Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter
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Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter (Chinese: 油麻地避風塘) is a typhoon shelter located near Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
History
The Government of Hong Kong planned for the construction of a second typhoon shelter after (the old) Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter in late 1906. In 1908 the Public Works Department decided to construct the typhoon shelter at Yau Ma Tei. Works on the typhoon shelter lasted from 1910 to 1915. The cost was HK$2.21 million. The typhoon shelter was officially opened by Sir Francis Henry May, then Governor of Hong Kong, on 16 December 1915.
The Yau Ma Tei Boat People settled in the shelter from around 1916 to 1990.
The
Housing estates built on the reclaimed land of the initial typhoon shelter include:
To improve the water quality of the typhoon shelter, construction of dry weather
See also
References
- ISBN 962-07-6336-X.
- ^ "All Projects – Construction of dry weather flow interceptor at Cherry Street box culvert". Drainage Services Department. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
Further reading
- Lack, A.J.S. (1973). "The Yaumatei Typhoon Shelter, HK 1900-1915" (the debate over its construction)" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. Vol. 13. Hong Kong. pp. 28–40.
22°18′36″N 114°09′25″E / 22.3099°N 114.1570°E
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