Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour (Chinese: ?????, pinyin: Wei Duo Li Ya Gang) is the harbour between the Kowloon Peninsula and the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, China. Its area is about 41.88 km².

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Chinese - Pinyin - Harbour - Kowloon Peninsula - Hong Kong Island - Hong Kong - China

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The Hong Kong government has undertaken many reclamation projects in Victoria Harbour over the past one and a half centuries. The latest proposed reclamation extends along the waterfront from Sheung Wan to Causeway Bay.

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Hong Kong - Reclamation project - Sheung Wan - Causeway Bay

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The Victoria Harbour is one of the busiest ports in the world. An average of 220,000 ships visit the harbour each year, including both ocean going vessels and river vessels, for both goods and passengers. The container port in Hong Kong is the busiest in the world. The Kwai Chung Terminal operates 24 hours a day. Together with other facilities in Victoria Harbour, they handled more than 20 million TEUs in 2003. Some 400 container liners serve Hong Kong weekly, connecting to over 500 destinations around the world.

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Container port in Hong Kong - Kwai Chung

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