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Quarry Bay
Traditional Chinese
鰂魚涌
Simplified Chinese
鲗鱼涌
Cantonese Yale
jāk yùh chūng
Jyutping
zak1 jyu4 cung1
Literal meaning
"crucian carp stream"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zéiyúchōng[1][2]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
jāk yùh chūng
Jyutping
zak1 jyu4 cung1
IPA
[tsɐk̚˥ jyː˩ tsʰoŋ˥]
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
採石灣
Simplified Chinese
采石湾
Cantonese Yale
chói sehk wāan
Jyutping
coi2 sek6 waan1
Literal meaning
rock-extracting bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
cǎi shí wān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
chói sehk wāan
Jyutping
coi2 sek6 waan1
Aerial view of Taikoo Shing in Quarry Bay, One Island East is the tallest building in the photo and Mount Parker is in the background.A section of King's Road in Quarry Bay
Quarry Bay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Quarry Bay is bordered by Sai Wan Ho to the east, Mount Parker to the south, North Point to the west, and Victoria Harbour to the north.
Quarry Bay is a residential and business district in Hong Kong. One Island East, the seventh tallest building in Hong Kong, is located in Quarry Bay. Some government departments such as the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council have relocated their offices from Central and Wan Chai to Quarry Bay over the years, and some multinational companies have their offices located in the district, such as Ernst & Young, BNP Paribas, LVMH and Boston Consulting Group, etc. Cityplaza and Kornhill Plaza, being one of the largest shopping malls on Hong Kong Island is at Quarry Bay.
With dense population as well as developed economic and commercial activities in the district, Quarry Bay has a considerable traffic demand. It is one of the transportation hubs in Hong Kong. There are two MTR stations in the district, being Quarry Bay Station and Taikoo Station. Quarry Bay Station is the intersection of the Island line and Tseung Kwan O line. Other transportation means in the district include buses, minibuses, and trams.
^ 现代汉语词典(第七版). [A Dictionary of Current Chinese (Seventh Edition).]. Beijing: The Commercial Press. 1 September 2016. p. 1637. ISBN 978-7-100-12450-8. 鲗（鰂 zéi 用于地名：~鱼涌（在香港）
^ 现代汉语词典(第七版). [A Dictionary of Current Chinese (Seventh Edition).]. Beijing: The Commercial Press. 1 September 2016. p. 180. ISBN 978-7-100-12450-8. 涌 chōng 〈方〉{...}鲗鱼~（在香港）
QuarryBay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. QuarryBay is bordered by Sai Wan Ho to the east...
QuarryBay (Chinese: 鰂魚涌; Cantonese Yale: Jāk'yùhchūng) is a station on the Island line and Tseung Kwan O line of the MTR in QuarryBay on Hong Kong Island...
QuarryBay School is the second oldest English Schools Foundation primary school in Hong Kong. There are around 720 students. Its current campus is on...
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private housing estate in QuarryBay, Hong Kong Taikoo Sugar Refinery Taikoo Place, a group of office buildings in QuarryBay, Hong Kong Tai Koo station...
hotel ownership and operations in Mainland China with its head office in QuarryBay. They formerly also engaged in third-party logistics, freight services...
Monster Building is a group of five connected buildings on King's Road, QuarryBay, Hong Kong.22°17′03″N 114°12′44″E / 22.284198°N 114.212300°E / 22.284198;...
per cent in 1999. The QuarryBay Congestion Relief Works extended the Hong Kong Island end of the Kwun Tong line from QuarryBay to North Point via a pair...
convenient for commuters to transfer than passing through the corridors in QuarryBay station, which provides no cross-platform arrangement. All exits are located...
Exchange (BSX). The head office is in the Devon House in Taikoo Place, QuarryBay, Hong Kong. As of 31 December 2020, the Group, its associates and joint...
Causeway Bay is an area and a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern and the Wan Chai districts. It is a major shopping...
headquarters. In QuarryBay, Taikoo Place and areas nearby, including Admiralty, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, and Tsim Sha Tsui, Kwun Tong, and Kowloon Bay are regarded...
fong1; pinyin: Tàigǔfāng) is a commercial building complex located in QuarryBay, east Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It comprises grade A office towers...
on the 23rd floor of the Lincoln House building of the Taikoo Place in QuarryBay, Hong Kong. Previously the company's U.S. headquarters were in Purchase...
first phase of the Kwun Tong line, until the Eastern Harbour Crossing to QuarryBay opened on 6 August 1989. It is located in the Kwun Tong area, between...
next station, QuarryBay, still interchanges with the Island Line but does not provide such a cross-platform interchange. East of QuarryBay, the line passes...
and Lei Yue Mun Bay (鯉魚門灣). In fact, the place where the current Promenade along the shoreline it was once a beach. The rest of the quarry was abolished...
Futures. The head office is in 54/F, One Island East, 18 Westlands Road, QuarryBay The SFC was created in 1989 in response to the stock market crash of 1987...
the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line built as a part of the extension to QuarryBay. The station is linked to the nearby hillside community of Lam Tin by...
Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Opened on 21 September 1989, it connects QuarryBay, Hong Kong Island and Cha Kwo Ling, Kowloon East. Initially, the Government...
Gardens are apartment buildings on the northern slope of Mount Parker, in QuarryBay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Kornhill is a private housing estate and...
the area is named after a cape between Causeway Bay and Tsat Tsz Mui that projects towards Kowloon Bay. North Point is bounded by Oil Street (油街) to the...
pronunciation: [tʰāːi.kǔː sȅŋ]), is a private residential development in QuarryBay, in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is a part of Swire's...
Billion. The company is a part of Jardine Matheson and is headquartered at QuarryBay, Hong Kong. Jardine Motors UK was created in 1981 when Jardine Matheson...
Further west, there was once a quarry, near to the site of the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence. However, the quarry was decommissioned by the Hong...
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