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Prostitution In Hong Kong
Prostitution in Hong Kong is itself legal, but organised prostitution is illegal, as there are laws against keeping a vice establishment, causing or procuring another to be a prostitute, living on the prostitution of others, or public solicitation. The most visible public venues for sex workers in Hong Kong, especially for tourists, are massage parlours and the so-called "Japanese style night clubs". However, most of the commercial sex worker industry consists of women working in small, usually one room apartments, usually referred to as "one-woman brothels", the equivalent of the "walk-up brothel" in the United Kingdom. They advertise for clients through the Internet and local classifieds. Most popular mainstream newspapers will carry such classifieds with brothel guides as an insert within racing form guides. Yellow neon advertising boxes were used to advertise sexual services to such an extent that "yellow" (黃) became synonymous with prostitution. History In an attempt to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothel
A brothel, bordello, ranch, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. However, for legal or cultural reasons, establishments often describe themselves as massage parlors, bars, strip clubs, body rub parlours, studios, or by some other description. Sex work in a brothel is considered safer than street prostitution. Legal status On 2 December 1949, the United Nations General Assembly approved the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. The Convention came into effect on 25 July 1951 and by December 2013 had been ratified by 82 states. The Convention seeks to combat prostitution, which it regards as "incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person." Parties to the Convention agreed to abolish regulation of individual prostitutes, and to ban brothels and procuring. Some countries not parties to the convention also ban prostitution or the operation of broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flower Arrangement
Floral design or flower arrangement is the art of using plant materials and flowers to create an eye-catching and balanced composition or display. Evidence of refined floristry is found as far back as the culture of ancient Egypt. Professionally designed floral designs, arrangements or artwork incorporate the elements of floral design: line, form, space, texture, and color, and the principles of floral design: balance, proportion, rhythm, contrast, harmony, and unity. There are many styles of floral design including Botanical Style, Garden Style (Hand Tied, Compote or Armature), Crescent Corsage, Nosegay Corsage, Pot au Fleur, Inverted "T", Parallel Systems, Western Line, Hedgerow Design, Mille de Fleur, and Formal Linear. The Eastern, Western, and European styles have all influenced the commercial floral industry as it is today. Ikebana is a Japanese style of floral design, and incorporates the three main line placements of heaven, human, and earth. In contrast, the European st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Garden Lane
Spring Garden Lane is a street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, connecting Queen's Road East to its south, and Johnston Road to the north. It was one of the first focal areas developed by the British in Hong Kong during the 1840s. History During the early development of Wan Chai, one of the focal area of development was Spring Gardens. The name was used by the British during the early Colonial Hong Kong era in the 1840s. The word "spring" in "Spring Gardens" was supposed to be referring to a water spring. However, when the name "Spring Garden Lane" was translated into Chinese, the resulting name became "", with the character "" meaning spring season. The water spring mentioned possibly refers to the mountain creek beside Hopewell Centre in Queen's Road East. In the early 1900s, Spring Garden Lane and Sam Pan Street () became a red-light district with western and eastern prostitutes. To attract attention, brothels were displaying large street number plates, and the area became known a ... [...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] |
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] |
Second Street (Hong Kong)
Second Street ( Chinese: 第二街) is a street in the Sai Ying Pun area of the Central and Western District on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. 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. Second Street is long. It has alternating one way sections, running east to west from Pok Fu Lam Road to Water Street, and from Eastern Street to Western Street. Between Pok Fu Lam Road and Western Street traffic is from west to east. On the east side of Eastern Street, it continues into Hospital Road. There are 1507 units in the street. Side Lanes Sheung Fung Lane goes up to Third Street and contains a nursing home, a tailor and a curtain shop. Tak Shing Lane goes up hill also. Un Fuk Lane extends up for a length of two cars and is interrupted by the Tong Nam Mansion. Transport A foot bridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Street (Hong Kong)
First Street ( Chinese: 第一街) is a street in Sai Ying Pun, an early suburb of Hong Kong. The street is part of the planned layout of 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. First Street runs one way from Eastern Street, crossing Centre Street and Western Street to Pok Fu Lam Road in the west. It is about 250 metres long. The northern side of the street has odd numbers and is on the lower side of the slope. Transport Vehicles can drive from east to west. Taxis frequent the street. Green mini bus route 45A has its terminus on the south side of the street between Centre and Western Streets. This bus runs up Western Street, Bonham Road, Lyttelton Road, Babington Path, Robinson Road, Kotewall Road to Conduit Road, and then returns the same way and then via Breezy Path, Hospital Road, Second Street and Centre Stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shek Tong Tsui
Shek Tong Tsui or Belcher Point is an area in Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it belongs to the Central and Western District. This area is bounded north by the Victoria Harbour, south by Pok Fu Lam Road and Third Street, and west by the intersection of Queen's Road West and Belcher's Street. To the east lies Sai Ying Pun and to the west is Kennedy Town. To the south are the slopes of Victoria Peak and High West. While the boundaries are not de jure drawn, they are nevertheless de facto defined by Collinson Street to the west and Whitty Street to the east. History The name Shek Tong Tsui derives from an old stone pond nearby, or "Shek Tong" () in Cantonese. It was located around modern-day Hill Road and The Belcher's, and was used by the Hakka people since the 17th century. The area was first settled in 1880 by granite miners. In the early 1900s, Hong Kong Island's brothels were moved from Possession Point in Sheung Wan to this area under orders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Possession Street
Possession Street () is a street in Sheung Wan, from Queen's Road West to Hollywood Road, on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The street marks the boundary of Queen's Road West and Queen's Road Central. Name The original Chinese name was (''Po Se Son Kai''), based on the pronunciation of English name. It was later renamed to (''Sui Hang Hou Kai'') after a nullah beside. History On 20 January 1841, Charles Elliot of Britain and Qishan of the Qing dynasty agreed to the Convention of Chuenpi. A navy official Edward Belcher led a fleet to land in Hong Kong. The surveyors of fleet found an elevated plain near the shore suitable for camping in the west side of the island. A road was built from the shore to the camp. The road became Possession Street later. The elevated plain is present-day Hollywood Road Garden, also known as Tai Tat Tei. On 26 January 1841, the commander of Far East Fleet James John Gordon Bremer came to Hong Kong by HMS ''Calliope''. A flag rise and gun c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Tao (19th Century)
Wang Tao (; 10 November 1828 – 24 May 1897) was a Chinese translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher and fiction writer of the Qing dynasty. He was born Wang Libin in Puli Town in Suzhou prefecture. Life In 1848, Wang Tao went to Shanghai to visit his father. During his stay in Shanghai, Wang Tao visited the London Missionary Society Press. He was warmly greeted by Walter Henry Medhurst and his daughters Mary and Ellen. Wang Tao also met missionaries William Muirhead, Joseph Edkins, and William Charles Milne, all well versed in spoken and written Chinese language. Work with the London Missionary Society In 1849 Wang Tao's father died. Wang Tao was looking for a job to support his family. He was offered a job by Walter Henry Medhurst at the London Missionary Society Press in Shanghai assisting in his translation of the New Testament into Chinese. Wang Tao worked at the London Missionary Society Press for the next 13 years. In this period, he also translat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Museum And Art Gallery, Hong Kong
The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) is located at 90 Bonham Road, next to the University of Hong Kong's East Gate entrance. Its exhibition galleries occupy the Fung Ping Shan Building as well as the first floor of the TT Tsui Building, where also the Museum Store is housed on the ground floor. The two buildings are joined by a bridge. The Fung Ping Shan Building was graded as a Grade II Historic Building in 1981 and the exterior of Fung Ping Shan Building is now a declared monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.Antiquities and Monuments Office: Declared monuments in Hong Kong: Hong Kong Island. ^ Antiquities and Monuments OfficeBrief Information on Proposed Grade 1 Items. Item #143/ref> Collections and temporary exhibitions UMAG houses a collection of Chinese antiquities, notably bronzes, ceramics, paintings and furniture and lacquer that has been built over the past sixty years through acquisition and donation. Artworks date from the Neolithi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Po Hing Fong
Po Hing Fong is a street in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. It is also a cul-de-sac. In recent years, it has transformed into a new funky neighborhood in Hong Kong and nicknamed "PoHo" as more artists and interesting shops, such as bohemian cafés, boutiques and design studios, have moved in. History Po Hing Fong was an original site of one of the Tong Meng Hui Reception Centres, an anti-Qing revolutionary organisation led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, to provide asylums for revolutionaries. Chau Siu-ki, a prominent Hong Kong businessman used to own two houses at Po Hing Fong. Sir Cecil Clementi, the then Governor of Hong Kong, lived at one of Chau's houses when he was a civil servant. On 17 July 1925 shortly before 9 a.m., an extensive wall behind the houses near the Caine Road- Ladder Street end undermined by the heavy rains of the past three days. The flood gave out and swept away seven houses on Po Hing Fong where thirty families inhabited. Nearly eighty people were killed in the disast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
