Yau Tsim Mong District

Area: 6.99 km²

Population: about 285,300

Characteristics: Yau Tsim Mong District stretches from the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in the south to Boundary Street in the north, with the MTR East Rail line marking its eastern boundary.

Tsim Sha Tsui is a commercial and tourist centre, with numerous renowned hotels, guesthouses and hostels. With the establishment of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Kowloon Park, together with the upcoming culture hub in the West Kowloon Cultural District, Tsim Sha Tsui has also become an important cultural, educational and recreational centre in the territory.

Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok are both composed with old commercial and residential developments. Most of the old residential buildings were built shortly after the war, mainly for mixed commercial and residential use. Moreover, many of them are in the preservation and conversion scheme under the Urban Renewal Authority. Tai Kok Tsui is the only light industrial zone in Yau Tsim Mong, composed of buildings designed for mixed commercial and residential use; which are also under the rehabilitation projects.

Yau Tsim Mong District is a transportation hub in the territory. The Mass Transit Railway stations, the Airport Express, the Hung Hom Cross Harbour Tunnel, the Star Ferry, the China Ferry Terminal, the Western Harbour Crossing, as well as the major traffic arteries of Nathan Road, the West Kowloon Expressway and the future Kowloon Southern Link, Central Kowloon Route and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, etc. are also located in Yau Tsim Mong District.

A total of 37 historical buildings in Yau Tsim Mong District were graded by the Antiquities Advisory Board. Four of them have been classified as declared monuments which are under the protection of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance. They are the former Kowloon British School, the former Kowloon-Canton Railway Terminus Clock Tower, the former Marine Police Headquarters Compound and the Hong Kong Observatory on Observatory Road.