Kowloon Bay

The bay is located at the east of the Kowloon Peninsula and north of Hong Kong Island.

It is the eastern portion of Victoria Harbour, between Hung Hom and Lei Yue Mun.

Administratively, the reclamation of Kowloon Bay and water east of the runway except the airport area is part of Kwun Tong District.

The western part of the bay is now protected from the sea by a breakwater, and forms the To Kwa Wan typhoon shelter.

Other barrel rocks, the Channel Rock and the Hoi Sham Island (also To Kwa Wan Island), are now connected to land at the former Kai Tak International Airport runway and at To Kwa Wan respectively, by land reclamation.

The reduction in demand for land, environmental issues, and public outcry led to a revision of the project.

A panoramic view of Kowloon Bay reclamation (left) and Ngau Tau Kok (right) across from it. The old Kai Tak Airport runway is on the left.
High-rise office buildings in Kowloon Bay
Telford Gardens
The skyline of Kowloon Bay
A 1915 topographical map of Kowloon Bay, Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Harbour. Kowloon Bay is located in the upper right part of the map.
Kai Tak airport and Kowloon Bay.