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Stanley is a town and a tourist attraction in Hong Kong, China. It is a peninsula on the southeastern part of Hong Kong Island, in the east of Repulse Bay and the west of Shek O, adjacent to Chung Hom Kok. Administratively, it is part of the Southern District. Standard Mandarin is the official Chinese spoken language used by the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Singapore. ...
Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Hà nyǔ Pīnyīn), also known as scheme...
Standard Cantonese is a variant, and is generally considered the prestige dialect of Cantonese Chinese. ...
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ...
Jyutping (Traditional Chinese: 粵拼; Simplified Chinese: 粤拼; pinyin: yuèpīn; Yale: yuhtpīng; Jyutping: jyut6ping3; sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (977x752, 164 KB) Summary Stanley Peninsula, Hong Kong Original image uploaded by zh:User:Thomaslau as zh:Image:Stanley. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (977x752, 164 KB) Summary Stanley Peninsula, Hong Kong Original image uploaded by zh:User:Thomaslau as zh:Image:Stanley. ...
The following is a list of cities, towns and new towns in Hong Kong. ...
Given its status as a popular tourist destination, Hong Kong has many landmarks and tourist attractions which serve as popular places to visit. ...
The territory of Hong Kong consists of a mainland area and 236 islands. ...
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: XiÄnggÇŽngdÇŽo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory...
Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Repulse Bay (淺水ç£) is an area in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong. ...
Shek O (石澳) is a beachside village in the Southern District, Hong Kong, that includes Shek O Country Park, Shek O and Cape DAguillar (鶴咀). Shek O is famous for beautiful scenery and good environment, which is why many Canto-pop MVs are produced there. ...
Chung Hom Kok (舂åŽè§’ or 舂磡角) is an area in the southern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. ...
The Southern District (å—å€) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...
The proper Chek Chue refers to the village town but Stanley refers its surrounding all the peninsula after the beginning of British rule and native Cantonese name Chek Chue became synonym to Stanley.
Name There are two possible origins of the name "Chek Chue". Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1224 KB)Stanley, Hong Kong File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Legend has it that the notorious pirate Cheung Po Tsai was active in Stanley. That is why the district became known in Chinese as Chek Chue (賊柱 local dialect for Bandit's Post). There was once a Cheung Po Tsai Cave near the Tin Hau Temple west of Stanley, but the cave was filled in the early 1950s. Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Cheung Po Tsai (in Cantonese) or Chang Pao Tsai (in Wade-Giles) (å¼µä¿ä»” pinyin zhang1 bao3 zai3) was a 19th century Chinese pirate. ...
The original Chinese name of the village was believed to be based on a big tall cotton tree (Bombax malabaricum, Bombax ceiba 木棉樹) often covered with bright red blossoms at the time, hence red pillar (赤柱) in Hakka language. Binomial name Bombax ceiba L. Synonyms Bombax malabaricum DC. Bombax ceiba, like other tree from genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree or tree cotton. ...
Binomial name Bombax ceiba L. Synonyms Bombax malabaricum DC. Bombax ceiba, like other tree from genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree or tree cotton. ...
Hakka is one language in the family of languages known as Chinese. ...
It was given an English name based on Lord Stanley, 19th-century British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Arms of Edward Smith-Stanley Statue in Parliament Square, London Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC (29 March 1799–23 October 1869) was a British statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative...
The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India). ...
History After the annexation of Hong Kong in 1842, the British made Stanley the administrative centre temporarily, before moving to the newly founded Victoria City(present day Central)on the north of Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842. ...
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: XiÄnggÇŽngdÇŽo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory...
Stanley was the location where the British garrison in Hong Kong was defeated by the advancing Japanese troops in December 1941. Stanley Fort, the former British barracks at Stanley, is now occupied by the People's Liberation Army, after Hong Kong was transferred to the People's Republic of China following the handover in 1997. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
Barracks is usally used to connote a type of military housing. ...
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The transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) occurred on June 30, 1997. ...
Places of Interest Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 534 KB) Stanley Market, Stanley, Hong Kong. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 534 KB) Stanley Market, Stanley, Hong Kong. ...
Stanley Market Stanley's large open-air market has become well known for its bargains in clothes, particularly silk garments and traditional Chinese dress, as well as toys, ornaments, souvenirs, and Chinese arts and crafts. It is a popular destination for both tourists and locals. People are drawn by the cheap goods that would usually fetch a much larger expense elsewhere.
Stanley Main Street Stanley is renouned for its many bars and restaurants on its waterfront along Stanley Main Street where visitors can enjoy a variety of different foods (including French, Italian, American, Indian and Thai) or relax with a beer and soak up the friendly atmosphere in one of its bars, such as the Smugglers Inn - an English styled pub that's very popular with both tourists and expats. The Smugglers Inn is an English styled pub in Stanley, on the south side of Hong Kong Island. ...
An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. ...
To the west of Stanley Main Street, past the ampitheatre in Stanley Plaza is the Tin Hau Temple (Temple of the Queen of Heaven). Built by Cheung Po Tsai in 1767, it is one of the oldest temples in Hong Kong. Matsu (媽祖, pinyin: Māzǔ, Wade-Giles: Ma-tsu, lit. ...
Cheung Po Tsai (in Cantonese) or Chang Pao Tsai (in Wade-Giles) (å¼µä¿ä»” pinyin zhang1 bao3 zai3) was a 19th century Chinese pirate. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 596 KB) Stanley beach, taken by User:Burn on 24/2/2005. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 596 KB) Stanley beach, taken by User:Burn on 24/2/2005. ...
Stanley's Beaches Stanley is famous for its two beaches: Stanley Main Beach, located on the eastern side of the peninsular, and St. Stephen's Beach, on the western side. Both beaches are sandy and have areas designed for barbequeues. Like many beaches in Hong Kong, they also have netted perimeters to protect swimmers from sharks. A member of the Airpork Crew barbecue team prepares pork shoulder at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. ...
Orders see text Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the eye and called a spiracle), dermal...
The larger of the two beaches - Stanley Main Beach, which is also popular with windsurfers, hosts the Stanley Dragon Boat Championships each year in June to celebrate the Tuen Ng Festival. Windsurfing is a surface water sport involving a windsurf board, usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail. ...
A dragon boat at the Stanley Dragon Boat Festival, Hong Kong A Dragon boat (Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: lóngzhÅu, lóngchuán) is a very long and narrow human powered boat used in the team paddling sport of Dragon boat racing, which may also be known as...
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(See official website for Stanley Dragon Boat Championships)
Murray House Main article: Murray House Murray House (美利樓) was a Victorian-era building in Central District, Hong Kong. ...
Once a government building in Central, it was dismantled in 1982 to make way for new buildings. The facade was stored in a warehouse and then rebuilt in Stanley in 1998. It was open to the public in 1999. It houses several restaurants and a mini museum introducing its history. When it was rebuilt, the ink used to label the pieces had washed off, and when they had finished constructing the building, they had six columns left over. These columns now stand outside the building. Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1198 KB)Murray House, Stanley, Hong Kong File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: ä¸ç’°; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: ZhÅnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ...
Currently the bottom floor of Murray House is home to the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. The museum has over 500 exhibits from ancient pottery and shipping goods to interactive games for all ages. It celebrates all of Hong Kong seafaring history for the ancient Hakka people to the British Colonial Navy to the giant container ships which grace the waters of Hong Kong today. Hong Kong Maritime Museum Hong Kong Maritime Museum is a non-profit educational institution funded by Hong Kongs international shipping community and is located on the ground floor of Murray House in Stanley, Hong Kong. ...
The Hakka are Han Chinese people whose ancestors are said to have originated in the Henan and Shanxi provinces of northern China over 1,700 years ago. ...
The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. ...
Stanley Plaza Adjacent to Murray House, opened in 2001, it includes a shopping arcade and a community theatre. It is owned by Hong Kong Housing Authority. Every Christmas Stanley Plaza hosts a free concert in the ampitheatre put on by the vastly overatedHong Kong International School band. The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA; Traditional Chinese: 香港房屋委員會; pinyin: XiÄnggÇŽng FángwÅ« WÄ›iyuánhuì) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. ...
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Others - The Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum is located in Stanley.
- The Old Stanley Police Station, built in 1859 is a declared monument of Hong Kong.Today it retains the original architecture, but inside it contains a Welcome Supermarket.
- The Stanley Municipal Building opened over summer 2006. It houses some government offices,a medium sized library containing both English and Chinese books and several recreational rooms such as basketball and badminton courts. There is also a garden zone on the roof of the building.
- St. Stephen's College is also based in Stanley, providing secondary level education for over one hundred years. One of the most notible part of its history was when during the Japanese occupation, the school campus was used as internment camp. The college, and its counterpart primary preparatory school, both has boarding facilities, which is a rarity in Hong Kong.
- Currently a waterfront redevelopment program goes on to create a boardwalk and pier on the bay by Murray House.
Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum (香港懲教åšç‰©é¤¨) is located at 45, Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley,Hong Kong. ...
The Old Stanley Police Station (舊赤柱è¦ç½²) was constructed in 1859. ...
As of March 26, 2004, there are 79 declared monuments in Hong Kong. ...
Exterior of typical European supermarket (a Tesco Extra) Exterior of typical North American supermarket (a Safeway) A typical supermarket in Hong Kong. ...
A modern-style library in Chambéry In the traditional sense of the word, a library is a collection of books and periodicals, . It can refer to an individuals private collection, but more often it is a large collection that is funded and maintained by a city or institution. ...
Transport Stanley is served by Repulse Bay Road and Tai Tam Road. It is extremely easy to reach with several buses that go back and forth from all over Hong Kong. In addition to the many buses Stanley is also served by a taxi stand, which is almost always full of taxis awaiting customers. Tai Tam Road (大潭道) in Hong Kong, links between Chai Wan and Stanley, on Hong Kong Island. ...
Bus First Bus
From Stanley Market: 65 (To Exchange Square (Hong Kong)), 399
From Stanley Prison: 63 (To North Point Ferry Peirs)
From Stanley Fort: 14 (Grand Promenade)
From Stanley Plaza: 66 (Exchange Square) New World First Bus Services Limited (First Bus, or NWFB) was established in 1998, taking over China Motor Buss franchise on 1 September 1998 to provide bus services on Hong Kong Island together with Citybus. ...
The entrance of the Exchange Square The Exchange Square (äº¤æ˜“å»£å ´) is a building located in Central, Hong Kong. ...
Citybus
From Stanley Market: 973 (To Tsim Sha Tsui)
From Stanley Prison: 6 (To Exchange Square), 6X (To Exchange Square), 73 (To Cyberport), 260 (To Exchange Square), 314 (To Siu Sai Wan Bus Terminal)
From Stanley Fort: 6A (To Exchange Square) Citybus is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. ...
Minibus From Stanley Market: 16M (to the Chai Wan MTR station)
From Stanley Prison: 52 (To Aberdeen), 40 (To Causeway Bay) Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...
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Hong Kong has a long coastline which is full of twists and turns with many bays and beaches. ...
The following is a list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong: List of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, with a partial list of their sub-areas and streets Hong Kong Island Central and Western Central Admiralty Kennedy Town Mid-levels Sai Ying Pun Shek Tong Tsui Sheung...
Coordinates: 22°13′N 114°13′E The territory of Hong Kong consists of a mainland area and 236 islands. ...
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The Kowloon Peninsula, commonly referred to as Kowloon, is a peninsula, in the south of the mainland part of the Hong Kong territory. ...
Sai Kung (西貢; pinyin: Xi1gong4; Cantonese: sai1 gung3) is the second-largest of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...
Clear Water Bay Peninsula (清水ç£åŠå³¶) is a peninsula at the east of Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong. ...
Shek O (石澳) is a beachside village in the Southern District, Hong Kong, that includes Shek O Country Park, Shek O and Cape DAguillar (鶴咀). Shek O is famous for beautiful scenery and good environment, which is why many Canto-pop MVs are produced there. ...
Cape DAguilar or Hok Tsui (鶴嘴) is a cape in the south of Shek O and DAguilar Peak on southeastern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ...
Chi Ma Wan (èŠéº»ç£) is a bay on southeastern Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong. ...
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