Wong Chuk Hang

Wong Chuk Hang is an industrial and residential town to the east of Aberdeen and to the north of Nam Long Shan and to the west of Shouson Hill, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Notably, the town contains the Hong Kong Police Training School and Ocean Park.

Transport

Buses connecting Wong Chuk Hang and the Central and Western District:

Buses connecting Wong Chuk Hang and the Eastern District:

Wong Chuk Hang Station

Wong Chuk Hang is an elevated station on the proposed South Island Line built on the old site of Wong Chuk Hang Estate. It is named after Wong Chuk Hang area. It will serve residents in the Wong Chuk Hang area, as well as connect to a Public Transport Interchange to be built on a widening of Heung Yip Road. A network of footbridges will be built to serve future commercial and residential areas, and the station will exist as a hub to the Shum Wan region as a whole. A new MTR Depot will also exist next to the station to maintain South Island Line Trains. Commissioned by the MTR Corporation, Aedas, as part of the engineering team led by Atkins, were the architect for the station.

Station layout

Entrances/exits

A footbridge connection to various areas of Shum Wan will be provided. An exit will also connect the station to the planned Heung Yip Road Public Transport Interchange, for passengers to connect to other modes of public transport.

Wong Chuk Hang Depot

While the main station will take up the North of the former Wong Chuk Hang Estate site, an underground depot will be built in the south. This depot will service and maintain South Island Line trains. The depot will be completely sealed, and will exist on sunken ground, to avoid noise pollution to areas nearby.

Wong Chuk Hang (constituency)

Wong Chuk Hang is one of the 17 constituencies in the Southern District, Hong Kong.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Southern District Council, with an election every four years. The incumbent councillor is Tsui Yuen-wah of the Democratic Party.

Wong Chuk Hang constituency is loosely based on Wong Chuk Hang and Aberdeen area including Broadview Court with estimated population of 16,589.

Councillors represented

1988-91

1991 to present

Election results

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

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