Kennedy Town, Hong Kong

Kennedy Town
Kennedy Town, situated in between Mount Davis and Lung Fu Shan
Traditional Chinese	堅尼地城
Simplified Chinese	坚尼地城
Cantonese Yale	Jyan1 ni2 di4 cheng2
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiānnídìchéng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jyan1 ni2 di4 cheng2 Jyutping Gin1 nei4 dei6 seng4

Coordinates: 22°16′48″N 114°07′30″E / 22.280°N 114.125°E / 22.280; 114.125

Kennedy Town (Chinese: 堅尼地城; jyutping: gin1 nei4 dei6 seng4) is at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th Governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Administratively, it is part of Central and Western District.

Due to its distance from major commercial cores and lack of subway access prior to 2014, town development was less vigorous than in other parts of urban Hong Kong; this was expected to change when the MTR was extended to the area.

Kennedy Town occupies the northwestern part of Hong Kong Island. It is bordered by the Belcher Bay of Victoria Harbour to the north, by the Sulphur Channel to the west, Shek Tong Tsui to the east and Mount Davis and Lung Fu Shan to the south.

Historically, the western boundary was legally defined as the western boundary of the City of Victoria. However, there is post-war development south of the boundary, namely Kennedy Town Service Reservoir Playground, Shun Hing College, Smithfield Garden, Mei Wah Mansion, Wah Fai House, and west of the boundary, namely Serene Court, The Sail at Victoria, and Island West Transfer Station, all of which everyone, including the government, considers to be part of Kennedy Town. Kennedy Town Service Resorvoir Playground,Lap Chee College of Shun Hing College, Block A of Smithfield Garden, Wah Fai House, and Serene Court straddle the boundary of Victoria. Since the borders of Kennedy Town had not officially been redefined, the properties mentioned above are technically either partly or entirely outside of Kennedy Town. The eastern boundary was not de jure defined but nevertheless de facto formerly defined as the alley between Belcher Court and Nam Hung Mansion. The border is also evidenced by the bend in the street grid, of which the alley is the axis. Due to the lack of space to relocate the Kennedy Town Swimming Pool for the Kennedy Town Station, it had to be moved to Shek Tong Tsui. As a result, the border was de facto redefined as Collinson Street. Phase I of the Kennedy Town Swimming Pool is in Kennedy Town while Phase II is in Shek Tong Tsui. The elderly home in front of The Belcher's, Jockey Club Student Vilage I, and the Centennial Campus are in Kennedy Town, while The Belcher's itself and the part of The University of Hong Kong from the Chow Yei Ching Building to The Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building are in Shek Tong Tsui.