- Lai Chi Kok
Lai Chi Kok (zh-t|t=荔枝角) is an area in
New Kowloon ,Hong Kong . It locates east ofKwai Chung and west ofCheung Sha Wan .Mei Foo Sun Chuen is the largest housing estate in the area. Administratively it belongs toSham Shui Po District .History
Lai Chi Kok literally means the point of
lychee . It separated Cheung Sha Wan fromLai Chi Kok Bay and a river fromButterfly Valley separated Cheung Sha Wan from Lai Chi Kok.Mei Lai Road nowaday approximates the shore andButterfly Valley Road the river before any reclamation. At the intermost of Lai Chi Kok Bay, namely present-dayLai King Hill Road is a human inhabitant ofKau Wa Keng .Qing government had set up aCustoms station in Lai Chi Kok to collectcustoms duties after cedingHong Kong Island andKowloon Peninsula to British. [cite book | last = Sayer | first = G. R. | title = Hong Kong 1862-1919 | publisher = Hong Kong University Press | date = 1975 | location = Hong Kong | id = ISBN 962-209-118-0 ] After the lease of New Territories, British reclaimed Lai Chi Kok for military use. On the other hand, west point of Lai Chi Kok Bay, in Kwai Chung, became atorpedo storage. Later the reclamation became petroleum oil storage and later turned intoMei Foo Sun Chuen .Buildings
Lai Chi Kok Hospital is a special hospital located on the original location of the cap. Its neighbourLai Chi Kok Reception Centre is a structure managed byCorrectional Department .The former
Lai Chi Kok Incinerator was one of threeincinerator s in Hong Kong. It was demolished as it released pollutants in Hong Kong.The headquarters of the
Kowloon Motor Bus is also located in the area. The bus depot behind was relocated and the site is replaced by a private housing project known asManhattan Hill .Transport
The area is served by Mei Foo Station on the
MTR Tsuen Wan Line and Mei Foo on theMTR West Rail Line. Lai Chi Kok Station of the MTR is actually located outside of the area of Lai Chi Kok, but in Cheung Sha Wan.Footnotes
ee also
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Cheung Sha Wan
*Mei Foo Sun Chuen
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