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Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui , often abbreviated as TST, is an urbanized area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim Sha Tsui...
, Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. It is named after Hormusjee Naorojee Mody
Hormusjee Naorojee Mody
Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody was a successful Parsi businessman in Hong Kong.-Biography:He was born in Bombay and moved to Hong Kong around 1860...
who invested in and developed Tsim Sha Tsui.
Location
The road starts from Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui and extends to Science Museum Road in Tsim Sha Tsui East, which was extended in the 1970s during the reclamationLand reclamation in Hong Kong
Land is in short supply in Hong Kong, and land reclamation has been conducted there since the mid-19th century.-Projects:One of the earliest and famous project was the Praya Reclamation Scheme, which added 50 to of land in 1890 during the second phase of construction...
in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Features
A number of hotels are located at the eastern end of the road, including the Kowloon Shangri-LaKowloon Shangri-La
Kowloon Shangri-La is one of two hotels in Hong Kong under the Shangri-La Hotels group, the largest Asian-based hotel chain...
, the InterContinental Grand Stanford and the Royal Garden Hotel.