Ching Wah Street is a street in
North Point in
Hong Kong
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 Delt ...
. The short, primarily residential, street runs from west to east, parallel to
King's Road, at a higher elevation, just behind
St. Jude's Church. It is the location of
Kiangsu and Chekiang Primary School and
Eng Yu Evangelistic Mission Hong Kong Church.
History
During the
1967 riots 1967 riots may refer to:
* Long, hot summer of 1967, marked by race riots and civil disorder throughout the United States
** Avondale riots of 1967, June 12–18, Cincinnati, Ohio
** Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27–July 1, Buffalo, New York
** 1 ...
, a bomb exploded in Ching Wah Street, killing two young children. It was one of 15 bombs that exploded during the disturbances, which lasted from April to December that year.
Should history lessons in schools include details about Hong Kong’s 1967 riots?
SCMP, 30 October 2016
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 ...
Ching Wah east view 1.jpg, Looking east on Ching Wah St. 2019
Ching Wah west view.jpg, Looking west on Ching Wah St. 2019
References
Roads on Hong Kong Island
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