Talk:Hong Kong Island

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[edit] "South" Debate/RfC

I came over here from the RfC page, and as a geography student I can tell you that you're better off saying the south side of the harbor as opposed to the south of the harbor. Harbors are not points, they have an area to cover. If the point in question is in the harbor but south of center, it's appropriate to say the "south side" as opposed to just "south". If the point is beyond the harbor to the south, then you'd say "south of the harbor". It's incorrect, however, to say "the south of the harbor". --Martin Osterman 19:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

i agree south side is grammatically correct. but how about being more informative: "The island is also sometimes referred to as "the Island side", as opposed to the Kowloon Peninsula side of the Victoria Harbour." Appleby 06:29, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I think that would work just fine, actually. I was just stating which of the two was correct. :) --Martin Osterman 12:13, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Agree with the above. Call it "south side". enochlau (talk) 08:17, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

People would say "the Island side" and "the Kowloon side". — Instantnood 09:25, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

The island is not in the harbour (nor in the southern part of the harbour), but south of the harbour. — Instantnood 09:25, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Bah. "Part of the north shore of the island forms the south side of the harbour" is correct. The island lies south of the harbor, but only because it lies [very immediately!] south of its northern shore, which forms one side of the harbor. Tomer^talk 06:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC)