Arsenal Street

Arsenal Street (軍器廠街) is a street between Admiralty of Central and Wan Chai in Hong Kong. It ends south in Queensway and north Gloucester Road. The street is the ends of Lockhart Road and Jeffe Road. Commerical buildings in Admiralty, Hong Kong, with the Conrad Hotel on the left and JW Marriott on the right Admiralty (Chinese: 金鐘, Pinyin: JÄ«nzhōng, lit. ... The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Wan Chai as seen from the Victoria Harbour. ... Queensway (金鐘道) is a major road in the Admiralty, Central, Hong Kong. ... Gloucester Road (Chinese: 告士打道) is a major road in the north of Wan Chai and East Point on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. ... Lockhart Road at Causeway Bay. ...

History

The street is named after the arsenal in a barracks of British Army in Hong Kong. One of the early streets in the Victoria City, it is also the boundary between Central and Wan Chai. The site of the barracks was later transferred to Hong Kong Government and became Arsenal House and Caine House, the headquarters of Hong Kong Police Force. An arsenal is a establishment for the construction, repair, receipt, storage and issue of weapons and ammunition. ... A barracks housing conscripts of Norrbottens regemente in Boden, Sweden. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842. ... The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Wan Chai as seen from the Victoria Harbour. ... On July 1, 1997, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial control. ... Crest of the Hong Kong Police Force The Hong Kong Police Force (Chinese: 香港警察; Pinyin: Xiāng Gǎng jǐngchá since 1997) is the police force of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...