Causeway Bay
# Causeway Bay

Causeway Bay (chinois simplifié : 铜锣湾 ; chinois traditionnel : 銅鑼灣 ; pinyin : Tóngluó Wān) est un quartier de Hong Kong sur l'île de Hong Kong, sur les districts de Wan chai et de Eastern.

## Histoire

Texte anglais à traduire : The typhoon shelter of Causeway Bay and the Tin Hau Temple reveal that the area was once a fishing village. Before urban development and massive land reclamation, Causeway Bay was a heavily silted bay. Its former shape can be found on maps by tracing Tung Lo Wan Road, which goes along the former bay. In the early stage of development a causeway was built, which is the present-day Causeway Road. In the 1950s, the coastline was further pushed forward when the remains of the bay was reclaimed for the Victoria Park, when the statue of Queen Victoria was brought back from Japan. The statue had been taken away during the Second World War from Statue Square at Chater Road, Central. Kellett Island off the coast of Causeway Bay has disappeared and connected as a result of the land reclamation.

The names of Yee Wo Street, Jardine's Bazaar and Jardine's Crescent reveal that the land in this area was sold by the British colonial government to Jardines in the early 19th century. The area was therefore named East Point, after a pointed place on the coastline, east from the centre of Victoria City.

Sur les autres projets Wikimedia :

* Causeway Bay, sur Wikimedia Commons
