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Des Voeux Road

Des Voeux Road Central and Des Voeux Road West are two roads on the north shore of the Hong Kong Island. They were named after the 10th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir George William Des Vœux.

Beginning in 1857, the northern shore of Hong Kong Island underwent a series of reclamations under then-Governor Sir John Bowring. Bowring's plans were opposed by British merchants who held lands in the Central area, and in response, the government instead commenced work in land reclamation in the Chinese-populated Western District. By the time the reclamation was extended to Central, the newly reclaimed land in Western had already been settled, and there was a discontinuity between the two roads running along the western and middle portions of the reclaimed shoreline. Upon completion, the roads were named Bowring Praya West and Bowring Praya Central respectively.

Another series of extensive reclamation projects began in 1887 under then-Governor Des Voeux. Upon completion in 1904, Bowring Praya West and Bowring Praya Central (which by then were situated inland from the shoreline) were respectively renamed Des Voeux Road West and Des Voeux Road Central per the orders of then-Colonial Secretary and acting Governor Francis Fleming during the Duke of Connaught's visit to Hong Kong in 1890.



Boundary Street



Historically, the street marked the boundary between the southern part of Kowloon, ceded by Qing China to the United Kingdom in 1860, and the northern part of Kowloon (New Kowloon), which remained part of China until it was leased as part of the New Territories to the United Kingdom in 1898 for 99 years. After the lease, the boundary was renamed from Boundary Line to Old Frontier Line.



The boundary was made visible by a long line of high bamboo fences which effectively blocked smuggling between Chinese Kowloon and British Kowloon at that time. It became obsolete when New Territories joined the colony.

Queen's Road

Queen's Road is the first road in Hong Kong built by the British Empire between 1841 and 1843, spanning across Victoria City from Shek Tong Tsui to Wan Chai. The road is split into four: Queen's Road West , Queen's Road Central, Queensway , and Queen's Road East, from west to east.

New arrivals to Hong Kong as late as the second half of the 19th century were surprised at the condition of the road. Instead of a proper road, as could only be expected of one named for the Queen in the largest British outpost east of Singapore, travellers found a pocked dirt road prone to dust clouds and puddles of mud.



When Hong Kong was founded as a Crown Colony, Queen's Road was the hub of activity. Its development was haphazard, and its path winding as it made its way through the newly-founded city including the Hong Kong Club for tai-pans. Between squatter huts, military encampments, and taverns, the first governors build their homes along Queen's Road. The first post office and Christian churches soon followed.



In 1878 a Christmas fire broke out destroying a large area of the slums. The fire raged for 17 hours burning down 400 houses covering 10 acres of area. It left thousands in the community homeless. The devastated structures in ruin were reused for reclamation adjacent like the area around Bonham Strand.



Public Square Street



The street's original name in Chinese was 公眾四方街 (Kung Chong Sze Fong Kai in Cantonese language), resulting from the word square being misinterpreted as a geometric shape. The more accurate translation of 眾坊街 (Chung Fong Kai in Cantonese language)was adopted in the 1970s.



The end of the street, near present-day Ferry Street, the Yau Ma Tei Ferry Pier was one of main pier for ferry transport across Victoria Harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The pier was later relocated to Ferry Point near Kwun Chung.

德輔道
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本文講述的是現時的德輔道。關於位於尖沙咀東部的漆咸道的前稱，詳見「漆咸道」。

現時的德輔道中（近上環林士街）
現時的德輔道中（近永安百貨上環總店）
1950年代的德輔道中
現時的德輔道西（近水街，背景的藍色大廈為中聯辦大樓）德輔道中(Des Voeux Road Central)及德輔道西(Des Voeux Road West)是香港香港島中西區的主要道路，德輔道中與德輔道西並不連接，兩條道路的分隔處在上環，電車路線沿德輔道中及德輔道西而行。

[編輯] 歷史
德輔道的名字是為紀念第十任港督德輔而於1904年命名。香港日治時期，德輔道曾被更名為昭和通。

在1887年至1891年，港督德輔在中區填海而得57英畝土地，德輔道是其時新街道之一。


[編輯] 德輔道中
德輔道中東面連接金鐘道及皇后大道中，西面則至西港城（上環街市）止，與安泰街相交。上環街市電車總站亦設在此處。西行車輛可經摩利臣街至干諾道西，東行車輛則可由干諾道西經急庇利街進入德輔道中。在干諾道西設有一段分隔道路，供車輛及電車前往德輔道西。在中環皇后像廣場至畢打街一段東行線及皇后像廣場至租庇利街一段西行線均屬巴士及電車專線。


[編輯] 德輔道西
德輔道西東面連接干諾道西，前稱為三角碼頭一帶，經過海味店雲集的西營盤、西區警署、至屈地街一帶止，西面連接堅尼地城海旁。


[編輯] 沿路著名地點
遮打花園
皇后像廣場
香港立法會大樓
香港匯豐銀行總行大廈
置地廣場
中環街市
西港城
西區警署



界限街是香港九龍半島一條重要街道，連接深水埗區與九龍城區。道路由深水埗東部開始，經過太子一帶，最後到達九龍城南部，連接太子道東。而界限街本身亦與太子道西平行。

目錄 [隐藏]
1 歷史
2 現今意義
3 現況
4 沿路著名地點
5 地圖連結
6 參見



[編輯] 歷史
1860年，清朝政府與英國簽訂《北京條約》，將九龍半島南部一大半割讓給英國。而界限街就成為清朝與英佔香港的界線，被英方稱為「界限線」(Boundary Line)，直至1898年英國政府根據《展拓香港界址專條》租借新九龍及新界為止。這條界限線亦被英方改稱為「舊邊境線」(Old Frontier Line)。

當時此界線並非正式道路。到了1934年，為配合九龍塘發展，以及處理租界內外的地稅問題，港英政府便於此界線上興建一條道路，即是界限街。


[編輯] 現今意義
現在，界限街仍然是九龍與新九龍的分界線。位於界限街以北地區的物業需向香港政府繳付地租。此外，界限街亦是油尖旺區與深水埗區／九龍城區的分界線，界限街以北屬深水埗區／九龍城區，以南則屬油尖旺區。


[編輯] 現況
界限街中段是九龍仔豪宅區，居住者大多是中產階層，該處亦是不少名校如瑪利諾修院學校及喇沙書院的所在地；而西面就是深水埗及大角咀，居住者以中下階層、新移民為主。


[編輯] 沿路著名地點
旺角大球場
園圃街雀鳥花園 (雀仔街)
花墟道
瑪利諾修院學校
喇沙書院

[編輯] 地圖連結
Google Map HK Search--界限街

[編輯] 參見
香港歷史
太子道
亞皆老街