Tsat Tsz Mui Road () is a road in

Tsat Tsz Mui Tsat Tsz Mui or Braemar Point is a neighbourhood, formerly a village, east of North Point, in Hong Kong. It is centred on Tsat Tsz Mui Road. Name Tsat Tsz Mui in Cantonese means "seven sisters". There was a tragic story about them. Once upon a ...

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. The road runs in the area of

and eastern North Point from west to east, parallel to

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, except disjoint by a residential-commercial complex of

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Name

The road named after the Tsat Tsz Mui, which means "seven sisters".

History

From 1911, the shore of Tsat Tsz Mui hosted

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s, including Hong Kong's largest. Another (apparently), opened by the

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in 1929, was destroyed by the Japanese occupiers in 1941. In 1934, the

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began to develop Tsat Tsz Mui and a new road was built. Tsat Tsz Mui Road was completed on 15 December 1939. Starting with a short section between Kam Hong Street and Shu Kuk Street, the road was later extended to Model Housing Estate. The section was split into two when a bus depot was built between

Tin Chiu Street Tin Chiu Street () is a street in Tsat Tsz Mui of North Point in Hong Kong. Location Tin Chiu Street runs south to north, from the base of the hill to Victoria Harbour. The street starts at the junction of Tanner Road and Kai Yuen Street. It ...

and Kam Hong Street.

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{{Coord, 22.29143, 114.20491, display=title Tsat Tsz Mui Roads on Hong Kong Island

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