Eastern Hong Kong

2010-01-08_HongKong02.jpg Birthplace of modern Hong Kong
Located in-between two mountains, the Mt. Butler and Mt. Parker, the Eastern Hong Kong is extradited from the busy Downtown Districts. Serving as sleepy towns and pleasant suburbs for the upper-middle class corporate nuclear families, large shopping malls and supercenters ensure that every basic need is filled. For special needs, the district is just one tram-ride away from the flashy and commercial Downtown.

Eastern Hong Kong holds a special meaning for the birth of Hong Kong as it is today. Once it was the primary location for the Wuxing corporation and other local business conglomerates. From here, the independence was created for Free Enterprise Zone.

Towns of Eastern Hong Kong
Eastern Hong Kong consists of three towns: Taikoo Shing, Shaukeiwan and Chai Wan. First is the former home of both the Swire Group and Wuxing, Inc. Factories and shopping malls of the aftermentioned corporation locate here, as do the housing for corporate managers.

Shaukeiwan used to be home to Hong Kong's second largest fishing fleet, but the fisherman have all gone. Instead, the local fishing culture has been subverted into kitsch and traditional art, as nicely painted fishing boats perched up on dry land as a quaint reminder of what used to be.

Chai Wan is the easternmost town of the area and the least popular. Though plans have been made to populate this rural and serene part of the city for cheap housing and real estate developers and construction have assaulted this scene for cheap plots. The sea is also slowly filled for new areas of land.