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High Street is a one-way street in
Sai Ying Pun Sai Ying Pun is an area in Western District, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District. Etymology In Cantonese, ''Sai'' () means "west" and ''Ying Pun'' () means "camp", especially a ...
, Hong Kong, available only to
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es and private vehicles. It connects
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 Hospita ...
in the east and
Pok Fu Lam Road Pok Fu Lam Road, or Pokfulam Road, is a four-lane road in Hong Kong. Built on Hong Kong Island, the road runs between Sai Ying Pun and Wah Fu, through Pok Fu Lam. Description It runs south from Sai Ying Pun, passing University of Hong Kong, T ...
in the west. It runs from east to west from
Western Street Western Street is an uphill One-way traffic, one-way street (from north to south) in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road in the south and Connaught Road West in the north. There are 337 units in 17 buildings in the street. Add ...
to Pok Fu Lam Road, and from west to east from Western Street to Bonham Road. It was originally named Fourth Street, but because the number four is commonly avoided in Chinese culture, the government changed the name to High Street.


Landmarks

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Bonham Road Government Primary School Bonham Road Government Primary School () is a primary school in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Its school building is a declared monument of Hong Kong. Rachel Yeo of the ''South China Morning Post'' wrote that "The building is considered to be a rare s ...
, formerly the
Northcote College of Education The Education University of Hong KongUniversity title ...
, which also had a campus at the junction of
Sassoon Road Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, (20 December 1881 – 13 August 1961) was a businessman and hotelier from the wealthy Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon merchant and banking family. Biography Sir Ellice Victor Elias Sassoon was born 30 Decembe ...
and
Northcote Close Northcote may refer to: People with the surname * Sir Geoffry Northcote (1881–1948), British colonial administrator * Hannah Northcote (c.1761–1831), English silversmith * Henry Northcote (disambiguation) * James Northcote (1746–1831), B ...
, Pok Fu Lam. In the early 1990s, it merged with the other colleges of education to form the
Hong Kong Institute of Education The Education University of Hong KongUniversity title ...
in Tai Po. The Pok Fu Lam campus was taken over by 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 ...
to become part of its
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine or LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed), formerly known as the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, is a medical school which comprises several schools and departments that provide an array of tert ...
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Sai Ying Pun Community Complex Sai Ying Pun Community Complex is located at 2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It is a 9-storey building built on the site of the Old Mental Hospital, of which only the granite facade and arched verandah were preserved. History The Old ...
* King George V Memorial Park * Sai Ying Pun Market *
Kau Yan Church Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Kau Yan Church is a church in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The building is located at Western Street, between Third and High Streets. The church was established by the Basel Mission and is now succeeded by the Ts ...
and
Kau Yan School Kau or KAU may refer to: * Kau (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology *Kau, Hawaii, the southernmost district on the island of Hawaii * Kauhava Airfield, an airport in Kauhava, Finland (IATA airport code KAU) * Kau River, Mizoram, India * Kõ ...
(in English Kau Yan means Saviour). *
Li Sing Primary School Sai Ying Pun is an area in Western District, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District. Etymology In Cantonese, ''Sai'' () means "west" and ''Ying Pun'' () means "camp", especially a ...
* Western Dental Clinic * David Trench Rehabilitation Centre (Former Upper Levels Police Station) *St. Paul's Secondary School, one of the top secondary school in Hong Kong. Other large apartment buildings include Hang Sing Mansion, Lai Ying Court, Wealth Building, Aspen Court, Cheong King Building, High House, Ko Chun Court, Ko Nga Court, Jade Court, and No 1 High Street.


Side roads and lanes

In addition to Western Street, High Street also crosses Centre Street, and
Eastern Street Eastern Street is an early street of Hong Kong, located in the Sai Ying Pun area of Hong Kong Island. Eastern Street North (東邊街北) is an extension of the street leading to the seafront following progressive harbour reclamations. Ea ...
. Between Centre and Eastern Streets, there are two laneways for pedestrians, Leung I Fong down to Third Street, and West End Path up to Bonham Road.


Businesses

Many small businesses line the central parts of High Street, and the Immanuel Social Service Centre.


See also

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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 ...
Sai Ying Pun Roads on Hong Kong Island