
Quarry Bay is an
area
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beneath
Mount Parker in the
Eastern District of
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island () is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of , . It is the second largest island in Hong Kon ...
, in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
. Quarry Bay is bordered by
Sai Wan Ho to the east,
Mount Parker to the south,
North Point
North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, the area is named after a cape between Causeway Bay and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects ...
to the west, and
Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbor, harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. It acts as both a major trading hub and tourist attraction of Hong Kong in general. Lying in ...
to the north.
Quarry Bay is a residential and business district in Hong Kong.
One Island East
One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
Overview
The skyscraper is a commercial office building, rising 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 storeys plus two levels of basement. There is a ...
, the seventh tallest building in Hong Kong, is located in Quarry Bay. Some government departments such as the
Accounting and Financial Reporting Council have relocated their offices from
Central and
Wan Chai
Wan Chai (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 灣仔) is located in the western part of Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is bounded by Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal St ...
to Quarry Bay over the years, and some multinational companies have their offices located in the district, such as
Ernst & Young
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,
BNP Paribas
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,
LVMH
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and
Boston Consulting Group
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, etc.
Cityplaza and
Kornhill Plaza, being one of the largest shopping malls on Hong Kong Island is at Quarry Bay.
With dense population as well as developed economic and commercial activities in the district, Quarry Bay has a considerable traffic demand. It is one of the transportation hubs in Hong Kong. There are two MTR stations in the district, being
Quarry Bay Station and
Taikoo Station. Quarry Bay Station is the intersection of the
Island line and
Tseung Kwan O line
The Tseung Kwan O line () is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It is currently long, taking 15 minutes to travel throughout the entire line. It is indicated in on the MTR map.
The line runs from North Point on the ...
. Other transportation means in the district include buses, minibuses, and trams.
History

The 1819 edition of the ''
Gazetteer of Sun On County'' ( zh, t=嘉慶版新安縣志, labels=no) did not mention today's Quarry Bay. Historians such as Anthony Kwok Kin Siu suggested Quarry Bay was a remote area before British colonial time.
During
colonial Hong Kong
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times, the
Hakka
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stonemasons
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settled in the area after the British arrival.
This area was a bay where rock from the hillsides were quarried and transported by ship for building construction or road building. The Chinese name ''
Tsak Yue Chung'' ( zh, t=鰂魚涌, labels=no) reveals that it was a small stream where
crucian carp ( zh, t=鰂魚, labels=no) could be found in the 19th century. The English name was ''Arrow Fish Creek''.
The original bay has disappeared since
land reclamation
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has taken place, and was about from the current coastline.
Taikoo
The eastern part of Quarry Bay, namely ', was largely owned by
Swire and therefore many places and facilities are named after the company's Chinese name,
Taikoo. The river originally flowed into the bay, however it was shut off from the sea with the construction of the to supply fresh water to the
Taikoo Dockyard, the Taikoo Sugar factory at Tong Chong Street ( zh, t=糖廠街, labels=no), and later the Swire
Coca-Cola
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factory at Greig Road ( zh, t=基利路, labels=no) and
Yau Man Street ( zh, t=佑民街, labels=no). The upper course of the river was converted into a cement-paved catchwater, and the lower course is the present-day Quarry Bay Street ( zh, t=鰂魚涌街, labels=no), with the original
estuary
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near the Quarry Bay Street –
King's Road junction.
In the mid-1980s, the hillside was converted into
Kornhill apartment buildings, the reservoir into ( zh, t=康景花園, labels=no) apartment buildings, and the Dockyard into
Taikoo Shing. The Coca-Cola factory is now apartment
Kornville ( zh, t=康蕙花園, labels=no), and Taikoo Sugar is now the
Taikoo Place, a commercial hub.
Lai Chi
The western end of Quarry Bay was historically part of
North Point
North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, the area is named after a cape between Causeway Bay and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects ...
; during the 1930s its beaches became one of the most popular places for holding swimming galas in Hong Kong. From this basis an upmarket entertainment complex, the Ritz Nightclub ( zh, t=麗池夜總會, p=lai6 chi4 ye6 jung2 wui2, labels=no), was built in the area in 1947. The nightclub was demolished a few years later to make way for the construction of apartment buildings during the latter half of the 1950s. Nonetheless, for years afterwards, the western part of Quarry Bay continued to be known informally as ''Lai Chi'' ( zh, t=麗池, labels=no), made more so by the name being
homophone
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to Cantonese for "late as usual" ( zh, t=例遲, labels=no) – a reference to
King's Road, until 1984 the only thoroughfare in the area and thus infamous for traffic congestion.
To this day, some buildings in the western part of Quarry Bay are named as "North Point something building", although they are across the modern-day limit of
North Point
North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, the area is named after a cape between Causeway Bay and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects ...
at Man Hong Street / Healthy Street West.
Location
Quarry Bay is considered as an area surrounded by to the east, Hong Shing Street and to the south, junction of
King's Road and
Healthy Street West to the west, and
Commercial buildings

*
Taikoo Place: One of the business districts in Hong Kong. Commercial buildings include:
One Island East
One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
Overview
The skyscraper is a commercial office building, rising 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 storeys plus two levels of basement. There is a ...
, Devon House, Dorset House, Cambridge House, Lincoln House, Oxford House, Westlands Centre, Berkshire House, One Taikoo Place and Two Taikoo Place. Tenants include
Ernst & Young
EY, previously known as Ernst & Young, is a multinational corporation, multinational professional services partnership, network based in London, United Kingdom. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and PwC, it is one of the Big Four accounting firms, Big F ...
,
BNP Paribas
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,
Royal Bank of Canada
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,
LVMH
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (), commonly known as LVMH, is a French multinational holding company and conglomerate that specializes in luxury goods and has its headquarters in Paris, France. The company was formed in 1987 through the ...
,
Boston Consulting Group
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,
Freshfields,
Accenture
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etc.
*
Cityplaza: It includes 1111 King's Road, 12 Taikoo Bay Road, and 14 Taikoo Bay Road. Tenants include
Deloitte
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,
Thomson Reuters
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,
American Express
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,
FWD Group etc.
*
AIA AIA or A.I.A. or Aia may refer to:
Aia
* Aia, a small town in the province of Gipuzkoa, Spain
* Peñas de Aya, small mountain range in Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa
* Aia, current Kutaisi, ancient capital of Colchis
* Aia, another name for Aea (Malis), an ...
Hong Kong Tower
*K11 ATELIER King's Road
*625 King's Road
*Chinachem Exchange Square
Also, a few industrial buildings exist in the areas of Shipyard Lane.
''Former''
*Fresh Produce Market
* Gala I, Gala II cinemas
*Mount Parker House 栢嘉商業大廈
Residential buildings

*
Bedford Gardens
*
CASA 880
*
Dragon View House
*
Granview Court
*
The Floridian
*
Healthy Village Estate
*
Kings View Court
*
Kornhill, and
Kornhill Gardens
*
Model Housing Estate
*"
Monster Building" –
Fook Cheong Building,
Montane Mansion,
Oceanic Mansion,
Yick Cheong Building and
Yick Fat Building
*
Mount Parker Residences
*
Nan Fung Sun Chuen
*
Mount Parker Lodge
*
Novum East
*
Oceanic Building
*
The Orchards
*
*
Ritz Garden Apartments
*
Riviera Mansion
*
Royal Terrace
*
Snowboat Mansion
*
Splendid Place
*
Sunway Gardens
*
Taikoo Shing
*
Wah Shun Garden
*
*
Nan Fung Sun Chuen

Nan Fung Sun Chuen ( zh, t=南豐新邨, labels=no), built in 1978, is a private apartment estate. Consisting of 2,827 apartment units in 12 buildings distributed along Greig Road and Greig Crescent with a car park at the centre of the development, it was developed by
Nan Fung Development. Because of the relatively large size of the development, it serves as the benchmark for premises developed in the late 1970s in the property market. The tower blocks range in height from 28 to 33 floors. Blocks 1 to 5 are at 32 to 40 (even numbers) Greig Road while blocks 6 to 12 are at 27 to 15 Greig Crescent.
Taikoo Shing
Taikoo Shing is a private residential development in Quarry Bay. Consisting of 61 mansions distributed along Taikoo Wan Road & Taikoo Shing Road, it was developed by Swire.
Tourism
Fireboat ''Alexander Grantham'' Exhibition Gallery
The ''
Alexander Grantham
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Early life, colonial administration career
Grantham was born on ...
'' was a fireboat of
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
's
Fire Services Department. The
fireboat
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was named after former Governor
Sir Alexander Grantham. The boat has since retired from service and been replaced by other vessels.
On 10 March 2006, the fireboat was successfully hoisted into its new permanent home in the Central Concourse of
Quarry Bay Park, Hong Kong, where it has been converted into the Fireboat ''Alexander Grantham'' Exhibition Gallery and was opened to the public as a museum in 2007. In addition to the fireboat itself, the Gallery houses a number of multimedia exhibits on the vessel's history and on firefighting in Hong Kong.
"Monster Building" complex
"Monster Building" is a condominium complex of five interconnected buildings. The complex consists of
Fook Cheong Building,
Montane Mansion,
Oceanic Mansion,
Yick Cheong Building, and
Yick Fat Building.
Woodside Biodiversity Education Centre
situated at Mount Parker Road, Quarry Bay. The centre comprises three themed exhibition galleries introducing Hong Kong's precious natural resources and biodiversity. The centre aims to foster public awareness, knowledge and understanding the inherent value of Hong Kong's biodiversity assets and to marshal public support and action for nature conservation.
Government
The head office of the
Securities and Futures Commission
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is the independent statutory body charged with regulating the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong. The SFC is responsible for fostering an orderly securities and futures markets ...
is in
One Island East
One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
Overview
The skyscraper is a commercial office building, rising 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 storeys plus two levels of basement. There is a ...
in Quarry Bay.
Parks and recreational facilities
*
Quarry Bay Park
*
Quarry Bay Municipal Services Building – with indoor playground and a public library managed by LSCD
*Greig Road Sitting-out Area
*
Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension)
Tai Tam (Quarry Bay Extension) Country ParkCountry Parks (Designation) (Consolidation) Order (Chapter 208B) (Sinitic languages, Chinese: 大潭(鰂魚涌擴建部份)郊野公園), also known simply as Quarry Bay Country Park (鰂魚涌郊� ...
Education
Quarry Bay is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 14. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and North Point Government Primary School.
Kindergartens & Nurseries
*
ABC Pathways International Kindergarten (Tai Koo Campus)
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting
* Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...
*
Creativity (Park Vale) Kindergarten
*
Epoch Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten
*
Hamilton Hill International Kindergarten
*
MAGART International Kindergarten
*
Saint Anna Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten
*
Victoria (Kornhill) Kindergarten
*
Victoria (Kornhill) Nursery
Primary schools
*
Buddhist Chung Wah Kornhill Primary School
*
Canossa School (Hong Kong)
*
Chinese Methodist School North Point
*
Delia School of Canada
*
North Point Government Primary School
*
Shanghai Alumni Primary School
*
Secondary schools
*
Canossa College
*
Delia School of Canada
Transport
Public transport
*
MTR
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**
MTR Quarry Bay station:
Tseung Kwan O line
The Tseung Kwan O line () is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It is currently long, taking 15 minutes to travel throughout the entire line. It is indicated in on the MTR map.
The line runs from North Point on the ...
and
Island line
**
MTR Tai Koo station:
Island line
*
Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
s
*
Citybus
*
KMB (serves only cross-
harbour
A harbor (American English), or harbour (Commonwealth English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be Mooring, moored. The t ...
routes)
*
Minibus
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es
** to
Kornhill,
Cyberport
Cyberport is a business park in Southern District, Hong Kong, Southern District, Hong Kong, consisting of four office buildings, a hotel, and a retail entertainment complex. It describes itself as a List of technology centers, digital ...
,
North Point
North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District of Hong Kong. Located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, the area is named after a cape between Causeway Bay and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects ...
,
Shau Kei Wan
Shau Kei Wan or Shaukiwan is a neighborhood in the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District of Hong Kong Island. The area is bordered by Chai Wan to the east, Mount Parker (Hong Kong), Mount Parker to the south, Sai Wan Ho to the west, and ...
,
Kennedy Town
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, etc.
** includes 32, 32A, 33 etc.
Major thoroughfares, roads and streets

*
Island Eastern Corridor
*
Eastern Harbour Crossing
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*
Finnie Street
*
Greig Road
*
Java Road
Java Road () is a street in North Point on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It runs from the junction of Electric Road and Tin Chong Street in Fortress Hill to meet King's Road in Quarry Bay, near .
History
Completed in 1933, the road was named a ...
*
King's Road
*
Kornhill Road
*
Mansion Lane
*
Model Lane
*
Mount Parker Road
*
Quarry Bay Street
*
Sai Wan Terrace
*
Shipyard Lane
*
Taikoo Shing Road
*
Taikoo Wan Road
*
Tsat Tsz Mui Road
*
Tong Chong Street
*
Westlands Road
Hiking
Quarry Bay is home to multiple hiking trails, including the Mount Parker Road Green Trail and the Hong Pak Country Trail, which connects further to nearby trails.
Facilities
The
Woodside Biodiversity Education Center (also known as the Red House) is a biodiversity centre housing local animal species and displays of educational resources on Hong Kong wildlife. The centre is situated on
Mount Parker Road, with benches available nearby for picnics.
Wartime remains including the Wartime Stoves and Anti-Air-Raid Caves are preserved throughout
Mount Parker Road Green Trail and the
Hong Pak Country Trail.
Hikes throughout Quarry Bay are often packed with resting benches, washrooms, pavilions, mappings as well as trash bins.
Mountains
Mount Butler,
Mount Parker and
Siu Ma Shan are mountains available for hiking. These mountains are linked towards more hiking options such as the
Jardine's Lookout or approach for
Tai Tam Reservoirs.
Nearby areas
Stanley can be reached from Tai Tam Reservoirs via
Violet Hill and
The Twins.
Shek O Country Park is also reachable from Tai Tam Reservoirs, which offer more hiking options.
Tai Tam Reservoirs is situated near the
Wong Lai Chung Reservoir Park.
See also
*
Conservation in Hong Kong
*
Taikoo Shing
*
:Rivers of Hong Kong
References
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