Kowloon - Yau Ma Tai / Yaumati

Yau Ma Tei (Yaumati) is a district on the western edge of Kowloon. The former typhoon shelter has recently been filled in and reclaimed. Previously it provided a home for large numbers of Chinese boat dwellers, some 8000 of whom lived on 1000 boats; they have now either sailed away elsewhere or been housed in proper dwellings.

The reclaimed land was needed for the construction of part of the expressway (completed in 1997) linking the new airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok with Hong Kong Island.

In Yau Ma Tei, which is bounded on the east by Nathan Road, on the north by Public Square Street, on the west by Temple Street and on the south by Market Street, are four Chinese temples - Tin Hau, Fook Tak Tse, Shing Wong and Shea