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Telegraph Bay, Hong Kong — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Telegraph Bay, or Kong Sin Wan, is an inlet on the west shore of Hong Kong Island near Pok Fu Lam, and the bay where Cyberport stands.
About Telegraph Bay
Where to stay in Telegraph Bay
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Rooms here mean Cyberport. The waterfront complex holds what beds Telegraph Bay has, and it suits a traveller with business on the campus more than a first visit to Hong Kong, which keeps its hotels over on the harbour side. Pok Fu Lam lies just inland.
The walk out toward Waterfall Bay and back along the Sandy Bay side is the reason to sleep at Kong Sin Wan rather than pass through it.
About Telegraph Bay
What are the main landmarks in Telegraph Bay?
Cyberport is the landmark. The campus on the Telegraph Bay shore is what the record ties to this stretch of coast, and past it the named sights are the bays themselves, Sandy Bay on one hand and Waterfall Bay on the other. Sports halls mean a trip out of the district: Hong Kong Park Sports Centre, Shek Tong Tsui Sports Centre, Sheung Wan Sports Centre and Aberdeen Sports Centre all sit elsewhere on Hong Kong Island.
Pok Fu Lam holds the rest.
What is the history of Telegraph Bay?
Three names, one shoreline. Tai Hau Wan is the older form, and the record keeps it beside Kong Sin Wan and the English name Telegraph Bay, which is what the maps of Hong Kong Island carry for this curve of water. Neither the record nor the map fixes a founding year for the inlet.
The dates that matter were written for Hong Kong and for Pok Fu Lam, while the bay's own modern chapter opens with Cyberport.
Where is Telegraph Bay?
Telegraph Bay is an inlet on the west shore of Hong Kong Island, held between Sandy Bay and Waterfall Bay with Pok Fu Lam rising behind it.
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Updated September 2026