   quarry bay () is an area beneath mount parker in the eastern district of hong kong island, in hong kong. the western portion of the area was also formerly known as lai chi (éºæ± ). traditionally being an industrial and residential area, there is an increased number of commercial buildings in this district over the past two decades. ==history== during colonial hong kong times, the hakka stonemasons settled in the area after the british arrival. the area was a bay where quarried rocks from the hillside for construction or building roads were transported by ship. the chinese name tsak yue chung (é°é­æ¶) reveals it was a small stream where crucian carp (é°é­) could be found. the english name was arrow fish creek. the original bay has disappeared since land reclamation has taken place, and is about 700m from the current coastline. ===taikoo=== the eastern part of quarry bay, namely quarry point, was largely owned by swire and thus many places and facilities are named after the company's chinese name, taikoo. the river originally flowed into the bay, however it was shut off from the sea with the construction of the tai koo reservoir to supply fresh water to the taikoo dockyard, the taikoo sugar factory at tong chong street (ç³å» è¡), and later the swire coca-cola factory at greig road (åºå©è·¯) and yau man street (ä½æ°è¡). the upper course of the river was converted into a cement-paved catchwater, and the lower course is the present-day quarry bay street (é°é­æ¶è¡), with the original estuary near the quarry bay street - king's road junction. in the mid-1980s, the hillside was converted into kornhill apartment buildings, the reservoir into mount parker lodge (åº·æ¯è±å) apartment buildings, and the dockyard into taikoo shing. the coca-cola factory is now apartment 
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