History Quarry Bay

the steps in pan hoi street

during colonial hong kong times, hakka stonemasons settled in area after british arrival.

the area bay quarried rocks hillside construction or building roads transported ship. chinese name tsak yue chung (鰂魚涌) reveals small stream crucian carp (鰂魚) found in 19th century. english name arrow fish creek. original bay has disappeared since land reclamation had been taken place, , 700m current coastline.

taikoo

the eastern part of quarry bay, namely quarry point, largely owned swire , therefore many places , facilities named after company s chinese name, taikoo. river flowed bay, shut off sea construction of tai koo reservoir supply fresh water taikoo dockyard, taikoo sugar factory @ tong chong street (糖廠街), , later swire coca-cola factory @ greig road (基利路) , yau man street (佑民街). upper course of river converted cement-paved catchwater, , lower course present-day quarry bay street (鰂魚涌街), original estuary near quarry bay street - king s road junction.

in mid-1980s, hillside converted kornhill apartment buildings, reservoir mount parker lodge (康景花園) apartment buildings, , dockyard taikoo shing. coca-cola factory apartment kornville (康蕙花園), , taikoo sugar taikoo place, commercial hub.

lai chi

the western end of quarry bay historically part of north point; during 1930s beaches became 1 of popular places holding swimming galas in hong kong. basis upmarket entertainment complex, ritz nightclub (麗池夜總會; lai6 chi4 ye6 jung2 wui2), built in area in 1947. nightclub demolished few years later, make way construction of apartment buildings during latter half of 1950s. nonetheless years afterwards western part of quarry bay continued known informally lai chi (麗池), made more name being homophone cantonese late usual (例遲) - reference king s road, until 1984 thoroughfare in area , infamous traffic congestion.

to day buildings in western part of quarry bay named north point building , although across modern-day limit of north point @ man hong street / healthy street west.