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The original Causeway Bay was reclaimed and in development (in white) Causeway Bay during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. The typhoon shelter of Causeway Bay and the Tin Hau Temple reveal that the area was once a fishing town. Before urban development and massive land reclamation, Causeway Bay was a heavily silted bay.
Lee Theatre (Chinese: 利舞臺; Jyutping: lei6 mou5 toi4; pinyin: Lì wǔtái) was a prominent theatre in Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Once one of the premier performing venues in Hong Kong, the Beaux-Arts theatre was demolished in the 1990s and replaced with an office building and a shopping centre.
Circular bridge in the feature of Yee Wo Street Causeway Bay Terminus at the east end of Yee Wo Street Yee Wo Street during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. Yee Wo Street (Chinese: 怡和街; Cantonese Yale: yi4 wo2 gaai1) is a street, actually a thoroughfare nowaday, on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, situated in the area of East Point in the early colonial history and the area of Causeway Bay ...
In the late 19th century Hong Kong, kidnapping and human trafficking were rampant. On 8 November 1878, a group of Chinese merchants fromDongguan petitioned to the Governor Sir John Pope Hennessy for permission to form the "Society for the Protection of Women and Children", later known as Po Leung Kuk. Founded to protect the young and the ...
Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter is a typhoon shelter located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, between the Hong Kong Island entrance of Cross-Harbour Tunnel on Kellett Island and Island Eastern Corridor. It was the first typhoon shelter in Hong Kong. It is roughly 17 hectares in area.
The Excelsior (Chinese: 怡東酒店) was a four-star hotel located at 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It was owned and operated by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, a member of the Jardine Matheson Group, and served as the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group's headquarters. The Noon-day Gun is located opposite the hotel.
Causeway Bay is a primary shopping district in Hong Kong [note 1] with exits from the MTR leading directly into major outlets such as Sogo and Times Square, which can be accessed through a long, upward sloping pedestrian walkway at Exit A. Unlike other MTR stations, there are three different concourses in Causeway Bay station.
Following construction, Sogo Hong Kong, originally parented by Sogo Japan (Japanese: そごう), commenced its operations on 31 May 1985 in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Situated on Hennessy Road, the Japanese styled department store has become an important retail landmark of Hong Kong. In 1993, it underwent major renovations to become "Jumbo SOGO ...