The Starstreet Precinct () is a neighborhood in

Wan Chai Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area n ...

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, centred on

Three Pacific Place Pacific Place is a complex of office towers and hotels and a shopping centre situated at 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong. The latest phase, Three Pacific Place, is located at 1 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. The four-level shopping centre ...

and comprising mainly Star Street (), Moon Street (), Sun Street (), St. Francis Street (聖佛蘭士街), St. Francis Yard (進教圍), and Wing Fung Street ().

History

The hilly area of the streets was the earliest burial ground assigned by the Hong Kong Government in 1841 for the non-Chinese population. This was removed in 1889 and replaced by residential buildings for local Chinese. In 1890, Star Street became the site of Hongkong Electric's , the first electricity generating station in Hong Kong. p. 249 In celebration of the new street lights brought by the plant, the surrounding streets were renamed, "sun", "moon" and "star" as in the ''

Three Character Classic The ''Three Character Classic'' (), commonly known as ''San Zi Jing'', also translated as ''Trimetric Classic'', is one of the Chinese classic texts. It was probably written in the 13th century and is mainly attributed to Wang Yinglin (王應麟 ...

''. The station was demolished in 1922. Starting in 1988,

Swire Properties Swire Properties Limited () is a property developer, owner and operator of mixed-use, principally commercial properties in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Founded and headquartered in Hong Kong in 1972, Swire Properties is a major property d ...

, the developer of Pacific Place, started acquiring properties in the neighbourhood. Having acquired a large number of properties there, they started transforming the area into a commercial neighbourhood. They retained ownership of the car parks, shops and restaurants, and went into such details as designing specific street signs and

Features

The area has now evolved into a shopping and dining area with cafés restaurants, bars, galleries, florists and home design outlets as well as arts and cultural programmes like art exhibitions,

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events and cultural performances. Together with a landscaped environment, these shops have significantly modified the area's economic profile and aspect. The Three Pacific Place Link connects the precinct to the rest of the Pacific Place complex and the Admiralty MTR station. The link, equipped with

travelator A moving walkway, also known as an autowalk, moving pavement, moving sidewalk, people-mover, travolator, or travelator, is a slow-moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined plane over a short to medium distan ...

s, was completed in 2007.

References

External links

Starstreet Precinct website, sponsored by Swire PropertiesDining Guide by Discover Hong Kong
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History

Features

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