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Tung Lo Wan Road () is a road in
Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong, an area and Victoria Park, Hong Kong, a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern and the Wan Chai District, Wan Chai ...
and
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on the north side of
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in Hong Kong. The road joins east with
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Tin Hau Temple Road Tin Hau Temple Road () is a road starting in Causeway Bay near Tin Hau MTR station with a large portion being in the North Point Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Starting from King's Road on the west, the road then slopes up, befor ...
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Causeway Road Causeway Road () is a main road in Hong Kong. Situated in Causeway Bay, it joins Yee Wo Street in the west and King's Road. It is a boundary of Eastern District and Wan Chai District. North side of the road is Victoria Park in Eastern District ...
and west with
Yee Wo Street Yee Wo Street () is a street in East Point and Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Its junction with Hennessy Road is one of the busiest junctions in Hong Kong. Name Yeewo was the Cantonese name of a Qing Dynasty hong established by WÇ ...
, Irving Street,
Leighton Road Leighton Road () is a main road in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. It begins east of Causeway Road and ends at the west of the junction with Morrison Hill Road and Canal Road. History Part of the road skirts Leighton Hill to its north while part of ...
and Causeway Road.


History

The road draws the early shore line in the Tung Lo Wan, the native name of
Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong, an area and Victoria Park, Hong Kong, a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern and the Wan Chai District, Wan Chai ...
. It was originally part of Shaukiwan Road. In 1883,
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reclaimed part of the bay to present-day Causeway Road. In 1935, the road was renamed to the current name of Tung Lo Wan Road.


Landmarks

Landmarks along Tung Lo Wan Road include (from west to east): *
St. Paul's Convent School St. Paul's Convent School (SPCS, ) is a private Catholic girls' school in Hong Kong founded by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres from France in 1854. The school was formerly called French Convent School and was renamed St. Paul's Convent ...
* St. Paul's Hospital * St. Mary's Church (No. 2A) * Causeway Bay (Moreton Terrace) Bus Terminus () * Fuk Tak Temple, Tai Hang () * Chinese Recreation Club *
Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay Hong Kong Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay Hong Kong () was a four-star Hotel in Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong. It was located on 148 Tung Lo Wan Road. The hotel was close to Tin Hau station with 33 floors and 266 rooms. The hotel opened in 2002 ...
() (No. 148) * Queen's College


See also

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Land reclamation in Hong Kong The reclamation of land from the ocean has long been used in mountainous Hong Kong to expand the limited supply of usable land with a total of around 60 square kilometres of land created by 1996. The first reclamations can be traced back to the e ...
*
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 ...
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