Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter

Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter is a typhoon shelter located near Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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Type: Anchorage
Description: typhoon shelter in Hong Kong
Also known as: “New Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter”, “Yau Ma Tei Anchorage”, “Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Anchorage”, and “Youmadi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elements and Sky100.

Elements

Shopping center

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Elements is a large shopping mall located at Union Square, on 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is developed and managed by MTR Corporation through its subsidiary Premier Management Service.

Sky100

Scenic viewpoint

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Sky100 is a 360-degree indoor observation deck on the 100th floor of the International Commerce Centre, in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, near Kowloon station.

International Commerce Centre

Office building

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The International Commerce Centre is a 108-storey, 484 m supertall skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, resting atop the Elements mall and near two MTR Stations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yung Shue Tau and Tai Kok Tsui.

Yung Shue Tau

Locality

Photo: Kamdooriepang, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Yung Shue Tau is the public square in front of the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei of Kowloon in Hong Kong. The name in Cantonese means banyan tree head, and many banyan trees are still there.

Tai Kok Tsui

Suburb

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Tai Kok Tsui is an area west of Mong Kok in Yau Tsim Mong district in the Kowloon region of Hong Kong. The mixed land use of industrial and residential is present in the old area.