Victoria Road, Hong Kong

Victoria Road, Hong Kong
Victoria Road, Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese	域多利道
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yù duōlì dào
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Wihk dō leih douh
Jyutping	Wik6 do1 lei6 dou6

Victoria Road
	Victoria Road at an intersection near Mount Davis
Native name	域多利道 (Yue Chinese)
Length	5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi)
Location	Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
South end	Pok Fu Lam Road
North end	Belcher's Street / Cadogan Street

Victoria Road is a main road near the west shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong connecting Kennedy Town and Wah Fu and an alternative connection of Pok Fu Lam Road. It begins north with Belcher's Street in Kennedy Town and goes along Mount Davis, Sandy Bay, Telegraph Bay and Waterfall Bay and reaches in Kellett Bay.

History

The road opened in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, celebrating the 60th year of her reign. A stone was laid by Governor Robinson and the road was named Victoria Jubilee Road (域多利慶典道).^[1] The road was without any surfacing and only access to Chinese public cemetery in Kellett Bay. In 1903, Hong Kong Government erected a stone at the road in Kennedy Town to mark the boundary of Victoria City.

Notable buildings

The medical faculty of the University of Hong Kong
Baguio Villa
Former Victoria Road Detention Centre aka. Mount Davis Concentration Camp (摩星嶺集中營), which was used by the Special Branch of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force to hold political prisoners during the 1967 Leftist riots.^[2]^[3] The compound is listed as a Grade III historic building.^[4] Currently the building has been renovated and has been integrated into the Hong Kong campus of the University of Chicago.
Villa Cecil, the residential complex home to billionaire Cecil Chao
Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery, a cemetery is managed by The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union. It was built in 1882.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Yanne, Andrew; Heller, Gillis (2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 10, 59. ISBN 9789622099449.
^ "Brief Information on proposed Grade III Items. Item #150" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ Cheung, Gary Ka-wai (1 October 2009). Hong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 84, 93, 205. ISBN 9789622090897.
^ List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment (as of 24 October 2014)
^ Patowary, Kaushik (4 June 2014). "The Terraced Cemetery of Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong". Amusing Planet. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

External links

Google Maps of Victoria Road

22°16′23″N 114°07′32″E / 22.27292°N 114.12562°E / 22.27292; 114.12562

[Signs-1] Yanne, Andrew; Heller, Gillis (2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 10, 59. ISBN 9789622099449.

[2] "Brief Information on proposed Grade III Items. Item #150" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[3] Cheung, Gary Ka-wai (1 October 2009). Hong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 84, 93, 205. ISBN 9789622090897.

[4] List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment (as of 24 October 2014)

[5] Patowary, Kaushik (4 June 2014). "The Terraced Cemetery of Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong". Amusing Planet. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Victoria Road, Hong Kong

History

Notable buildings

See also

References

External links