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Causeway Bay
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Causeway Bay or East Point is a heavily built-up area of Hong Kong, located on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, and covering parts of Wan Chai and Eastern districts. The Chinese name is also romanized as Tung Lo Wan as in Tung Lo Wan Road (ć~č³µĄ). The rent in the shopping areas of Causeway Bay is ranked the as being one of the most expensive in the world, near that of London”®s Sloane Street and New York”®s Fifth Avenue.LocationPart of Causeway Bay, including Tsing Fung Street, Causeway Bay market, the Victoria Park, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Jardine”®s Noonday Gun and the Police Officers Club is in the Eastern District. Queen”®s College and the Hong Kong Central Library are in Wan Chai District.HistoryBefore urban development and massive land reclamation, Causeway Bay was a heavily silted bay. Its former shape can be found on maps by tracing Tung Lo Wan Road, which goes along the former bay. In the early stage of development a causeway was built, which is the present-day Causeway Road. In the 1950s, the coastline was further pushed forward when the remains of the bay was reclaimed for the Victoria Park, when the statue of Queen Victoria was brought back from Japan. The statue had been taken away during the Second World War from Statue Square at Chater Road, Central.The typhoon shelter of Causeway Bay and the Tin Hau Temple reveal that the area was a fishing village.The names of Yee Wo Street, Jardine”®s Bazaar and Jardine”®s Crescent reveal that the land in this area was sold by the British colonial government to Jardines in the early 19th century. The area was therefore named East Point, after a pointed place on the coastline, east from the centre of Victoria City.
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