Relocation of Dockyards to Kowloon West

Kwai Chung Container Port, which opened in the early 1970s. Aerial view of the floating dockyards at Tsing Yi in June 1981. Dry dock and floating dock of the Euroasia Shipyard Co Ltd at Tsing Yi in May 1982. Quarry Bay dock of HUD (original Taikoo Dockyard) and the private residential estate Taikoo Shing under construction in the 1970s. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.) HUD workers perform a welding task at the stern of a ship. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.)

Measuring 174 metres in length and 23.8 metres in width, the floating dock Taikoo can accommodate 25,000-ton vessels. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.) Machine repair workshop of HUD, 1977. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.) Completed and commissioned in 1978, the floating dock Whampoa of HUD is 220 metres long and can accommodate 70,000-ton vessels. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.) HUD workers inspect a vessel in 1977. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.) A HUD worker carries out a welding task in 1977. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.)

Apprentices at HUD, 1983. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.) HUD at the western coast of Tsing Yi Island in 1983. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.) Kowloon Government Dockyard on Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 1981. Workers at Kowloon Government Dockyard, 1983. HUD at Tsing Yi, 2010. (HUD, Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.)