Telegraph Bay
Telegraph Bay or Kong Sin Wan, formerly known as Tai Hau Wan, is a bay in the west shore near Pok Fu Lam, between Sandy Bay and Waterfall Bay on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is where the Cyberport is located.History
In the early colonial days, the bay is marked as Taihowan Bay. The name Telegraphy Bay suggested that it is where the telegraph cable linked to overseas in late 19th century by Cable and Wireless' Hong Kong operations. The endermic species of Bauhinia blakeana was first discovered near the bay.
The indigenous name, Tai Hau Wan, means big mouth bay. It is now usually referred to the north end of the bay as Tai Hau Wan, that is Sandy Bay, a small bay in adjacent to. Note that character wan is mistakenly written as wan.
