Sai Wan

Sai Wan (Chinese: 西環,Western District, or simply Western, is an area in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong that corresponds to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui, Belcher Bay and Kennedy Town. It formed part of the City of Victoria. West Point, a former cape where major government structures in Sai Wan are close to, also used to refer to Sai Wan.

Coordinates: 22°17′06″N 114°07′55″E / 22.285°N 114.132°E / 22.285; 114.132

Sai Wan (constituency)

Sai Wan is one of the 15 constituencies in the Central and Western District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Central and Western District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Cheung Kwok-kwan of the DAB.

Sai Wan constituency is loosely based on the area around eastern part of the Kennedy Town with estimated population of 16,214.

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Coordinates: 22°17′16″N 114°08′11″E / 22.2877°N 114.1365°E / 22.2877; 114.1365

Sai Wan (disambiguation)

Sai Wan is the name or part of the name of several places in Hong Kong.

Sai Wan is also the former name of Chai Wan:

See also

Siu Sai Wan

Siu Sai Wan (Chinese: 小西灣) is a newly developed residential area in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located in the eastern part of Chai Wan, and is administratively under the Eastern District. The population is about 80,000.

Location

The current perimeter of Siu Sai Wan includes the rest of Chai Wan east of Wing Tai Road. Prior to reclamation, Siu Sai Wan was a small bay east of Chai Wan. Chai Wan was once known as Sai Wan (西灣, sai1 waan1, Xīwān, West Bay), and the small bay as Siu Chai Wan (小柴灣, siu2 caai4 waan1, Xiǎocháiwān, Lesser Chai Wan) or Chai Wan Tsai (柴灣仔, caai4 waan1 zai2, Cháiwānzǎi, Child of Chai Wan), and over time the names combined into the current name Siu Sai Wan.

History

Siu Sai Wan was originally an intelligence gathering centre for the United Kingdom. In 1947, Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand signed an agreement to jointly pursue the gathering of intelligence. The British Armed Forces then set up an intelligence gathering centre in Siu Sai Wan, one of the largest in the Far East, to monitor wireless communications from the then Republic of China (ROC), present-day China (PRC). In 1985, shortly after the handover of Hong Kong to the PRC was agreed, the centre was dismantled.

Island Line (MTR)

The Island Line is one of 10 lines of the MTR, the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Kennedy Town in the Central and Western District to Chai Wan in the Eastern District. The line first opened on 31 May 1985. It currently travels through 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi) in 34 minutes along its route, serving 17 stations. The line is indicated by the colour blue on the MTR map.

History

The Hong Kong Government authorised the construction of the 13.1 km long Island Line in December 1980, after rejecting plans to extend the tram to Chai Wan. On 31 May 1985 the Island Line opened with services operating between Admiralty and Chai Wan stations. Services were then extended to Central and both Admiralty and Central stations became interchange stations with the Tsuen Wan Line. As part of this extension, each train was extended to eight cars in length. On 23 May 1986, the Island Line extended its reach to Sheung Wan station.

After the Kwun Tong Line was extended to Quarry Bay station on 1 October 1989, that station became an interchange station with the Island Line. In a response to passenger congestion at Quarry Bay station, the government recommended the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works project, and decided to expand North Point station to include a second interchange with the Kwun Tong Line, with construction starting in July 1998.

Siu Sai Wan (constituency)

Siu Sai Wan is one of the 35 constituencies in the Eastern District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Eastern District Council, with an election every four years. The seat is currently held by Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.

Siu Sai Wan constituency is loosely based on Siu Sai Wan Estate with estimated population of 13,176.

Councillors represented

Election results

2010s

2000s

1990s

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