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Tung Lo Wan Road
Tung Lo Wan Road () is a road in Causeway Bay and Tai Hang on the north side of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The road joins east with King's Road, Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Road and west with Yee Wo Street, Irving Street, Leighton Road and Causeway Road. History The road draws the early shore line in the Tung Lo Wan, the native name of Causeway Bay. It was originally part of Shaukiwan Road. In 1883, Hong Kong Government reclaimed part of the bay to present-day Causeway Road. In 1935, the road was renamed to the current name of Tung Lo Wan Road. Landmarks Landmarks along Tung Lo Wan Road include (from west to east): * St. Paul's Convent School * St. Paul's Hospital * St. Mary's Church (No. 2A) * Causeway Bay (Moreton Terrace) Bus Terminus () * Fuk Tak Temple, Tai Hang () * Chinese Recreation Club * Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay Hong Kong () (No. 148) * Queen's College See also * Land reclamation in Hong Kong The reclamation of land from the ocean has long be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Hau Station
Tin Hau () is a station on the of the Hong Kong MTR rapid transit system. Location Like all other Island line stations, Tin Hau is located along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island. Named after the nearby Tin Hau Temple, the station is actually at the core of the Causeway Bay neighbourhood; however the station's presence has caused the surrounding area to be colloquially called "Tin Hau". The station lies to the east of Victoria Park, with the Citicorp Centre to the north. The Hong Kong Central Library and Lin Fa Kung Garden are to the south of the station, as is the Causeway Bay Sports Ground. History Tin Hau station was part of the original plan for the MTR, dating back to the Hong Kong Mass Transport Study in 1967.''Hong Kong Mass Transport Study'' Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates (1967) It was not, however, in the Modified Initial System, which laid out the first few phases of the MTR system. Construction on the Island line began in 1981, with the first secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Road
Leighton Road () is a main road in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. It begins east of Causeway Road and ends at the west of the junction with Morrison Hill Road and Canal Road. History Part of the road skirts Leighton Hill to its north while part of it runs along Lee Garden (a property of the Lee Hysan family), known as Jardine's Hill (owned by Jardine-Matheson) in early colonial days. The area adjacent to the road is relatively quiet compared to the business centre of East Point of Causeway Bay. Features A branch road, Wong Nai Chung Road leads to the Happy Valley Racecourse and the upscale residential area of Happy Valley. * No. 8. Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Causeway Bay Hotel, an InterContinental Hotels Group-franchised hotel, has been located there since 2009. * No. 66. Po Leung Kuk headquarters * No. 77. Leighton Centre (), owned by Hysan Development Company, is a grade A office building * No. 101. Zoroastrian Building (). A first building was erected in the 1930s. The current bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Streets And Roads In Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of notable expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong. Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. Some of the roads on the Victoria City, Hong Kong#Geography, north side of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon peninsula#Geography, southern Kowloon have a grid-like pattern.https://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/28458/1/FullText.pdf The roads are generally designed to British standards. Expressways generally conform to Motorways in the United Kingdom, British motorway standards. Speed limits on all roads are 50 km/h (30 mph), unless indicated otherwise by road signs. Usually, higher speed limits such as 70 km/h (45 mph) and 80 km/h (50 mph) have been raised to facilitate traffic flow along main roads and trunk roads. On most expressways, speed limits have been raised to 80 km/h and 100 km/h (60 mph) due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Reclamation In Hong Kong
The reclamation of land from the ocean has long been used in mountainous Hong Kong to expand the limited supply of usable land with a total of around 60 square kilometres of land created by 1996. The first reclamations can be traced back to the early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 9 AD), when beaches were turned into fields for salt production. Major land reclamation projects have been conducted since the mid-19th century.EIA: A survey report of Historical Buildings and Structures within the Project Area of the Central Reclamation Phase III Chan Sui San Peter for the HK Government, February 2001 Projects Bonham Strand Praya Re ...
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Queen's College, Hong Kong
Queen's College () is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school and the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government. It was initially named The Government Central School () in 1862 and later renamed Victoria College () in 1890, and finally obtained the present name of Queen's College in 1894. It is currently located in Causeway Bay. Brief history The history of the college can be traced back to the Chinese village schools that were believed to have existed prior to the founding of British Hong Kong as a colony in 1842. In August 1847, the British colonial government decreed that grants would be given to existing Chinese village schools in Hong Kong. It appointed an Education Committee in November of that year to examine the state of Chinese schools in Victoria, Stanley and Aberdeen, the aim being to bring the schools under closer government supervision. Following its examinations, the Committee reported that 3 Chines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay Hong Kong
Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay Hong Kong () was a four-star Hotel in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong. It was located on 148 Tung Lo Wan Road. The hotel was close to Tin Hau station with 33 floors and 266 rooms. The hotel opened in 2002 and was owned by China Travel Service. On 8 July 2020, the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR was established in the hotel's building. It is unclear whether the office will be temporary or permanent, with the hotel stating they would not be taking bookings for the next six months. Facilities The hotel had Wi-Fi, a gymnasium, restaurants, bars, and a rooftop pool with a view of Victoria Harbour. Furthermore, the hotel had a free shuttle service to Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) is one of the two major convention and exhibition venues in Hong Kong, along with AsiaWorld–Expo. It is located in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island. Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841, during the First Opium War between the British and the Qing dynasty. The Qing had wanted to enforce its prohibition of opium importation within the dynasty that was being exported mostly from British India, as it was causing widespread addiction among its populace. The island was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking, ratified by the Daoguang Emperor in the aftermath of the war of 1842. It was established as a crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British took the opportunity to expand the colony with the addition of the Kowloon Peninsula after the Second Opium War, while the Qing was embroiled in handling the Taiping Rebellion. With the Qing further weakened after the First Sino-Japanese Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shau Kei Wan Road
Shau Kei Wan Road (), formerly known as Shaukiwan Road, is the main road in Shau Kei Wan and Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong. History The road was originally a main road lying on the north coast of Hong Kong Island from Causeway Bay to Shau Kei Wan, passing through North Point, Tsat Tsz Mui and Quarry Bay. In 1935, the section between the east end of Causeway Road in Causeway Bay and Tai Kat Street near the East Gate of Taikoo Dockyard (present-day Taikoo Shing) was renamed to King's Road for the silver jubilee of the ascendent of George V of the United Kingdom. At the same time, the section from the junction of Causeway Road and King's Road to Power Street was renamed as Electric Road while the section between King's Road and Electric Road was renamed Tung Lo Wan Road. Features The road is shared by Hong Kong Tramways Hong Kong Tramways (HKT) is a narrow-gauge tram system in Hong Kong. Owned and operated by RATP Dev Transdev Asia, the tramway runs on Hong Kong Island betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Street
Irving may refer to: People * Irving (name), including a list of people with the name Fictional characters * Irving, the main character's love interest in Cathy (comic strip) * Lloyd Irving, the main protagonist in the ''Tales of Symphonia'' video game Places Canada * Irving Nature Park, a park in Saint John, N.B. United States *Irving, California, former name of Irvington, California *Irving, Illinois *Irving, Iowa *Irving (Duluth), Minnesota * Irving, New York *Irving, Texas *Irving, Wisconsin, a town **Irving (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois * Irving Township, Montgomery County, Illinois * Irving Township, Michigan * Irving Township, Minnesota * Lake Irving, a lake in Minnesota Companies * Irving Group of Companies, Canadian conglomerate based in Saint John, New Brunswick, controlled by the Irving family, including: ** J. D. Irving, a conglomerate with holdings in forestry, pulp and paper, tissue, newsprint, building supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tung may refer to: People * Madison Tung, a U.S. Air Force Officer, wrestler, and Rhodes Scholar * Ho-Pin Tung, a dutch race car driver of Chinese descent. * Lola Tung, an actress known for her acting debut on drama series The Summer I Turned Pretty Places * Tung Fort, a hill fort in Maharashtra, India * Tung, a village in Bar Kham, Cambodia * Tung (Mawal), a village in Maharashtra, India * Tung, Sikkim, a village in India * Tung, West Bengal, India, on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Other uses * '' Vernicia fordii'' or Tung tree, a deciduous tree native to China ** Tung oil, a furniture finish made from the seeds of the tung tree * Tung (surname), a Cantonese Romanization of Chinese family names 董, commonly used in Hong Kong * Tung, the original Webster spelling of tongue * Tunng, an experimental folk band from the United Kingdom * Lê Quang Tung Colonel Lê Quang Tung (13 June 1919 – 1 November 1963) was the commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yee Wo Street
Yee Wo Street () is a street in East Point and Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Its junction with Hennessy Road is one of the busiest junctions in Hong Kong. Name Yeewo was the Cantonese name of a Qing Dynasty hong established by Wǔ Guóyíng () in Canton in 1783, which later became the leader of the cohong of the Thirteen Factories under the stewardship of Howqua, who took over in 1803. The name was later used by trading company Jardine, Matheson & Co., owners of much land in East Point in the early days of Hong Kong. The road was renamed "Kasuga-dori" (春日通) during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. After the surrender and evacuation of the Japanese army, the name was reverted. Features The street begins west at Hennessy Road and ends east in Causeway Road. It hosts a section of Hong Kong Tramways and its Causeway Bay terminus. During the 2014 Hong Kong protests (aka "Umbrella Revolution"), substantial tracts of the area were occupied by suffragists. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Causeway Road
Causeway Road () is a main road in Hong Kong. Situated in Causeway Bay, it joins Yee Wo Street in the west and King's Road. It is a boundary of Eastern District and Wan Chai District. North side of the road is Victoria Park in Eastern District while in the Wan Chai District in the south are Queen's College and Hong Kong Central Library. History The road was evolved from a causeway across Causeway Bay (Tung Lo Wan) in the mid-19th century. Before the construction of the road, another road Tung Lo Wan Road was the only road connecting two side of the bay. In 1883, Hong Kong Government reclaimed the bay within the causeway and the causeway was renovated as Causeway along the sea shore. Its Cantonese name (''ko sze wai dou'') was after the English pronunciation of the road. Trams run to and from the embankment. In 1951, the north of road was reclaimed for Victoria Park. Features * Causeway Bay Sports Ground () * Hong Kong Central Library * Queen's College * Victoria Park * 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
