Aberdeen Street

Aberdeen Street

Aberdeen Street at Queen's Road Central
Traditional Chinese 鴨巴甸街
Lin Heung Tea House, at the corner of Aberdeen Street and Wellington Street.
Gage Street, at its junction with Aberdeen Street. The red sign commemorates Yang Quyun.
Former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters at the corner of Hollywood Road and Aberdeen Street.
Kwong Hon Terrace Garden viewed from Aberdeen Street.
Caine Road at its junction with the upper end of Aberdeen Street. The building on the right is Albron Court.

Aberdeen Street is a border street dividing Sheung Wan and Central on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.[1] It ascends from Queen's Road Central to Caine Road in the Mid-levels. The street is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Foreign Secretary at the time of the cession of Hong Kong Island to the United Kingdom in 1842.[2]

History

In the early days after 1841, while Choong Wan was planned to be business centre of Victoria City and an area of Westener population, Chinese population was removed from Choong Wan to the area around Tai Ping Shan Street in Sheung Wan and Sheung Wan became the area of Chinese population.

South of Hollywood Road was the Alice Memorial Hospital and the College of Medicine where Sun Yat-sen graduated with distinction in 1892. After the college was merged into the University of Hong Kong, the hospital was also moved to Bonham Road and renamed to Nethersole Hospital.

After reclamation of island north, Aberdeen Street was extended in the north by Wing Kut Street (Chinese: 永吉街), a pedestrian lane which hosts a street market.

Features

The following list follows a north-south order. (W) indicates the western side of the street, while (E) indicates the eastern side.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yanne, Andrew; Heller, Gillis (2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-962-209-944-9.
  2. 1 2 Wordie, Jason (2002). Streets: exploring Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 16–20. ISBN 978-962-209-563-2.
  3. ↑ Liam Fitzpatrick, "Hong Kong: 10 Things to Do. Lin Heung Tea House", Time Travel
  4. ↑ Hong Kong Tourism Board: Lin Heung Tea House
  5. ↑ "Lin Heung Tea House: Dim sum elder", CNN Go, 14 July 2009
  6. ↑ Lan Kwai Fong Hotel: location
  7. ↑ Antiquities and Monuments Office: Original Site of the School where Yang Quyun was Murdered
  8. ↑ Conserve and Revitalise Hong Kong Heritage: Former Police Married Quarters on Hollywood Road
  9. ↑ Sweeting, A.E. (1991). Education in Hong Kong, Pre-1841 to 1941: Fact and Opinion. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 150 & 214. ISBN 978-962-209-258-7.
  10. ↑ Antiquities and Monuments Office: "Former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters. 2007 Site Investigation Report"

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Coordinates: 22°17′00″N 114°09′08″E / 22.2833°N 114.1523°E / 22.2833; 114.1523

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