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High Street, Hong Kong
High Street is a one-way street in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, available only to minibuses and private vehicles. It connects Bonham Road in the east and Pok Fu Lam Road in the west. It runs from east to west from Western Street (Hong Kong), Western Street to Pok Fu Lam Road, and from west to east from Western Street to Bonham Road. It was originally named Fourth Street, but because the number Tetraphobia, four is commonly avoided in Chinese culture, the government changed the name to High Street. Landmarks *Bonham Road Government Primary School, formerly the Northcote College of Education, which also had a campus at the junction of Sassoon Road and Northcote Close, Pok Fu Lam. In the early 1990s, it merged with the other colleges of education to form the Hong Kong Institute of Education in Tai Po. The Pok Fu Lam campus was taken over by the University of Hong Kong to become part of its Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine. *Sai Ying Pun Community Complex *King George V Memorial Park, Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HK High Street Western B 2
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Ying Pun Community Complex
Sai Ying Pun Community Complex is located at 2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It is a 9-storey building built on the site of the Old Mental Hospital, of which only the granite facade and arched verandah were preserved. History The Old Mental Hospital was built in 1892. It was designed by Danby & Leigh (now Leigh & Orange). It was used as a quarters for the European nursing staff of the Civil Hospital (1846-1937) until the World War II.Antiquities and Monuments OfficeBrief Information on Proposed Grade 1 Items. Item #97./ref> Originally, it contains only 10 bedrooms for the nurses, a matron's office, a chemical laboratory, 12 servants' quarters and other living, dining, kitchen, office and storage facilities. In the 1940s, the east wing was extended and six more arches were added to the original north facade, containing 18 arches with a pediment marking the middle and turrets at the ends to form a classically proportioned structure, during an extension uphill. The buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Street (Hong Kong)
Third Street ( Chinese: 第三街), is a street in Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood of Hong Kong. It runs one way from Pok Fu Lam Road, then crosses Water Street, then Pok Fu Lam Road again, then Western Street, Centre Street and terminates at Eastern Street. The street is part of planned streets in the early development. High Street, Third Street, Second Street and First Street run east to west horizontally on a slope while Centre Street, Western Street and Eastern Street run north to south steeply. Side lanes * Kwong Fung Lane is open to vehicle traffic one way down to Queen's Road West. * Yau Yee Lane extends south to Third Street Playground, and a basketball court. * Fuk Sau Lane connects through to Second Street. * Sheung Fung Lane heads down to Second Street. * There are steps up to Yu Lok Lane, which comes off Centre Street. * Un Fuk Lane used to connect to Second Street, but has been interrupted by the Tong Nam Mansion. * Leung I Fong extends up to High Street, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Street (Hong Kong)
Eastern Street is an early street of Hong Kong, located in the Sai Ying Pun area of Hong Kong Island. Eastern Street North (東邊街北) is an extension of the street leading to the seafront following progressive harbour reclamations. Eastern Street The street is part of planned streets in the early development of Victoria City. High Street, Third Street, Second Street and First Street run east to west horizontally on a slight slope while Centre Street, Western Street and Eastern Street run north to south steeply. The street starts in the Mid-Levels near Bonham Road Government Primary School below Bonham Road and runs down Connaught Road West, crossing High Street, Third Street, Second Street, First Street, Queen's Road Central and Des Voeux Road West. It descends in the shortest straight line from the mid-levels to the harbour, which explains its slope of 1:6. The steep incline has been cited as a factor in some serious traffic accidents. Eastern Street North T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Street (Hong Kong)
Centre Street is a street in the Sai Ying Pun area of Hong Kong. Centre Street is the central point of the most active traditional market in Western District of Hong Kong Island. The street is part of planned streets in the early development of the area. Location Centre Street runs north to south from Connaught Road, crossing Des Voeux Road West and Queen's Road West then climbing steeply up the hill crossing First Street, Second Street, Third Street, High Street then via a long escalator to Bonham Road. Western Street and Eastern Street run parallel north to south steeply. The top part of the street has a slope of 1:4. It is used by approximately 10,000 pedestrians per day. Facilities From north to south: * Centre Street Market, between First Street and Second Street * Sai Ying Pun Market, between Second Street and Third Street * A small park with seats is located between Second Street and Third Street * Centre Street Escalator Link, between Third Street and Bonham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Levels Police Station
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David Trench Rehabilitation Centre
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Western Dental Clinic
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Li Sing Primary School
Sai Ying Pun is an area in Western District, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District. Etymology In Cantonese, ''Sai'' () means "west" and ''Ying Pun'' () means "camp", especially a military camp. It was where the early British military stayed. Location Sai Ying Pun is built on the steeply sloping lower slopes of Victoria Peak and also on the western reclamation. The areas of Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town are located to the west, Sheung Wan and Tai Ping Shan are to the east, and the Mid-Levels is higher up the hill to the south. Victoria Harbour is to the north. While the boundaries are not ''de jure'' drawn, they are nevertheless ''de facto'' defined by Whitty Street in the west and Tung Wah Hospital in the east. The HKU MTR station exit B1 straddles the boundary between Shek Tong Tsui and Sai Ying Pun. Good Luck Mansion and The Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building are in Shek Tong Tsui, while Saint Anthony's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kau Yan School , Goyang, South Korea
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Kau Yan Church
Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Kau Yan Church is a church in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The building is located at Western Street, between Third and High Streets. The church was established by the Basel Mission and is now succeeded by the Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong. The existing Gothic Revival church building was completed in 1932, but the church's history dates back to 1861, when Rev Theodore Hamberg established a Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ... congregation at the site. See also * Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong External links * * Historic Building AppraisalTsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Kau Yan Church Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong Protestant churches in Hong Kong Sai Ying Pun {{HongKong-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Ying Pun Market
Sai Ying Pun Market () is an indoor market along Centre Street, between Second and Third Streets, in Central and Western District's Sai Ying Pun, in Hong Kong near Sai Ying Pun station Sai Ying Pun is a station on the MTR network. The station is between and on the . It serves the neighbourhood of Sai Ying Pun and the western part of Mid-Levels in northwestern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Sai Ying Pun station was opened .... References External links * Sai Ying Pun {{HK-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
