KOWLOON PENINSULA

KOWLOON PENINSULA

Subject : Geography

Context : Hong Kong is set to grant a site on the western Kowloon peninsula, to China’s national security office for its permanent base in the city.

Concept :

• The Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong, alongside Victoria Harbour and facing toward Hong Kong island.
• The Kowloon Peninsula and the area of New Kowloon are collectively known as Kowloon.
• Geographically, the term “Kowloon Peninsula” may also refer to the area south of the mountain ranges of Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate’s Cairn, Kowloon Peak, etc.
• The peninsula covers five of the eighteen districts of Hong Kong.
• Kowloon Bay is located at the northeast of the peninsula.

Background

• The former British colony of Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with the guarantee of continued freedoms. Pro-democracy activists say those freedoms are being whittled away, especially with the national security law cracking down on dissent.