Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter

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Characteristic

Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter is the first typhoon shelter in Hong Kong established in the 1950s with ranks of junks and yachts carpeting the water. Causeway Bay is originally a large natural bay stretching back into the current Victoria Park and streets in the surroundings, where the British first settled here in the 1840s, erecting warehouses along the waterfront. The typhoon shelter has experienced many changes, from the opening of the first cross-harbour tunnel of Hong Kong in 1972, contributing to the rapid development in the district with high-rise buildings, to the reclamation for the construction of Shatin to Central Link between the end of 2011 and early 2014, relocating the anchorage area to the southeastern part of the typhoon shelter. Filming in the typhoon shelter can capture the daily firing of the Noon Day Gun, which is the only relic of the 19th century traditions.

Facilities

Breakwaters

Application Forms

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Organisation

Marine Department

Contact

Principal Information Officer (Information and Public Relations Section)

Tel:

2852 4423

Fax:

2543 8531

Email:

ipro@mardep.gov.hk

How to Apply

Send the application form to the Information and Public Relations Section with information on the location, date, time, purpose of filming, name of the film, brief description of the filming plan, size of the crew and a copy of Business Registration Certificate and Operating Licences of the vessels involved.

Processing time : 7 working days.

For filming that involves the use of pyrotechnics, the applicant should obtain permission from Entertainment Special Effects Licensing Authority (tel : 2594 0465 or 2594 0466).

If open burning and/or potential pollution at sea is involved, the applicant should obtain permission from Environmental Protection Department (tel : 2838 3111).

Fees

The administrative charge for the permit is $160. Additional costs will be charged by other government departments when special equipment or services are required for safety reasons.

Related Venues / Facilities

Typhoon Shelter, Waters, Fairways, Victoria Harbour, ports, boating areas and waters adjacent to gazetted beaches

Remarks

Application is required for filming likely to affect marine traffic or other port users or the service of marine facilities, including fairways, typhoon shelters, anchorages, Victoria Harbour, ports, boating areas, waters adjacent to gazetted beaches and public piers, etc.
A permit is required if a filming or related activity is regulated under the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance or Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance.