Ferry Point (Chinese: 渡船角), also known as Austin and West Kowloon, is an area located on the west of Jordan/Kwun Chung in Kowloon of Hong Kong. The place names are in dynamic contest to each other over the reclamation of 1990s, with Ferry Point, from 1960s, centred in Man Wah Sun Chuen, West Kowloon, from 1990s, in Kowloon Station and Austin, from 2000s, in Austin Station. But West Kowloon is a vague place name which could extend northwest to Lai Chi Kok and even Stonecutters Island where the West Kowloon reclamation ends.
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Ferry Point is often considered as the area at the west of Jordan and Kwun Chung, the south of Tai Kok Tsui and the east of Elements, a mall above Kowloon station of the MTR Airport Express and Tung Chung line in 1998.[1]
Ferry Point was at the seafront and adjacent to former Jordan Road Ferry Pier, first vehicle ferry pier in Kowloon commencing in 1933, together with passenger service, connecting to Central on Island side.[2] Bus terminus was built for commuters from Kowloon and the New Territories to cross Victoria Harbour.[3][4] The reclamation coast was once occupied by industry with cotton warehouse and gas depot at that time.[5]
The name Ferry Point came much later in 1963 when a housing estate development was proposed and finally named Man Wah Sun Chuen.[5][6][7] Some business referred the place as Ferry Point[8] and Ferry Point was marked on some maps in the area. After reclamation of West Kowloon in 1990s, the ferry pier was then demolished.[9] The large reclamation surrounding Ferry Point made place names in the state of uncertain. Austin, named after opening of Austin Station of East Rail Line in 2009, with several new housing development, emerged as new name in place of Ferry Point.[10]
The prominent location of the estate with excellent view of Victoria Harbour and large flats made it an expensive home in Kowloon at the beginning.[11] Some famous film stars, Sammo Hung, Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan once lived there[5]. After 1997, the Nepali, the legacy of Gurkha in former British Army in Hong Kong, settled in Ferry Point making the area with the scent of South Asian.[12][11] The buildings that shaped like Namaste are favoured by the Nepali.[13]
The role of transportation hub continues with three railway station, Kowloon Station, Austin Station and West Kowloon Station are next to each other in the area. West Kowloon Station Bus Terminus close to Man Wah San Chuen replaced Jordan Road Ferry Pier Bus Terminus as a large transit interchange in the area.[14]
The development north includes Man Cheong Street Park with children's playground, amphitheatre, pet garden and alloment.[15][16][17][18]
History
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Ferry Point was never a natural feature like North Point, East Point or West Point, but came from a proposed housing project for forty thousand people in 1963, west of Ferry Street, projecting into Victoria Harbour.[19][20][5] It was a square piece of reclamation of two periods, first Marine Lot No. 89 around 1904 and 1907, and second around 1963. The housing estate of eight blocks of flats was later renamed to Man Wah Sun Chuen, and Ferry Point then was referred the area around it. The project included converting Ferry Street to a thoroughfare to the New Territories[19] and expanding Jordan Road Ferry Pier Bus Terminus. Its north side was Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter and south side the bus terminus and vehicle and passenger Jordan Road Ferry Pier, an important transportation hub before the commencement of Cross-Harbour Tunnel and Mass Transit Railway.[21]
References
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- ^ "Jordan Road ferry pier #1 [1932-????] | Gwulo". gwulo.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Jordan Road Ferry Pier, Yau Ma Tei". www.hkmemory.hk. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "官涌・上角・渡船角・西九龍 — 「油麻地佐敦一帶小區」的前世今生". Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ a b c d "How Hong Kong estate once home to Jackie Chan helped change the course of housing development in the city". South China Morning Post. 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Ethnic minority residents of Jordan estate may lose home to redevelopment". Young Post. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Architecture & Urban Design I (ARCH 4001) – Dwelling: Carcass | HKU Faculty of Architecture". www.arch.hku.hk. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Nanyang Commercial Bank, Ltd. - Ferry Point Branch". hongkong-banks-info.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Jordan Road Ferry Pier, Yau Ma Tei 油麻地佐敦道碼頭". digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ Pedestrian Connectivity of Austin Station with neighbouring areas (PDF).
- ^ a b 洪藹婷 (2016-11-17). "【地盤中人】渡船角的半世紀地產發展史 從一個看更開始". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Smell and sound in Yau Ma Tei". www.hkmemory.hk. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ 莫家文 (2022-04-10). "八文樓重建｜殖民時代街影法建築 斜角外觀成本港獨有祝福聖地". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Transport Department - Traffic Notices". www.td.gov.hk. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "Amphitheatres".
- ^ "Dog Garden/Pet Garden".
- ^ "Community Garden Programme - Locations of Community Garden - Yau Tsim Mong District - Man Cheong Street Community Garden". www.lcsd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "新式設計嘅兒童遊樂場 @ 文昌街公園｜Trip.com 香港". TRIP.COM (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ a b "佐敦道碼頭傍興建新往宅區擬定名渡船角 發展計劃包括美化佐敦碼頭廣塲，擴大巴士總站，增加廣場面積，填海十餘萬方呎，興建大厦八大座，可容居民四萬人。". 工商日報. 1964-06-08. p. 6.
- ^ "Ferry Point Estate [1971- ] | Gwulo". gwulo.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "香港記憶 | Hong Kong Memory". www.hkmemory.hk. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
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