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Aberdeen Street is a border street dividing
Sheung Wan
Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted as ''Upper Dist ...
and
Central
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object.
Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
on
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...
, Hong Kong. It ascends from
Queen's Road Central
Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong, within the limit of Victoria, Hong Kong, Victoria City. It was the first road in Hong Kong, constructed History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s), by t ...
to
Caine Road
Caine Road is a road running through Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road to the west (at the junction with Hospital Road and Seymour Road), and Arbuthnot Road, Glenealy, Hong Kong, Glenealy and Upper Albert Road to the east.
The road ...
in
Mid-Levels. The street is named after
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, (28 January 178414 December 1860), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British statesman, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite politician and specialist in ...
,
Foreign Secretary
The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...
at the time of the
cession of Hong Kong Island to the United Kingdom in 1842.
History
In the early days
after 1841, while Choong Wan was planned to be business centre of
Victoria City and an area of Westener population, Chinese population was removed from Choong Wan to the area around
Tai Ping Shan Street
Tai Ping Shan Street is a street marking the early colonial history in Hong Kong. Located at the north slope of Victoria Peak in Sheung Wan, the street starts east from a Ladder streets, ladder street at the junction with Bridges Street and ...
in Sheung Wan and Sheung Wan became the area of Chinese population.
South of Hollywood Road was the
Alice Memorial Hospital
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital (AHNH) is an acute district general hospital managed under the New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. Established by the former London Missionary Society in 1887, it was the fir ...
and the
College of Medicine where
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen (; also known by several other names; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was a Chinese politician who serve ...
graduated with distinction in 1892. After the college was merged into the
University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...
, the hospital was also moved to
Bonham Road
Bonham Road is a main road in West Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, running mainly East-West. The road connects Pok Fu Lam Road in the west, near the University of Hong Kong, and Caine Road in the east, at the junction with Hospital ...
and renamed to Nethersole Hospital.
After
reclamation
Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back".
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* Land reclamation, creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds
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of island north, Aberdeen Street was extended in the north by Wing Kut Street (), a pedestrian lane which hosts a
street market
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.
Features
The following list follows a north–south order. (W) indicates the western side of the street, while (E) indicates the eastern side.
* Junction with
Queen's Road Central
Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong, within the limit of Victoria, Hong Kong, Victoria City. It was the first road in Hong Kong, constructed History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s), by t ...
* This section is a
ladder street
*> intersection with
Wellington Street
*(E)
Lin Heung Tea House
Lin Heung Tea House () was a two-storey Chinese restaurant located within the Tsang Chiu Ho Building () at 160-164 Wellington Street, Hong Kong, Wellington Street, at the corner of Aberdeen Street, in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong. T ...
()
**Located at 160–164 Wellington Street, at the corner with Aberdeen Street. The restaurant opened in 1928 and changed location several times before opening at its present location. It serves
dim sum
Dim sum () is a large range of small Chinese dishes that are traditionally enjoyed in restaurants for brunch. Most modern dim sum dishes are commonly associated with Cantonese cuisine, although dim sum dishes also exist in other Chinese cuis ...
for breakfast and lunch and traditional
Cantonese dishes for dinner.
*(W)> junction with Kau U Fong ()
*(W) Lan Kwai Fong Hotel
**Located at No. 3 Kau U Fong, at the corner with Aberdeen Street. Despite the name, it is not located at
Lan Kwai Fong
Lan Kwai Fong (often abbreviated as LKF) is a small square of streets in Central, Hong Kong. The area was dedicated to hawkers before the Second World War, but underwent a renaissance in the mid-1980s. It is now a popular expatriate haunt ...
.
*(E)> junction with Wa on Lane ()
*(W)> junction with
Gough Street
Gough Street ( Chinese: 歌賦街) is a street on Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, just north of the Soho area of Central. It is connected to Shing Wong Street to the west and Aberdeen Street to the east. The street is informally referred to as "NoHo", north ...
*(E)> junction with
Gage Street
Gage Street () is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is on the lower hill and between the junction with Cochrane Street and Lyndhurst Terrace, Graham Street and Aberdeen Street. The street is mainly a market.
It is named after William Hall G ...
*(E) Original site of the school where
Yang Quyun was assassinated by
Qing
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speaki ...
agents in 1911.
**Located at No. 52 Gage Street, at the corner with Aberdeen Street. A marker, part of the
Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail
The Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail () was set up in November 1996 by the Central and Western District Council to commemorate the 130th birthday of Sun Yat-sen. It includes 16 spots in the areas of Central, Hong Kong, Central and Sheung Wan in Hon ...
is located in Aberdeen Street. The site is also included in the
Central and Western Heritage Trail The Central and Western Heritage Trail is a Heritage trails in Hong Kong, Heritage Trail in Hong Kong, that was designed by the Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
It covers the Central and Western Dist ...
.
*(E)> junction with Sam Ka Lane ()
*> intersection with
Hollywood Road
Hollywood Road is a street in Central and Sheung Wan, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street runs between Central and Sheung Wan, with Wyndham Street, Arbuthnot Road, Ladder Street, Upper Lascar Row, and Old Bailey Street in the vici ...
*(W)
PMQ ()
**The compound occupies the block west of Aberdeen Street, between Hollywood Road and Staunton Street. It is located on the site of the former
Central School
A central school was a selective secondary education school with a focus on technical and commercial skills in the English education system. It was positioned between the more academic grammar schools and the ordinary elementary schools where ...
. The school had been established in 1862 at Gough Street and moved to the Aberdeen Street location in 1889, while being renamed Victoria College. At that time, the school was one of the largest and most expensive buildings in Hong Kong. It was renamed Queen's College in 1894. The campus was destroyed during World War II, and the school was subsequently relocated. The buildings at Aberdeen Street were demolished in 1948 and the Quarters were opened in 1951. They were completely vacated in 2000.
[Antiquities and Monuments Office]
"Former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters. 2007 Site Investigation Report"
It has been revitalised as a creative hub for local design talents in 2014.
*> intersection with
Staunton Street
Staunton Street () is a street in Central and Sheung Wan, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Together with the upper section of Elgin Street, it is the heart of the Soho entertainment area, featuring a number of restaurants, bars and shops. It w ...
*(E) Kwong Hon Terrace Garden ()
*(W) Albron Court, at the corner with Caine Road
**The current building occupies the site of a former two-storey-mansion of the same name, that had been built in the 1870s for
H.N. Mody. A gatepost of the mansion remains in front of the building on Caine Road.
*(E) St. Margaret's Girls' College, at the corner with Caine Road
*> intersection with
Caine Road
Caine Road is a road running through Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road to the west (at the junction with Hospital Road and Seymour Road), and Arbuthnot Road, Glenealy, Hong Kong, Glenealy and Upper Albert Road to the east.
The road ...
See also
*
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. S ...
References
Further reading
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External links
An article about the street in ''Sing Pao''Google Maps of Aberdeen Street
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Central, Hong Kong
Sheung Wan
Ladder streets in Hong Kong
Roads on Hong Kong Island