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unusual facts about Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation



1918 Shantou earthquake

The shock lasted about half a minute and was felt all over Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

Argyle Street Camp

Argyle Street Camp was a Japanese World War II Prisoner-of-war camp in Kowloon, Hong Kong which primarily held officer prisoners.

Beijing–Kowloon Railway

It then follows the rail-link between Shenzhen to the special administrative region of Hong Kong to Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) in Kowloon.

Blake Pier, Central

It was demolished in 1965, but the pavilion was preserved, dismantled and rebuilt in Morse Park in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon as a park shelter.

The top structure of the pier was later transferred to the open-air oval theatre in Morse Park, in between Wong Tai Sin and Lok Fu, Kowloon.

Boluo County

Guangzhou–Huizhou and Huizhou–Heyuan Expressway (惠河高速公路) intersect within the county, and China National Highways 205 and 324 as well as the Beijing–Kowloon and Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou Railways (广梅汕铁路) traverse the entire county.

Cantonese restaurant

Fook Lam Moon - one star in 2009 edition, received their second one for their Wanchai branch and one star for their Kowloon branch in the 2010 edition.

Causeway Bay North Station

KCR has also proposed adding Causeway Bay North Station as part of Shatin to Central Link, to be situated between Exhibition Station and Hung Hom Station.

Chan Kam-chuen

He became the special Adviser to director for the Cable & Wireless PLC and director of the Hong Kong Telephone Co. Ltd. and Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation later on.

Choruses in Hong Kong

The Good News' Singers is a Catholic church Choir founded in the 1960s by sisters from Maryknoll Convent School, Kowloon, consisting of students and young adults, who sing regularly for the 8:30am Sunday Mass in St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon.

Cityflyer

R22: Disneyland > Yau Tong (via Jordan, Hung Hom, Kowloon City, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong)

Demographics of Hong Kong

The breakdown was: "In the Villages and hamlets: 4,360; In the Bazaar: 800; In the Boats: 2,000; Labourers from Kowloong: 300".

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

However, the old Kowloon Station in Tsim Sha Tsui was demolished in 1974, and the southern terminus of the railway was relocated to a newly built station in Hung Hom.

Forensic Heroes III

Kate Tsui as Senior Inspector Ada Ling (凌倩兒), senior inspector of the West Kowloon District Serious Crime Unit.

Former Lai Chi Kok Hospital

The Former Lai Chi Kok Hospital (前荔枝角醫院), located at No.800 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, is listed as one of the Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong in June 2010.

Fruit Chan

On August 22, 2007, Chan announced that he will make a film focusing on Bruce Lee's early years, specifically, the Chinese-language film, Kowloon City, will be produced by John Woo's producer Terence Chang.

Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section

The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong Section (XRL HK Section) is a proposed high speed railway connecting Kowloon with the high-speed rail network of China at Shenzhen.

Height restriction laws

To protect the ridge line along Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon, height restrictions are imposed according to the location of the buildings or structures.

History of transport in Hong Kong

The Kowloon Canton Railway (now the East Rail Line on the MTR system) was built from the southern tip of Kowloon to Canton (now Guangzhou) in the Kwangtung Province (now Guangdong Province) in the 1900s.

The territory of Tuen Mun by then extends from western Shenzhen in the Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to western Kowloon in Hong Kong.

Hok Yau Club

The Club has two venues: Head Office in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, which also serves as the club's Kowloon Centre, and a Student Guidance Centre in Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon.

Hong Kong 1956 riots

The Communist areas were the main targets of Nationalist attacks, the most violent of which took place in the town of Tsuen Wan, five miles from central Kowloon.

Hong Kong bus route numbering

The numbering systems of public buses can be classified into Hong Kong Island routes, Kowloon and New Territories routes, Lantau Island (New Lantao Bus) routes, MTR Feeder Bus routes, Cross harbour bus routes and Airport and North Lantau external bus routes.

Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children

In 27 centres across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, HKSPC cares for children from newborn to 16-year-olds providing a stimulating environment in which to educate them and nurture their growth and development, and to educate parents on age appropriate parenting.

International Finance Centre

The IFC's towers have featured in several Hollywood films, including Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, where Lara Croft leaps off the then-under-construction 2 International Finance Centre, landing on a ship out in the Kowloon Bay, and The Dark Knight, where Batman leapt from 2 IFC to 1 IFC, where an action scene then takes place.

Kai Tak Stadium

Kai Tak Stadium is a multi-purpose sports stadium to be built at the site of the original Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

KMB Route 1

After the Japanese occupation this route was only bus route remaining in service in Kowloon at the end of the occupation.

Kwai Chung Hospital

Located near Princess Margaret Hospital, it provides 1372 psychiatric beds and serves the population of Kowloon, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, Tung Chung and Outlying Islands.

Leyland Victory Mk2

This model of double-decker bus has served nearly all regions in Hong Kong, including New Territories, Kowloon, Hong Kong Island, and Lantau Island.

Longchuan County, Guangdong

The Beijing–Kowloon, Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou and Zhangping–Longchuan Railways intersect in Longchuan, making it an important railway hub for the Lingnan region.

Mainland Chinese

Other than the indigenous population on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories who had lived in the area before the British arrived, most people in Hong Kong either immigrated from somewhere in mainland China, or were descendants of those immigrants.

Maxim's Catering

In January 1999, as a Hello Kitty craze swept through Hong Kong, Maxim's partnered with Sanrio and opened three branches of the new Hello Kitty Café in Tsuen Wan and Kowloon.

MV Kowloon Bridge

The MV Kowloon Bridge was built on the River Tees by Swan Hunter for Bibby Line and originally named English Bridge.

MV Kowloon Bridge was a Bridge-class ore-bulk-oil combination carrier built by Swan Hunter in 1973, but sank off the coast of the Republic of Ireland in December 1986.

Old South Kowloon District Court

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the building served as the Kowloon headquarters of the Kempeitai.

Optical 88

Optical 88's headquarters is located at Hong Kong, China (dispersed all over Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories) while overseas stores are located at various countries and cities including Macau, Guangzhou, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia etc.

Raja Fashions

After the handover of Hong Kong, instead of waiting for customers to come to their store in Kowloon, Mr. Daswani decided to visit his customers in United Kingdom, and began setting stores in 5-star hotels in London and letting his previous customers know by mail that he would be coming to measure people for suits.

Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train

The Shanghai-Kowloon Through Train is an intercity railway service between Kowloon Station (also known as Hung Hom Station) in Hong Kong and the Shanghai Railway Station, jointly operated by the MTR of Hong Kong and China's national rail service (Shanghai Railway Bureau).

Shangqiu

This standing is greatly enhanced following the construction of the Beijing-Kowloon (Hong Kong) railway in 1996, which crosses with Longhai railway at Shangqiu.

Sincere Department Store

Since 1997, Sincere's retailing arm is mostly in Hong Kong with four locations in Hong Kong (Central: Li Po Chun Chambers;Causeway Bay: Percival Street) and Kowloon (Mong Kok: Grand Century Place; Mong Kok: Kingwah Centre; Sham Shui Po: Dragon Centre;Yau Tong: Domain(Yau Tong); and Tsuen Wan: Citywalk 2); there are Chinese location, including Dalian.

Sun Yee On

Tai Hau, leader of another Sun Yee On faction in active in Tuen Mun tried to encroach upon Lee's West Kowloon and Tsim Sha Tsui operations.

Tom Lee Music

Tom Lee Music owned a professional recording studio inside its retail branch at Olympian City, Kowloon, Hong Kong and a concert hall for 200 audience at Megabox in Kowloon Bay.

Tuen Mun Town Plaza

It is at the hub of transport links and networks which include bus services to various parts of Hong Kong, including express services to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, West Rail to Kowloon and the Light Rail serving the western New Territories.


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