Heng Fa Chuen
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A bird's eye view of Heng Fa Chuen
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| Traditional Chinese | 杏花邨 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 杏花邨 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Hahngfāchyùn | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Almond Flower Village | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xìnghuācūn |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hahngfāchyùn |
| Jyutping | Hang6 Faa1 Cyun1 |
Heng Fa Chuen (Chinese: 杏花邨) is a residential estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, jointly developed by MTR Corporation and Kerry Properties. With a calm waterfront offering beautiful views of the Tathong Channel and away from congestion in other places, Heng Fa Chuen is administratively part of the Eastern District.
Heng Fa Chuen was founded in 1979, when land reclamation projects created land adjacent to Chai Wan. The town officially opened on 10 July 1982.
The area which is now known as Heng Fa Chuen was actually reclaimed from Pak Sha Wan (白沙灣) and Lei Yue Mun Bay (鯉魚門灣). In fact, the place where the current Promenade along the shoreline is was once a beach. There was nothing in addition except for barren hills and numerous vegetation. Further to the West, near the current Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, there was once a quarry. However, after consuming all of the quarry's resources, the miners dispersed, with some moving to Chai Wan and settling in wooden houses. The rest of the quarry was abolished by the Hong Kong Government, and interesingly, there were still traces of it left before the establishment of the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense. In the early 1980s, the Island Line of the MTR was built, the working name of the station was "Chai Wan Quay" on the Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates Mass Transportation Study became Heng Fa Chuen when the MTR became the rightful developer of the land on top of the station and depot. Not only was the name of the station changed, but also it was relocated to its present place (The old location is currently situated near the Chai Wan pier/Ming Pao Industrial Centre). Construction of the residential blocks began on 13 August 1977 and ended on 26 April 1982.
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