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Gage Street () is a street in Central
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, Hong Kong
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. It is on the lower hill and between the junction with Cochrane Street
Cochrane Street () is a hilly street between Queen's Road Central and the junction with Gage Street and Lyndhurst Terrace in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong. The whole street hosts the Central–Mid-Levels escalators.
Name
The street was ...
and Lyndhurst Terrace
Lyndhurst Terrace () is a street in the Central area of Hong Kong. Built on a slope in southern Central district, the terrace links Hollywood Road and Wellington Street, at its intersection with Pottinger Street. In the middle it meets Gage Stre ...
, Graham Street
Graham Street () is a street in Hong Kong and the location of Graham Street Market, one of the oldest continuously operating street markets in Hong Kong.
Location
Located in Central, Hong Kong Island, the street starts from Queen's Road Central ...
and Aberdeen Street
Aberdeen Street is a border street dividing Sheung Wan and Central on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It ascends from Queen's Road Central to Caine Road in Mid-Levels. The street is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdee ...
. The street is mainly a market.
It is named after William Hall Gage
Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Hall Gage (2 October 1777 – 4 January 1864) was Second Sea Lord in the British Navy. He took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent and the Siege of French-held Malta during the French Revolutionary Wars. He a ...
.
The 2013 novel ''Gage Street Courtesan'' by Christopher New
Christopher New is an English academic, author and philosopher.
In 1969, New became the head of the philosophy department at The University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research univers ...
depicts the European courtesans who lived in that street in the 19th century.
The 2009 film Bodyguards and Assassins
''Bodyguards and Assassins'' is a 2009 Hong Kong historical action film directed by Teddy Chan, featuring an all-star cast including Donnie Yen, Wang Xueqi, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Nicholas Tse, Hu Jun, Chris Lee, Eric Tsang, Fan Bingbing, Zhang H ...
begins with the assassination of Chinese revolutionary Yeung Ku-wan
Yeung Ku-wan (19 December 1861 – 11 January 1901) was a Chinese revolutionary of the late Qing dynasty. In 1890, Yeung started the Furen Literary Society in British Hong Kong to spread ideas of revolution against the Qing dynasty and to est ...
on Gage Street. The site of the assassination, 52 Gage Street, is stop 7 on the Dr Sun Yat Sen Historical TrailStroll through history on the Sun Yat Sen Historical Trail https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/explore/culture/dr-sun-yat-sen-historical-trail.html
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
External links
Google Maps of Gage Street
Central, Hong Kong Street markets in Hong Kong Roads on Hong Kong Island {{HK-road-stub