Stanley Street is a street in
Central 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
Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong, within the limit of Victoria, Hong Kong, Victoria City. It was the first road in Hong Kong, constructed History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s), by ...
between
D'Aguilar Street
D'Aguilar Street (, formerly 德忌笠街 and ) is a street in Central, Hong Kong, 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.
Locatio ...
and
Graham Street.
It intersects with
Pottinger Street
Pottinger Street is a street in Central, Hong Kong, 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 Gover ...
,
Cochrane Street 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 ( Chinese: 荷李活道) 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 Bai ...
, 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
Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...
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 dong
''Dai pai dong'' () is a type of open-air food stall. The term originates from Hong Kong but has been adopted outside Hong Kong as well. The official government name for these establishments is "cooked-food stalls", while the more common name ...
s 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 Controlled-access highway, expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, Avenue (landscape), avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to ...
References
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Central, Hong Kong
Roads on Hong Kong Island
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby