong () is an area of Hong Kong located in

Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...

. The majority of the area is in the

Kowloon City District Kowloon City District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon and cut through by Boundary Street. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The di ...

. Its exac
location
is south of the

Lion Rock Lion Rock, or less formally Lion Rock Hill, is a List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong, mountain in Hong Kong. It is located in Sha Tin District, between Kowloon Tong of Kowloon and Tai Wai of the New Territories, and is high. The ...

, north of

Boundary Street Boundary Street ( Chinese: 界限街) is a three-lane one-way street in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It runs in an easterly direction from its start at the intersection with Tung Chau Street in the west, and ends at its intersection with Princ ...

, east of the

East Rail line The East Rail line () is one of the ten lines that form MTR, the rapid transit, mass transit system in Hong Kong. The railway line starts at Lo Wu station, Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau station, Lok Ma Chau, both of which are Border checkpoint, b ...

and west of Grampian Road. It is one of the most expensive residential districts in Hong Kong. It is popular among Hong Kong's wealthy residents because of its schools and low-density private housing. Most of the buildings there do not exceed 10 floors. In addition, this area is noted for its private schools and

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. Within Kowloon West, it is administratively divided between

and

Sham Shui Po District Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the second poorest district by income in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham ...

, bisected by the Kowloon–Canton Railway.

History

Kowloon Tong was originally a small village located in present-day Police Sport Association near

, south of

Woh Chai Hill Woh Chai Shan (), a.k.a. Shek Kip Mei Hill (), Mission Hill or Bishop Hill (), is a hill in Shek Kip Mei, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is approximately 86 metres (282 feet) tall. The hill is zoned as open space under Hong Kong's town planning sy ...

. The area allowed cultivation based on rivers running down from Beacon Hill. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Kowloon Tong was 185. In the 1920s, the

Hong Kong Government The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government) is the Executive (government), executive authorities of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, following the ...

developed the area of east of Kowloon Tong and

Kowloon Tsai Kowloon Tsai () is a place Hong Kong. It was formerly a village in a valley, which has now been developed into a low-density and upscale residential area in New Kowloon. History According to the ''Gazetteer of Xin'an county'', Kowloon Tsai v ...

on both sides of

Kowloon–Canton Railway The Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR; ) was a railway network in Hong Kong.Legislative Council information paper CB(1)357/07-08(0 THB(T) CR 8/986/00, CB(1)1749/07-08(0/ref> It was owned and operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (KC ...

into a low density residential area (based on British town planning of the time). The residential area is thus known as Kowloon Tong. The area's roads and streets are largely named after counties in England. It was the home of a large number of wealthy English businessmen. The name of Kowloon Tsai is preserved in the hill west of the former village of Kowloon Tsai. Martial artist

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was an American-born Hong Kong martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from ...

's residence was located in Kowloon Tong during the 70s.

Landmarks

Notable landmarks in Kowloon Tong include: * Beacon Hill — a hill with a height of 457 m, and several residential developments. *

Festival Walk Festival Walk is a shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong developed jointly by Swire Properties and CITIC Pacific between 1993 and 1998. At the time of its opening in November 1998, it was the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong. Festiva ...

— a large shopping centre operated by

Swire Group Swire Group ( zh, t=太古集團) is a highly diversified global conglomerate with its parent company being John Swire & Sons Limited that holds controlling stakes in a range of businesses trading in the UK, USA, Australia, Papua New Guinea, ...

and

CITIC CITIC Group Corporation Ltd., formerly the China International Trust Investment Corporation (CITIC), is a state-owned investment company of the People's Republic of China, established by Rong Yiren in 1979 with the approval of Deng Xiaoping. ...

, now owned by

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

an investment firm Mapletree. *

Broadcast Drive Broadcast Drive () is a list of streets and roads in Hong Kong, road in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. The road is notable as it is only 1 km long but having played host to all five broadcasting outlets in Hong Kong at one point in the 1970s, ...

— a road where all of Hong Kong's free-to-air TV stations (

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

ATV ATV may refer to: Broadcasting * Amateur television *Analog television Television broadcaster * Andorra Televisió * Anguilla Television * Ayna TV, Afghanistan * ATV (Armenia) * ATV (Aruba), NBC affiliate * ATV (Australian TV station), Melbourn ...

), Hong Kong's oldest radio station (

Radio Television Hong Kong Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service of Hong Kong. GOW, the predecessor to RTHK, was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Economic ...

), and

Commercial Radio Hong Kong Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK, , also known as Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited, is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong, alongside Metro Radio Hong Kong. CRHK offers a variety of radio prog ...

are headquartered. * St. Teresa's Church *

41 Cumberland Road 41 Cumberland Road is the address of Bruce Lee's former home in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, where he spent his last year with his family. The place was affectionately known as "the Crane's Nest". It is located in Kowloon City District. His ...

's former home in Hong Kong. Demolished in 2019.

Media

The two biggest radio companies in Hong Kong,

and

, are both located on

, Kowloon Tong. Minibus route 29A serves Broadcast Drive from MTR

Kowloon Tong station Kowloon Tong is a station on MTR's and in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station serves Kowloon Tong and its vicinity, including Yau Yat Tsuen, the Festival Walk shopping centre, City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University. ...

Education

The

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public Liberal arts education, liberal arts university with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university was established as Hong Kong Baptist ...

and the

City University of Hong Kong The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is a public research university in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and formally established as the City University of Hong Kong in 1994 ...

are located in Kowloon Tong. Many leading local English

medium of instruction A medium of instruction (plural: media of instruction, or mediums of instruction) is a language used in teaching. It may or may not be the official language of the country or territory. If the first language of students is different from the offic ...

(EMI)

primary Primary or primaries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups and labels * Primary (band), from Australia * Primary (musician), hip hop musician and record producer from South Korea * Primary Music, Israeli record label Work ...

and

secondary schools A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

on the

Kowloon peninsula The Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong, alongside Victoria Harbour and facing toward Hong Kong Island. The Kowloon Peninsula and the area of New Kowloon are collect ...

are located in the area, including

Kowloon True Light Middle School Kowloon True Light School (KTLS, ) is a Protestant girls' secondary school, founded in 1945, and situated in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. This school is located near Kowloon Tong station. Like all True Light Middle School in Hong Kong, t ...

Kowloon Tong School (Secondary Section) The Kowloon Tong School (Secondary Section) (; KTSSS) is a co-educational secondary school in Hong Kong. Located at 10 Surrey Lane in Kowloon Tong Kowloon Tong () is an area of Hong Kong located in Kowloon. The majority of the area is in ...

Maryknoll Convent School Maryknoll Convent School (MCS, ) (Demonym: Maryknoller) is a Roman Catholic girls' school with primary and secondary sections in Hong Kong. It was established in 1925 by sisters of the Maryknoll Sisters, a Catholic institute founded by Mary J ...

La Salle College La Salle College (LSC; zh, t=喇沙書院, j=laa3 saa1 syu1 jyun2) is a boys' secondary school located in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. It was established in 1932 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Catholic re ...

and Beacon Hill School. Other well known international schools in the area include the American International School,

Yew Chung International School 'Yew Chung International School'' (YCIS, ), is a private international school in Hong Kong for boys and girls ages 6 months to 18 years (Infant & Toddler to Year 13). The campuses are located in Kowloon Tong and Kowloon City District. YCIS educa ...

Concordia International School Concordian International School (, ) is a Pre-K to grade 12 school located in Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan, Thailand. The school educates about 1100 students within the International Baccalaureate Organization programs. It is a trilingua ...

, Australian International School, and the Delia School of Canada. Kowloon Tong is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 41. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Kowloon Tong Government Primary School.

Schools

;Kindergarten * Kentville Kindergarten * St. Nicolas English Kindergarten *York International Kindergarten
Tutor Time International Nursery & Kindergarten
*SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten
Kingston International Kindergarten and Kingston Children Centre
;International schools *

American International School Hong Kong The American International School (AIS; ) is a private, independent, international school in Hong Kong founded in 1986. It delivers US standards-based educational program for students from early childhood through grade 12. AIS is accredited by ...

* Australian International School Hong Kong *

;Primary schools *Alliance Primary School, Kowloon Tong *Kowloon Tong Government Primary School * Kowloon Tong School (Primary Section) *

*Kingston International School ;Secondary schools *Holy Family Canossian School *

United Christian College (Kowloon East) United Christian College (Kowloon East) () is a co-ed Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) Christian secondary school in Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong. Established in 2003, the school is located in Lee On Lane, Kowloon, Hong Kong. English is used as t ...

*Kowloon Tong School (Secondary Section)

Transport

Kowloon Tong is served by the

MTR The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...

and

Kwun Tong line The Kwun Tong line () is a rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong. Starting at Whampoa station, Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng station, Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung Town, Sai Kung, the route has 1 ...

. Passengers may change here between the two lines. The stretch of Waterloo Road through Kowloon Tong forms part of Hong Kong's

Route 1 The following highways are numbered 1. For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads. For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads. For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads. For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads. For roads numbered S ...

. It leads into the

Lion Rock Tunnel The Lion Rock Tunnel, the first major road tunnel in Hong Kong, is a twin-board toll tunnel, connecting Hin Tin, Sha Tin District, Sha Tin in the New Territories and New Kowloon near Kowloon Tong. It has two southbound lanes, and there are ...

, and as such serves as an important artery for traffic heading into and out of the

New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...

(in particular

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The new ...

Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, Y ...

is also accessible via Waterloo Road.

Streets

Streets in Kowloon Tong include: *

, partially in Kowloon Tong * Cumberland road * Waterloo Road, partially in Kowloon Tong * York Road () (see also

Henry Tang illegal basement controversy The Henry Tang illegal basement controversy () was an event that began on 13 February 2012 over the unapproved basement extensions of two adjoining residences in Kowloon Tong owned by Henry Tang, a 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election candidate. ...

) * Cornwall Street * Tat Chee Avenue * Kent Road *

References

External links

Kowloon Tong Garden Estate (c.1922- )
on gwulo.com
Kowloon Tong Garden City Estate
on docomomo.hk * {{Authority control New Kowloon