User:Underwaterbuffalo/Other/Former oil depots in Hong Kong
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The land of several former oil depots and power plants in Hong Kong has been turned in private housing estates. They include:
- Mei Foo (Mobil) oil depot became Mei Foo Sun Chuen in Lai Chi Kok in 1978. Developer: Mei Foo Investments Limited, a subsidiary company of Mobil Oil (Hong Kong) Limited.
- City Garden, in North Point, was built from 1983 to 1986 by Cheung Kong Holdings on the former site of North Point Power Station of Hongkong Electric.
- Texaco oil depot became Riviera Gardens in Kwai Chung in 1988. Developers: New World Development and Caltex Petroleum Corporation.
- Shell oil depot became Harbour Heights in Fortress Hill in 1988.
- Shell oil depot became Laguna City in Lam Tin in 1990. Developers: Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa Property.
- Shell oil depot and the adjoining the Ap Lei Chau Power Station of Hongkong Electric became South Horizons in Ap Lei Chau in 1991. Developer: Developed by Secan Limited,[1] a Hutchison Whampoa associate company.[2]
- CRC oil depot became Villa Esplanada in Tsing Yi in 1998. Developers: by Sun Hung Kai Properties, China Resources and Cheung Kong.
- Mei Foo (Mobil) oil depot became Rambler Crest in Tsing Yi in 2003.
Street names[edit]
Street named after the power plants and oil depots:
- Electric Road in the Tin Hau and Quarry Bay areas of Eastern District[3]
- The names of Oil Street and Shell Street come from a former oil depot that was established by Royal Dutch (now Royal Dutch Shell) in the Fortress Hill area in 1897. The depot was decommissioned in 1981.[4]
- Texaco Road (德士古道)
References[edit]
- ^ Lands Department: List of Consents to Sell, Consents to Assign and Approvals of Deeds of Mutual Covenant issued from 1/10/1984 to 31/12/1993
- ^ Moir, Jane (November 28, 1998). "Secan wins in tax challenge". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ Yanne, Andrew; Heller, Gillis (2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-962-209-944-9.
- ^ Royal Dutch Shell: Our history in Hong Kong
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oil terminals in Hong Kong.
- Texaco Oil Depot (1936-1988). Webpage on gwulo contains a list of former oil depots in Hong Kong.
- 1973 picture showing the former Ap Lei Chau power station and oil depot. Now the site of South Horizons
