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, a Hutchison Whampoa associate company.
 * 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
Street named after the power plants and oil depots:
 * Electric Road in the Tin Hau and Quarry Bay areas of Eastern District
 * 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.
 * Texaco Road (德士古道)