Eastern District - Definition and Overview

The Eastern district (東區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 620,800 in 2000.

It is located in the north east of Hong Kong Island and includes the areas of North Point, eastern portion of Causeway Bay, Quarry Bay, Shau Kei Wan, and Chai Wan.

Originally a backwater of fishing villages, quarries and dockyards, the Eastern District is now mostly residential, with some industrial areas and several large shopping malls, and is densely populated. A number of large public and private housing estates are located within the district, including Taikoo Shing, Kornhill and Heng Fa Chuen. A commercial hub has been developed from the former industrial areas in western part of Quarry Bay.

In the past the district was linked by a single King's Road, which was notoriously congested during peak hours, this had largely been solved by the constructions of the Island Eastern Corridor, and the Island Line within the MTR subway system in the 1980s.

See also

• List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong

External link

• Eastern District Council (http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/east/english/welcome.htm)
• Electoral Boundary Map (http://www.info.gov.hk/eac/pdf/distco/maps/dc2003c.pdf)

Districts of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island: Central and Western | Eastern | Southern | Wan Chai
Kowloon: Kowloon City | Kwun Tong | Sham Shui Po | Wong Tai Sin | Yau Tsim Mong
New Territories: Islands | Kwai Tsing | North | Sai Kung | Sha Tin | Tai Po | Tsuen Wan | Tuen Mun | Yuen Long