Stanley Street is a street in
Central
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on the
Hong Kong Island
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of
Hong Kong
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.
Location
Stanley Street runs parallel to
Queen's Road Central
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between
D'Aguilar Street
D'Aguilar Street (, formerly ) is a street in Central, Hong Kong.
It is named after George Charles d'Aguilar (1784–1855), Major General and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong from 1843 to 1848.
Location
D'Aguilar Street is an L-shaped str ...
and
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 ...
.
It intersects with
Pottinger Street
Pottinger Street is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is also known as the ''Stone Slabs Street'' () since the street is paved unevenly by granite stone steps. It was named in 1858 after Henry Pottinger, the first Governor of Hong Kong, ser ...
,
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
Gutzlaff Street along the way.
History
The street was named after
Lord Stanley (subsequently Earl of Derby), British
Colonial Secretary at the time of the
cession of Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, and subsequently
Prime Minister
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.
Japanese
prostitutes
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constituted the majority of
Japanese residents of Hong Kong in the late 19th century, and there were 13 licensed Japanese brothels and 132 prostitutes in Hong Kong in 1901. These brothels were initially located in Central, mostly on
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 ...
, Stanley Street and
Wellington Street. They later moved to Wan Chai.
The street is associated with revolution activities to overthrow
Imperial China
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led by
Sun Yat-sen
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around the 1900s although all traces have long gone.
Features
*
Luk Yu tea house and
dim sum
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restaurant
* At the Graham Street end of the street, several
dai pai dongs have operated for many years and provide traditional tastes of dishes.
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
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Central, Hong Kong
Roads on Hong Kong Island