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Rumsey Street ( Chinese: 林士街) is a street in
Rumsey Street ( Chinese: 林士街) is a street in Sheung Wan
Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted as ''Upper Dist ...
on the Hong Kong Island
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of Hong Kong
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. It begins at Wing Lok Street
Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted as ''Upper Dist ...
near COSCO Tower
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, crossing Des Voeux Road Central
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and Connaught Road Central
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, and reaches the Victoria Harbour
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Name
The street was named in 1905 after Robert Murray Rumsey, theHarbour Master
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of Hong Kong Government
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.
Features
Wing On Department Store is located at the street. Beneath the street is the unused MTR platform of Rumsey station. The station was for an abandoned plan of East Kowloon line. The platform was later incorporated intoSheung Wan station
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The station was originally planned in 1970 ...
.
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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