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Encyclopedia > Admiralty MTR station
Admiralty station
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Admiralty (traditional Chinese: 金鐘, Jyutping: gam1 zung1, pinyin: Jīnzhōng, lit. "golden bell") station is an MTR station located in the Central area and Admiralty neighbourhood of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is dodger blue. The station connects the Tsuen Wan Line with Island Line. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... Pinyin (拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... This is a list of the stations of the Hong Kong metro system known as the MTR. Names are in both English and Cantonese. ... Corner of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central, in Central. ... Admiralty is an area of Hong Kong located at the eastern end of Central and Western district, and bordered by Wanchai district to the east and by Victoria harbour to the north. ... Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... A livery is a uniform, worn by a person. ... Prince Edward station in Kowloon, part of Kwun Tong Line and the Tsuen Wan Line. ... Causeway Bay station. ...


The station is named after HMS Tamar, now known as Tamar Site, the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong, although in fact it had never actually been the Admiralty. It was built on the former site of Hong Kong dockyards, which had been built in 1878, and demolished in the 1970s. The troop ship HMS Tamar arrived in Hong Kong in 1897 and remained in the British territory until it was scuttled (to avoid being used by the invading Japanese Imperial forces) during the Battle of Hong Kong during World War II in 1941. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

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Stations of the MTR of Hong Kong
Kwun Tong Whampoa Garden | Ho Man Tin | Yau Ma Tei | Mong Kok | Prince Edward | Shek Kip Mei | Kowloon Tong | Lok Fu | Wong Tai Sin | Diamond Hill | Choi Hung | Kowloon Bay | Ngau Tau Kok | Kwun Tong | Lam Tin | Yau Tong | Tiu Keng Leng
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Island Sai Ying Pun | Sheung Wan | Central | Admiralty | Wan Chai | Causeway Bay | Tin Hau | Fortress Hill | North Point | Quarry Bay | Tai Koo | Sai Wan Ho | Shau Kei Wan | Heng Fa Chuen | Chai Wan
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