Geography Presentation 4

Group 3
Ernest Chan (4)
Marcus Kwok (11)
Simione Kwok (12)
Justin Kwong (13)
Ronald Lee (18)
Today, we will talk about...

Geographic locations of industrial areas

Geographic locations of residential areas
Locational relationships between industrial and
residential areas.
Let’s start our presentation with…

Industrial areas in Hong Kong

Currently, the industrial land use of Hong Kong is located in industrial areas
and industrial estates.

So, what are industrial areas? What are industrial estates?

What are the differences between industrail areas and industrial estates?
Industrial Areas

Industrial area refers to a region with extremely dense industry.

It is usually heavily urbanized.

It is located in inner city areas and

old districts, also old urban areas

Where are they actually located??

Hong Kong Island Kowloon New Territories

Wong Chuk Hang Yau Tong Kwai Chung

Ap Lei Chau Kwun Tong Tsuen Wan

Chai Wan Kowloon Bay Tsing Yi

San Po Kong Sha Tin

To Kwa Wan Fanling/Sheung Shui

Tai Kok Tsui Tuen Mun

Cheung Sha Wan

Some photos of the industrial areas in HK
Moving to Mainland

Most of the manufacturing industries relocates to Mainland

However some still remains in Hong Kong

for example: Soy sauce factory in Kwai Chung

Multi-storey factory buildings can also be seen in

San Po Kong

Cheung Sha Wan

They were industrial centres of Hong Kong in the 60s and 70s
Early Industrial Area

Examples:
Cheung Sha Wan

Sham Shui Po

Focused on:
Textiles ■ Garment

Clothing ■ Food wholesale and retail

After relocating to China, Cheung Sha Wan has become centres of:
Industrial Estates

There are only 3 industrial estates in Hong Kong

Tai Po, Yuen Long and Tseung Kwan O

Tai Po’s is the first developed among those (1978)

Built in new towns (suburbs)

Geographic Locations of Residential Areas

Low-income people

Many public housing estates and low-income residential estates and households in HK

Living at the edge of the inner city

Near industrial areas

Mixed industrial, commercial and residential areas

High-income people

Living in great deal of luxury

Places with beautiful environment

 Locational Relationships between Ind. and Res. Areas
Low-income residential areas High-income residential areas

Closer to industrial areas Farther away from industrial areas

Very close to the factories Miles away from the factories

More pollution and environmental Less pollution and environmental

issues
issues
Better environments
Worse environments
People are trying hard to avoid industrial factories near their homes.

The industrial areas are not favoured by people due to its pollution problems.

People with better socio-economic status are living in high-income residential areas which are very far away from
the industrial areas so to avoid such pollution problems.

For low-income residents, they have no choice and that’s why they are living in there.
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