Kennedy Town

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Kennedy Town (traditional Chinese: 堅尼地城; pinyin: jiānnídì chéng; jyutping: gin1 nei4 dei6 seng4) is at the western end of Sai Wan on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is part of the Victoria City. It is named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, who was the 7th Governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877.

In the division of District Council of Hong Kong, the area roughly corresponds to the constituency areas of Kennedy Town and Mount Davis and Kwun Lung in the Central and Western District. The neighborhood is primarily Chinese, but a growing number of expats are moving into a number of luxury buildings built along the waterfront.

Kennedy Town is the western part of early development of Victoria City, the capital of colonial Hong Kong. Due to its remoteness from the centre of the city and without mass transit, the town development is not as vigorous as other part of urban Hong Kong. It is expected to change when MTR extends to the area.

[edit] Transport

Kennedy Town is the western terminus of the Hong Kong Tramways. In summer 2005, the ExCo approved the extension of the Island Line of the MTR through The Belcher's with a stop in Kennedy Town. The travel time to Causeway Bay is estimated to be 12 minutes once completed in approximately 2014.