Sheung Wan Civic Centre

Possession St, Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan (上環) is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island (in between Central and Sai Ying Pun). It is part of the Central and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted as Upper District (occupying relatively high ground compared to Central and Wan Chai), or Gateway District (perhaps a reference to the location where the British first entered and occupied Hong Kong). Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 578 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 578 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels Full resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 651 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The crossing point of Possession St & Queens Road Central, HK File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels Full resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 651 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The crossing point of Possession St & Queens Road Central, HK File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: XiānggÇŽngdÇŽo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory... Look up Central in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sai Ying Pun (西營盤) is an area in Western District of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Location within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Click here for satellite image) District Council Chairman Chan Tak-chor Constituencies 15 Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 12. ... See Wan Chai District for the broader administrative district that covers Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, etc. ...

History

Sheung Wan was one of the earliest settled places by the British, and belonged to the historical Victoria City. The site of the original occupation of Hong Kong island by British forces in 1842 is reputed to be at Possession Street, between Queen's Road Central and Hollywood Road. The foot of Possession Street, Possession Point, was at that time on the shoreline, but is now several hundred yards inland due to reclamation. Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842. ... The crossing point of Possession Street and Queens Road Central Possession Street (水坑口街) is a street in Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun, from Queens Road West to Hollywood Road, on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. ... Queens Road Central (皇后大道中), Queens Road East (皇后大道東) and Queens Road West (皇后大道西) are three roads on the northern shore of the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... A road sign of Hollywood Road A traditional rice dealer on the road. ... Possession Point is a pointed point in Hong Kong, located on the original coastline of Hong Kong Island before land reclamation. ...

Geography

Sheung Wan is surrounded by Sai Ying Pun in the west, Central in the east, Victoria Harbour in the north, Mid-Levels (Soho) in the south. Victoria Harbour The night view of the Victoria Harbour with the skyscrapers in Central behind, viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui Victoria Harbour (Traditional Chinese: 維多利亞港; Simplified Chinese: 维多利亚港; Cantonese Jyutping: wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 gong2; Mandarin Pinyin: Wéiduōlìyà Gǎng) is the harbour between the Kowloon Peninsula and the... Mid-levels (半山區) is a residential area on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. ... Image:SoHo. ...

The border of Central and Sheung Wan is along Aberdeen Street and Wing Kut Street. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Market of Wing Kut Street Wing Kut Street (永吉街) is a border street of Sheung Wan and Central extended from Aberdeen Street on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ...

Highlights

• Western Market
• Ladder Street
• The Center
• Man Mo Temple
• Graze Cafe www.graze.hk

Western Market is one of the older structures in Sheung Wan , Hongkong. ... Ladder street refers to small roads that provide pathways up and down steep hills. ... A screen showing financial news at The Center, an office complex in Central. ... Man Mo Temple or Man Mo Miu (文武廟) is a commonly sort of temple worshipping the Man Tai (文帝), Pau Kung and Mo Tai (武帝), Kwan Yu, to pray for good results in examinations in Hong Kong, China. ...

Transport

Sheung Wan is served by the Sheung Wan station (western terminus) of the Island Line of the MTR metro system. Platform 1 in Sheung Wan station. ... Causeway Bay MTR station on the Island Line. ... This article is about the metro system in Hong Kong. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ...

Trams also run through Sheung Wan. The Western Market stop of the Hong Kong Tramways is in Sheung Wan. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Western Market is one of the older structures in Sheung Wan , Hongkong. ... Hong Kong Double-Decker Tram (#120), the only tram in the fleet that retained its 1950s style. ...

The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in the Shun Tak Centre has ferries and helicopters to Macau and to several destinations in Mainland China. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier. ... Shun Tak Centre is a commercial and transport complex on the north shore of Hong Kong island in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... ...

See also

• List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong