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HISTORY Prior to the ceding of Kowloon to British in 1860 , Yau Ma Tei was a beach and a bay gathering many Tanka fishermen. Its water remains an harbour for fishermen after several times of reclamation by Hong Kong Government . Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter became a exotic water where restaurants on boats offer dishes indigenous seafood. These ''typhoon shelter dishes'' remain famous and even offered on land. The Typhoon Shelter not only hosted fishermen, it was a port in Hong Kong. Numerous piers were built along its shore. On land, the reclamation became the residential area for ever increasing Chinese population while retail shops are on the street level. Shanghai Street was a main street of the time before replaced by Nathan Road . Ferry Point in the southern Yau Ma Tei was a transportation hub that many commuters took ferries to and fro Hong Kong Island . Along the Waterloo Road , Fruit Market is the a century old fruit market and its adjacent Yaumati Theatre was once the largest theatre in Kowloon. The Kwong Wah Hospital was the first Hospital on the Kowloon peninsula established in 1911 . YMCA headquarter and its Hostel in Hong Kong are also located at the road. SIGHTSEEING The district is mainly an area of mixed residential and retail. Every night there is a market selling many different kinds of products including clothes, decorations, VCD and toys in Temple Street , a street in the area where the famous Tin Hau Temple was built in 1876 . The Temple is at Public Square Street . The square, known as Yung Shue Tau (榕樹頭), was a Night Market . There is a Wholesale Fruit Market at the junction of Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street . The Yaumati Theatre is also at the junction. TRANSPORT Nathan Road goes north-south across the heart of Yau Ma Tei. Most of buses routes via Nathan Road to the destinations in North Kowloon and New Territories . Trains of MTR shuttle beneath the road. Yau Ma Tei is served by Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong lines on the MTR Metro system, at a single station with the same name, Yau Ma Tei MTR Station . The station is the terminus of Kwun Tong Line. EDUCATION The Wah Yan College, Kowloon is located in Yau Ma Tei. SEE ALSO |
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