Lai Chi Kok

Lai Chi Kok (Chinese荔枝角, literal translation lychee headland ) is a neighborhood in the district of Kowloon Hong Kong ..

Location

It is located northwest of Sham Shui Po Kwai Tsing and southeast of. Administratively, the area belongs to the district of Sham Shui Po. The cape is located between Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok Bay. From Cheung Sha Wan Lai Chi Kok is separated by an opening out from the Butterfly Valley River.

History

The Qing government installed on the cape a customs office, after Hong Kong Iceland and Kowloon ceded to the British. After the British for the New Territories graduating a lease, they found the claim to Lai Chi Kok to take advantage of the headland military.

In Lai Chi Kok is Hong Kong's largest private Mei Foo Sun large housing estate Chuen.

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