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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wan_Chai_Overview_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Wan_Chai_Overview_2008.jpg/250px-Wan_Chai_Overview_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Wan_Chai_Overview_2008.jpg/375px-Wan_Chai_Overview_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Wan_Chai_Overview_2008.jpg/500px-Wan_Chai_Overview_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Wan Chai as seen from <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;">灣仔</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;">湾仔</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a> <a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Wāan dzái</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Waan<sup>1</sup> zai<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">"small bay" or "cove"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Wānzǎi</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Wāan dzái</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Waan<sup>1</sup> zai<sup>2</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese" title="Help:IPA/Cantonese">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="yue-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese" title="Help:IPA/Cantonese">[wáːn<span class="wrap"> </span>tsɐ̌i]</a></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wan_Chai_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Wan_Chai_location_map.svg/220px-Wan_Chai_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Wan_Chai_location_map.svg/330px-Wan_Chai_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Wan_Chai_location_map.svg/440px-Wan_Chai_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Location of Wan Chai within Hong Kong SAR</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Wan Chai</b> is located in the western part of <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_District" title="Wan Chai District">Wan Chai District</a> on the northern shore of <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>. It is bounded by <a href="/wiki/Canal_Road,_Hong_Kong" title="Canal Road, Hong Kong">Canal Road</a> to the east, Arsenal Street to the west, and <a href="/wiki/Bowen_Road" title="Bowen Road">Bowen Road</a> to the south. The area north of <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Road,_Hong_Kong" title="Gloucester Road, Hong Kong">Gloucester Road</a> is often called <b>Wan Chai North.</b> </p><p> Wan Chai is one of the busiest commercial areas in Hong Kong with offices of many small and medium-sized companies. Wan Chai North features office towers, parks, hotels and an international conference and exhibition centre. Wan Chai is also well known for its famous night life which has evolved over decades. As one of the first areas developed in Hong Kong, <span style="color:black;background:#f0f0ff">the locale is densely populated yet with noticeable residential zones facing <a href="/wiki/Urban_decay" title="Urban decay">urban decay</a>. Arousing considerable public concern, the government has undertaken several <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> projects in recent years.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view"><span title="This statement is possibly biased. (May 2024)">neutrality</span></a> is <a href="/wiki/Talk:Wan_Chai" title="Talk:Wan Chai">disputed</a></i>]</sup> There are various landmarks and <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong">skyscrapers</a> within the area, most notably the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre</a> (HKCEC), <a href="/wiki/Central_Plaza_(Hong_Kong)" title="Central Plaza (Hong Kong)">Central Plaza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Centre_(Hong_Kong)" title="Hopewell Centre (Hong Kong)">Hopewell Centre</a>.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style></p><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names">Names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wan_Chai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Wan_Chai.jpg/220px-Wan_Chai.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Wan_Chai.jpg/330px-Wan_Chai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Wan_Chai.jpg/440px-Wan_Chai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2050" /></a><figcaption>Panorama of Wan Chai, Hong Kong, taken from a lookout along <a href="/wiki/Stubbs_Road" title="Stubbs Road">Stubbs Road</a> near <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Peak" title="Victoria Peak">Victoria Peak</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Wan Chai originally began as <b>Ha Wan</b> (<span lang="zh-Hant">下環</span>), literally meaning "a bottom ring" or "lower circuit".<sup id="cite_ref-Wordie_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wordie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As one of the earliest developed areas in Hong Kong along the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central,_Hong_Kong" title="Central, Hong Kong">Central</a> ("centre ring" in Chinese), <a href="/wiki/Sheung_Wan" title="Sheung Wan">Sheung Wan</a> ("upper ring"), <a href="/wiki/Sai_Wan" title="Sai Wan">Sai Wan</a> ("western ring") and Wan Chai are collectively known as the <i>four rings</i> (<span lang="zh-Hant">四環</span>) by the locals. Wan Chai literally means "a cove" in <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a> from the shape of its coastal line, however, due to drastic city development and continual <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_Hong_Kong" title="Land reclamation in Hong Kong">land reclamation</a>, the area is no longer a cove. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wanchai60s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Wanchai60s.jpg/220px-Wanchai60s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Wanchai60s.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="323" /></a><figcaption>The coastline of Wan Chai in the early 1960s</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Protesters_occupied_the_Gloucester_Road.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Protesters_occupied_the_Gloucester_Road.jpg/220px-Protesters_occupied_the_Gloucester_Road.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Protesters_occupied_the_Gloucester_Road.jpg/330px-Protesters_occupied_the_Gloucester_Road.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Protesters_occupied_the_Gloucester_Road.jpg/440px-Protesters_occupied_the_Gloucester_Road.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Protest zones were set up in Wan Chai for the international <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2005" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005">2005 WTO conference</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wan_Chai_Buildings_201007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Wan_Chai_Buildings_201007.jpg/220px-Wan_Chai_Buildings_201007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Wan_Chai_Buildings_201007.jpg/330px-Wan_Chai_Buildings_201007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Wan_Chai_Buildings_201007.jpg/440px-Wan_Chai_Buildings_201007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>High density buildings in Wan Chai</figcaption></figure> <p>Wan Chai was the first home to many Chinese villagers living along the undisturbed coastlines in proximity to <a href="/wiki/Hung_Shing_Temple,_Wan_Chai" title="Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai">Hung Shing Temple</a>. Most of them were fishermen, who worked around the area near Hung Shing Temple overlooking the entire harbour. <a href="/wiki/Hung_Shing_Ye" class="mw-redirect" title="Hung Shing Ye">Hung Shing Ye</a>, the God of the Sea, was one of the deities worshiped by the locals.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Colony_(from_1842)"><span id="British_Colony_.28from_1842.29"></span>British Colony (from 1842)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: British Colony (from 1842)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the growth of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Colonial_Hong_Kong_(1800s_-_1930s)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Colonial Hong Kong (1800s - 1930s)">Hong Kong</a> administration, centred in old <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Hong_Kong" title="Victoria, Hong Kong">Victoria</a> (modern Central), Wan Chai attracted those on the fringes of society, such as "coolie" workers, who came to live on <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Road,_Hong_Kong" title="Queen's Road, Hong Kong">Queen's Road East</a>. A focal point of development at that time was <a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden_Lane" title="Spring Garden Lane">Spring Gardens</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Red-light_district" title="Red-light district">red-light zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 1850s, the area was already becoming a Chinese residential area.<sup id="cite_ref-Wordie_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wordie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were dockyards on <a href="/wiki/Ship_Street,_Hong_Kong" title="Ship Street, Hong Kong">Ship Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/McGregor_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="McGregor Street">McGregor Street</a> for building and repairing ships. The edge of <a href="/wiki/Sun_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Street">Sun Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moon_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Moon Street">Moon Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Star_Street_(Hong_Kong)" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Street (Hong Kong)">Star Street</a> was the original site of the first power station in Hong Kong, operated by the <a href="/wiki/Hongkong_Electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Hongkong Electric">Hongkong Electric Company</a>, which began supplying power in 1890.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the first waterfront hospitals was the <a href="/wiki/Seaman%27s_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaman's Hospital">Seaman's Hospital</a>, built in 1843, which was funded by the British merchant group Jardine's. It was then sold to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">British Royal Navy</a> in 1873 and subsequently redeveloped into the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Hospital" title="Royal Naval Hospital">Royal Naval Hospital</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, the hospital was revitalised as the <a href="/wiki/Ruttonjee_Hospital" title="Ruttonjee Hospital">Ruttonjee Hospital</a> and became one of the main public hospitals in Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-davis_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-davis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The district was home to several well-known schools. One of these schools was established by the famous traditional teacher, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mo_Dunmei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mo Dunmei (page does not exist)">Mo Dunmei</a> (<span lang="zh-Hant">莫敦梅</span>). Started as a <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shushu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shushu (page does not exist)">shushu</a></i> (<span lang="zh-Hant">書塾</span>) in 1919, the school was renamed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dunmei_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dunmei School (page does not exist)">Dunmei School</a> (<span lang="zh-Hant">敦梅學校</span>) in 1934 after him.<sup id="cite_ref-hku.hk_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hku.hk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oralhistory_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oralhistory-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It taught <a href="/wiki/Classical_Chinese" title="Classical Chinese">classical Chinese</a> writings and <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucian</a> ethics. </p><p>In 1936, the Chinese Methodist Church (<span lang="zh-Hant">香港基督教循道衛理教會</span>) moved its building from Caine Road, Mid-levels Central, to Hennessy Road (<span lang="zh-Hant">軒尼詩道</span>), Wanchai, a thoroughfare of the district running from west to east.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This church building became the landmark of the district. In 1998, this building was demolished and replaced by a 23-storey building. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War_and_the_Sino-Japanese_War_(1937–1945)"><span id="Second_World_War_and_the_Sino-Japanese_War_.281937.E2.80.931945.29"></span>Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Occupation_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong">Japanese occupation</a> in the early 1940s, many bombardments took place in Wan Chai. There were abundant incidences<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style"><span title="''incidence'' is normally used only in the singular form, perhaps ''incidence'', ''incidents'', or ''instances'' was intended (September 2022)">spelling?</span></a></i>]</sup> of <a href="/wiki/Human_cannibalism" title="Human cannibalism">cannibalism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starvation" title="Starvation">starvation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torture" title="Torture">torture</a> and abuses of the local population by the Japanese soldiers, including the illegal use of child labour. Senior residents could recall vividly how they survived the hardships: this oral history became an important, first-hand source of the harsh living conditions in Hong Kong under the Japanese period.<sup id="cite_ref-oralhistory_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oralhistory-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dunmei school was closed during the Japanese occupation period. After the war, the school continued to provide Chinese education for children from families of higher income.<sup id="cite_ref-hku.hk_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hku.hk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_development_(from_1945)"><span id="Post-war_development_.28from_1945.29"></span>Post-war development (from 1945)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-war development (from 1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/1950s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1950s in Hong Kong">1950s</a> the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of China">pro-Communist</a> underground cell network Hailiushe (海流社) established their headquarters at the rooftop of a multi-story house on <a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden_Lane" title="Spring Garden Lane">Spring Garden Lane</a>. This group was successfully raided by the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Force" title="Hong Kong Police Force">Hong Kong police</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Hong_Kong" title="Prostitution in Hong Kong">Prostitution</a> has been one of the oldest occupations in Wan Chai. There are numerous historical accounts of women trading sexual services for western merchandise, especially with sailors from trading ships visiting this area.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In the <a href="/wiki/1960s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1960s in Hong Kong">1960s</a>, Wan Chai became legendary for its exotic <a href="/wiki/Night_life" class="mw-redirect" title="Night life">night life</a>, especially for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">US servicemen</a> resting there during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Resistance War against America</a> .<sup id="cite_ref-Wordie_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wordie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite rapid changes of Wan Chai's demography from reclamation and redevelopment, the presence of sex workers operating among ordinary residential areas has continued to be a distinctive feature. Some of the lifestyle was illustrated in past movies such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Suzie_Wong_(film)" title="The World of Suzie Wong (film)">The World of Suzie Wong</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transfer_of_sovereignty_to_China_(PRC)"><span id="Transfer_of_sovereignty_to_China_.28PRC.29"></span>Transfer of sovereignty to China (PRC)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transfer of sovereignty to China (PRC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wan Chai's <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">HKCEC</a> has been home to major political and economic events. It was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_handover_ceremony" title="Hong Kong handover ceremony">Hong Kong handover ceremony</a> in 1997, in which the last governor of Hong Kong, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Patten" title="Chris Patten">Chris Patten</a>, formally concluded the British chapter and transferred Hong Kong to <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">China</a>. The <a href="/wiki/WTO_Ministerial_Conference_of_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005">WTO Ministerial Conference</a> in 2005 was also one of the largest international events hosted in Hong Kong, with delegates from 148 countries participating. </p><p>In May 2009, 300 guests and staff members at the Metropark Hotel in Wan Chai were quarantined, suspected of being infected or in contact with the <a href="/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H1N1" title="Influenza A virus subtype H1N1">H1N1 virus</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic" title="2009 swine flu pandemic">global outbreak of swine flu</a>. A 25-year-old Mexican man who had stayed at the hotel was later found to have caught the viral infection. He had traveled to Hong Kong from Mexico via Shanghai.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reclamation">Reclamation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reclamation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wanchaireclamation.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Wanchaireclamation.gif/250px-Wanchaireclamation.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Wanchaireclamation.gif/375px-Wanchaireclamation.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Wanchaireclamation.gif/500px-Wanchaireclamation.gif 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="402" /></a><figcaption>The changes of Wan Chai's coastline from <span class="clarify-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">1842</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Clarify" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Johnston Road, originally Praya East, was opened in the late 19th century. Wan Chai Road was on the coast. (May 2024)">clarify</span></a></i>]</sup> to 1997</figcaption></figure> <p>Wan Chai's coastline has been extended outwards after a series of <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_Hong_Kong" title="Land reclamation in Hong Kong">land reclamation</a> schemes. Early in 1841, the coastline was located at Queen's Road East (the area of Spring Gardens and Ship Street). The first reclamation took place and new land was sold to <span style="color:black;background:#f0f0ff">Minister of Foreign Affairs of the British Colony.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (May 2024)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> The project was privately funded and the government did not take part. Soon after, in 1858, the Minister and his salesmen sold the land back to <span style="color:black;background:#f0f0ff">the Chinese</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (May 2024)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> after Sir Robert Brown Black <span class="clarify-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">was named <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong" title="President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong">President</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong" title="Legislative Council of Hong Kong">Legislative Council of Hong Kong</a>.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Clarify" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The governor was ex-officio president of the council. (May 2024)">clarify</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-amogov_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amogov-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next reclamation project in Wan Chai was the <a href="/wiki/Praya_East_Reclamation_Scheme" title="Praya East Reclamation Scheme">Praya East Reclamation Scheme</a>. The coastline was extended to today's Gloucester Road. The reclamation after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> from 1965 to 1972 pushed the coastline further out to the areas around <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_Avenue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convention Avenue (page does not exist)">Convention Avenue</a> and <span style="color:black;background:#f0f0ff">the <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Pier" title="Wan Chai Pier">Wan Chai Pier</a>.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (May 2024)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> The 1990s <a href="/wiki/Central_and_Wan_Chai_Reclamation#Wan_Chai_Development_Project" title="Central and Wan Chai Reclamation">Wan Chai Development project</a> added additional land, on which the current <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">HKCEC</a> stands today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community_life">Community life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Community life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hk-bookfair2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Hk-bookfair2.jpg/220px-Hk-bookfair2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Hk-bookfair2.jpg/330px-Hk-bookfair2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Hk-bookfair2.jpg/440px-Hk-bookfair2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Book fair inside the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:No._1,3,5,7,9,11_Mallory_Street,_Wan_Chai.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/No._1%2C3%2C5%2C7%2C9%2C11_Mallory_Street%2C_Wan_Chai.JPG/220px-No._1%2C3%2C5%2C7%2C9%2C11_Mallory_Street%2C_Wan_Chai.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/No._1%2C3%2C5%2C7%2C9%2C11_Mallory_Street%2C_Wan_Chai.JPG/330px-No._1%2C3%2C5%2C7%2C9%2C11_Mallory_Street%2C_Wan_Chai.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/No._1%2C3%2C5%2C7%2C9%2C11_Mallory_Street%2C_Wan_Chai.JPG/440px-No._1%2C3%2C5%2C7%2C9%2C11_Mallory_Street%2C_Wan_Chai.JPG 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comix_Homebase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comix Homebase (page does not exist)">Comix Homebase</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wan Chai is a major hub of foreign and Chinese cultural institutions in Hong Kong. It is home to the French <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Francaise" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance Francaise">Alliance Francaise</a>, German <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Goethe-Institut" title="Goethe-Institut">Goethe-Institut</a></span></span> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Council" title="British Council">British Council</a> (until 2001). Near the waterfront, there are the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Academy_for_Performing_Arts" title="Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts">Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Arts_Centre" title="Hong Kong Arts Centre">Hong Kong Arts Centre</a>, two of the most popular venues for theatrical and cultural performances in Hong Kong. The Academy for Performing Arts is a higher education institution that trains musicians, performers, actors and dancers, as well as a public venue for drama, concerts, dance, and <a href="/wiki/Musical_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical theater">musicals</a> productions. Every year the academy produces a number of <a href="/wiki/Broadway_musical" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway musical">Broadway musicals</a>, including <i><a href="/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rain" title="Singin' in the Rain">Singin' in the Rain</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever" title="Saturday Night Fever">Saturday Night Fever</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Annie_(musical)" title="Annie (musical)">Annie</a></i>. The Arts Centre, just opposite to the academy, houses a studio theatre, art galleries, rehearsal rooms, the Goethe-Institut and a restaurant overlooking the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre</a> (HKCEC), a HK$4.8 billion convention centre with an extension completed in 1997, covers over 16 acres (65,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of newly reclaimed land that added an extra 38,000 m<sup>2</sup> of functional space to the existing convention centre.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It remains a venue for international trade fairs, some of which are among the biggest in the world: the annual <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Book_Fair" title="Hong Kong Book Fair">Hong Kong Book Fair</a> in July, food fair and festival, technology exhibitions, and <a href="/wiki/Cosplay" title="Cosplay">cosplay</a> competitions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dining">Dining</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lung_Moon_Restaurant_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lung_Moon_Restaurant_2009.jpg/220px-Lung_Moon_Restaurant_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lung_Moon_Restaurant_2009.jpg/330px-Lung_Moon_Restaurant_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Lung_Moon_Restaurant_2009.jpg/440px-Lung_Moon_Restaurant_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="1044" /></a><figcaption><i>Lung Mun</i>, an old-styled Cantonese restaurant</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3a_Sun_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/3a_Sun_Street.jpg/220px-3a_Sun_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/3a_Sun_Street.jpg/330px-3a_Sun_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/3a_Sun_Street.jpg/440px-3a_Sun_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2246" data-file-height="1498" /></a><figcaption>Shops in Sun Street</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cha_chaan_teng" title="Cha chaan teng">Cha chaan teng</a> are local-styled <a href="/wiki/Fast-food_restaurant" title="Fast-food restaurant">fast-food restaurants</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_bakery" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese bakery">Chinese pastry</a>. Many of the restaurants can be found all along <a href="/wiki/Jaffe_Road" title="Jaffe Road">Jaffe Road</a>. Numerous <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_tea_culture" title="Hong Kong tea culture">tea shops</a> offer cheap <a href="/wiki/Chinese_herbal_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese herbal tea">Chinese herbal tea</a>, like <a href="/wiki/Chinese_herb_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese herb tea">leong cha</a> (<i>lit.</i> cool tea) and <a href="/wiki/24_flavors" title="24 flavors">24-mei</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_pai_dong" title="Dai pai dong">Dai pai dong</a>, open-air restaurants in a big tent, is another classic restaurant type that appeared in Wan Chai. Despite the often unclean and uncomfortable eating conditions, many people are attracted to the freshly made <a href="/wiki/Rice_noodle_roll" title="Rice noodle roll">steamed rice roll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Congee" title="Congee">congee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chow_mein" title="Chow mein">chow mein</a> early in the morning. Due to <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> projects in recent years, most of these restaurants are fading away.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yum_Cha" class="mw-redirect" title="Yum Cha">Yum Cha</a>, is the name associated with having <a href="/wiki/Dim_sum" title="Dim sum">dim sum</a>, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Fook_Lam_Moon" title="Fook Lam Moon">Fook Lam Moon</a> restaurant.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People usually have "one bowl with two pieces" (<span lang="zh-Hant">一盅兩件</span>, meaning a cup of tea with two dim sums) for breakfast. There were three old-styled dims restaurants remaining in Wan Chai, namely <i>Lung Mun</i>, <i>Lung To</i>, and <i>Lung Tuen</i>. <i>Lung Mun</i>, the last of the trio, closed on 30 November 2009. A number of <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_cuisine" title="Buddhist cuisine">Buddhist cuisine restaurants</a> are also available in the area.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1980s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1980s in Hong Kong">1980s</a> also saw an expansion of <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Hong_Kong#Western_styles" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Hong Kong">Western-cuisine restaurants</a> in Wan Chai. Nowadays, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cuisine" title="Japanese cuisine">Japanese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_cuisine" title="Korean cuisine">Korean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_cuisine" title="Vietnamese cuisine">Vietnamese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thai_cuisine" title="Thai cuisine">Thai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indian_cuisine" title="Indian cuisine">Indian</a> restaurants are all very common. There are also many <a href="/wiki/Fast_food_restaurant" class="mw-redirect" title="Fast food restaurant">fast food restaurants</a> serving <a href="/wiki/Cantonese_cuisine" title="Cantonese cuisine">Cantonese</a> and other Chinese dishes, including the franchised <a href="/wiki/Maxim%27s_Catering" class="mw-redirect" title="Maxim's Catering">Maxim's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_de_Coral" title="Café de Coral">Café de Coral</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jaffe_Road" title="Jaffe Road">Jaffe Road</a> and Lockhart Road are famous for pubs.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bar_district">Bar district</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bar district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area towards the western end of <a href="/wiki/Lockhart_Road" title="Lockhart Road">Lockhart Road</a>, including a small part of the parallel <a href="/wiki/Jaffe_Road" title="Jaffe Road">Jaffe Road</a>, is one of Hong Kong island's two main bar districts (the other being the more upmarket <a href="/wiki/Lan_Kwai_Fong" title="Lan Kwai Fong">Lan Kwai Fong</a> in Central). Once considered primarily as a <a href="/wiki/Red_light_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Red light district">red light district</a>, this area is now more diverse with bars, pubs, restaurants and <a href="/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">discos</a>. A number of the raunchier bars still remain, however, their doorways festooned with women from <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. The famous novel and film <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Suzie_Wong" title="The World of Suzie Wong">The World of Suzie Wong</a></i> sets many scenes in this area. The bar district has been popular with visiting sailors and navies, when Fenwick Pier, west of the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre</a>, was in use as a military pier.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recreational_activities">Recreational activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Recreational activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_Wan_Chai_Road_%E7%81%A3%E4%BB%94%E9%81%93_night_Basketball_court_Hennessy_Road_Dec-2013.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/HK_Wan_Chai_Road_%E7%81%A3%E4%BB%94%E9%81%93_night_Basketball_court_Hennessy_Road_Dec-2013.JPG/220px-HK_Wan_Chai_Road_%E7%81%A3%E4%BB%94%E9%81%93_night_Basketball_court_Hennessy_Road_Dec-2013.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/HK_Wan_Chai_Road_%E7%81%A3%E4%BB%94%E9%81%93_night_Basketball_court_Hennessy_Road_Dec-2013.JPG/330px-HK_Wan_Chai_Road_%E7%81%A3%E4%BB%94%E9%81%93_night_Basketball_court_Hennessy_Road_Dec-2013.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/HK_Wan_Chai_Road_%E7%81%A3%E4%BB%94%E9%81%93_night_Basketball_court_Hennessy_Road_Dec-2013.JPG/440px-HK_Wan_Chai_Road_%E7%81%A3%E4%BB%94%E9%81%93_night_Basketball_court_Hennessy_Road_Dec-2013.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Basketball court near Wan Chai Road</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Southorn_Playground" title="Southorn Playground">Southorn Playground</a> on Johnston Road (the tram line) is a meeting place for the locals in Wan Chai, particularly the senior residents. During the prime years of the British colonial administration, <a href="/wiki/Coolie" title="Coolie">coolie</a> workers would convene at the playground in the morning to await employment opportunities. In the evening, the playground became an open-air pitch where people sold food, performed <a href="/wiki/Magic_(illusion)" title="Magic (illusion)">magic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kung_fu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kung fu">kung fu</a>. </p><p>Some of those trademark activities still exist through today: senior citizens socialise and play <a href="/wiki/Xiangqi" title="Xiangqi">Chinese chess</a>, young people at school play <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, ad-hoc street basketball games that attract flocks of spectators and players. Occasionally, the entire playground is used for carnival fairs, three-player drill basketball contests and <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_dance" title="Hip hop dance">hip hop dance</a> competitions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_diversity">Religious diversity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Religious diversity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hk_wan_chai_old_temple_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Hk_wan_chai_old_temple_1.jpg/220px-Hk_wan_chai_old_temple_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Hk_wan_chai_old_temple_1.jpg/330px-Hk_wan_chai_old_temple_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Hk_wan_chai_old_temple_1.jpg/440px-Hk_wan_chai_old_temple_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hung_Shing_Temple,_Wan_Chai" title="Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai">Hung Shing Temple</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Wan Chai's places of worship represent <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>, Christianity, <a href="/wiki/Mormonism" title="Mormonism">Mormonism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. Despite the wide variety, many religious structures are located in close proximity to each other. <a href="/wiki/Hung_Shing_Temple,_Wan_Chai" title="Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai">Hung Shing Temple</a>, for example, is a typically <a href="/wiki/Taoist" class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist">Taoist</a> temple. Inside, there are <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> <a href="/wiki/Kwun_Yum" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwun Yum">Kwun Yum</a> chapels next to the main altar. People coming to worship <a href="/wiki/Hung_Shing_Ye" class="mw-redirect" title="Hung Shing Ye">Hung Shing Ye</a> could also burn <a href="/wiki/Joss_stick" class="mw-redirect" title="Joss stick">joss sticks</a> to Kwun Yum as well. <a href="/wiki/Villain_hitting" title="Villain hitting">Villain hitting</a> is another blended ceremony, combining in different proportions <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucianism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion" title="Chinese folk religion">folk religion</a>. Some old female "psychics" perform this ancient ceremony under the <a href="/wiki/Canal_Road_Flyover" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal Road Flyover">Canal Road Flyover</a> in particular days of a lunar month. The Wan Chai <a href="/wiki/Khalsa_Diwan_Sikh_Temple" title="Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple">Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple</a> is the biggest <a href="/wiki/Gurdwara" title="Gurdwara">Sikh temple</a> in Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asia <a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">Area Office</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>, along with chapels where multiple congregations meet throughout the week, is on <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Road,_Hong_Kong" title="Gloucester Road, Hong Kong">Gloucester Road</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism_and_landmarks">Tourism and landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Tourism and landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GoldenBauhiniaSquare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/GoldenBauhiniaSquare.jpg/220px-GoldenBauhiniaSquare.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/GoldenBauhiniaSquare.jpg/330px-GoldenBauhiniaSquare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/GoldenBauhiniaSquare.jpg/440px-GoldenBauhiniaSquare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="623" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Golden_Bauhinia_Square" title="Golden Bauhinia Square">Golden Bauhinia Square</a> at night</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Tung_Avenue_Night_view_201512.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lee_Tung_Avenue_Night_view_201512.jpg/220px-Lee_Tung_Avenue_Night_view_201512.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lee_Tung_Avenue_Night_view_201512.jpg/330px-Lee_Tung_Avenue_Night_view_201512.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lee_Tung_Avenue_Night_view_201512.jpg/440px-Lee_Tung_Avenue_Night_view_201512.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>Lee Tung Avenue</figcaption></figure> <p>Wan Chai offers historical conservation sites including <a href="/wiki/Old_Wan_Chai_Post_Office" title="Old Wan Chai Post Office">Old Wan Chai Post Office</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hung_Shing_Temple,_Wan_Chai" title="Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai">Hung Shing Temple</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Tai_Tsz_Temple_and_Pak_Tai_Temple" title="Sam Tai Tsz Temple and Pak Tai Temple">Pak Tai Temple</a>. Many of the medium-sized shopping centres are named in numerals, such as Oriental 188, 328, and 298 Computer Centre. These numbers might have come from the earlier days when all prostitution houses were numbered, as they were referred to as "big numbers" (<span lang="zh-Hant">大冧巴</span>, <i>dai lum bah</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Wordie_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wordie-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are many commercial complexes and office skyscrapers in Wan Chai. The <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_dollar" title="Hong Kong dollar">HK$</a>4.4 billion 78-storey skyscraper <a href="/wiki/Central_Plaza_(Hong_Kong)" title="Central Plaza (Hong Kong)">Central Plaza</a> currently stands as the third tallest building in Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Small but free art exhibitions used to be held on the second floor all year round, whereas the first floor connects Wan Chai's footbridge network: the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre at the network's extreme north, <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Pier" title="Wan Chai Pier">Wan Chai Pier</a>, China Building, Harbour Centre, Central Plaza, Immigration Department Tower, Wan Chai Court, <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_station" title="Wan Chai station">Wan Chai MTR station</a> and Johnston Road (the tram line) at the network's extreme south. </p><p>More recent tourist attractions include the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Bauhinia_Square" title="Golden Bauhinia Square">Golden Bauhinia Square</a>, the site of a daily flag-rising ceremony. This ceremony is enhanced on 1 July (<a href="/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong" title="Handover of Hong Kong">Handover of Hong Kong</a>) and 1 October (<a href="/wiki/National_Day_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="National Day of the People's Republic of China">National Day of China</a>). </p><p>A 3-storey <a href="/wiki/Pergola" title="Pergola">pergola</a> exhibition is built opposite to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Li_Chit_Garden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Li Chit Garden (page does not exist)">Li Chit Garden</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tai_Fat_Hau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tai Fat Hau (page does not exist)">Tai Fat Hau</a> footbridge also holds an art display of the fingerprints of 30,000 citizens slated for the <i><a href="/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness Book of World Records">Guinness Book of World Records</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The sticker pictures on 50 poles of the bridge have been colloquially called the <i>"50 landscapes of Wan Chai"</i> (<span lang="zh-Hant">灣仔五十景</span>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bowen_Road#Lovers'_Rock" title="Bowen Road">Lovers' Rock</a> reclines on the hillside of <a href="/wiki/Bowen_Road" title="Bowen Road">Bowen Road</a> near <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiu_Fai_Terrace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shiu Fai Terrace (page does not exist)">Shiu Fai Terrace</a>, mid-levels Wan Chai. The rock received its name since it resembles a small, thin column sticking out of the rock base. This special-looking rock is said to have granted happy marriages to its devoted worshippers.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many people are attracted by its reputation. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wan_Chai_Pano_202105.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Wan_Chai_Pano_202105.jpg/800px-Wan_Chai_Pano_202105.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="366" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Wan_Chai_Pano_202105.jpg/1200px-Wan_Chai_Pano_202105.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Wan_Chai_Pano_202105.jpg/1600px-Wan_Chai_Pano_202105.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4371" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>View of Wan Chai at night from <a href="/wiki/Stubbs_Road" title="Stubbs Road">Stubbs Road</a>, also showing <a href="/wiki/Central_Plaza_(Hong_Kong)" title="Central Plaza (Hong Kong)">Central Plaza</a> on the right</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buildings_and_constructions">Buildings and constructions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Buildings and constructions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wan_Chai_shops.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Wan_Chai_shops.JPG/220px-Wan_Chai_shops.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Wan_Chai_shops.JPG/330px-Wan_Chai_shops.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Wan_Chai_shops.JPG/440px-Wan_Chai_shops.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Old-fashioned shops (<i><a href="/wiki/Tong-lau" class="mw-redirect" title="Tong-lau">tong-lau</a></i>) in Wan Chai are typical examples of <a href="/wiki/Lingnan_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Lingnan culture">Lingnan architecture</a>, comparable to those found in <a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>. Attached to the second story from the pavement, numerous pillars were built in front of the closed stores.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Tung_Street.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Lee_Tung_Street.JPG/220px-Lee_Tung_Street.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Lee_Tung_Street.JPG/330px-Lee_Tung_Street.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Lee_Tung_Street.JPG/440px-Lee_Tung_Street.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Banners brandished all over <a href="/wiki/Lee_Tung_Street" title="Lee Tung Street">Lee Tung Street</a> against the demolishing action of the government in 2005</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout Wan Chai's history, construction styles have changed according to the architectural movement at the time. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Era </th> <th width="30%">Style </th> <th width="30%">Examples </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qing_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Dynasty">Qing Dynasty</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_architecture" title="Chinese architecture">Chinese-style</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hung_Shing_Temple,_Wan_Chai" title="Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai">Hung Shing Temple</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1910s–1920s</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">Neoclassical architecture</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Wan_Chai_Post_Office" title="Old Wan Chai Post Office">Old Wan Chai Post Office</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Blue_House_(Hong_Kong)" title="Blue House (Hong Kong)">Blue House</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1930s</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Streamline_Moderne" title="Streamline Moderne">Streamline Moderne architecture</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Wan Chai Market">Wan Chai Market</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Post-WWII</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bauhaus" title="Bauhaus">Bauhaus-style</a></td> <td>Shop houses (<i><a href="/wiki/Tong-lau" class="mw-redirect" title="Tong-lau">tong-lau</a></i>) on <a href="/wiki/Lee_Tung_Street" title="Lee Tung Street">Lee Tung Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tai_Yuen_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Yuen Street">Tai Yuen Street</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chevron_House" title="Chevron House">Caltex House</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1950s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1950s in Hong Kong">1950s</a> and <a href="/wiki/1960s_in_Hong_Kong" title="1960s in Hong Kong">1960s</a>, an increasing number of <a href="/wiki/Bar_(establishment)" title="Bar (establishment)">girlie bars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">nightclubs</a> were opened in the <a href="/wiki/Red-light_district" title="Red-light district">red-light district</a> by <a href="/wiki/Jaffe_Road" title="Jaffe Road">Jaffe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockhart_Road" title="Lockhart Road">Lockhart Road</a>. The establishments entertained visiting sailors landing at <a href="/wiki/Fenwick_Pier" title="Fenwick Pier">Fenwick Pier</a>. Beyond Gloucester Road is the commercial area developed in the late 1970s and 1980s, a time at which Hong Kong underwent economic development at full speed. At the same time, buildings like the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Academy_for_Performing_Arts" title="Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts">Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">HKCEC</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Central_Plaza_(Hong_Kong)" title="Central Plaza (Hong Kong)">Central Plaza</a> were constructed on the newly reclaimed land. </p><p>Skyscrapers in Wan Chai include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Plaza_(Hong_Kong)" title="Central Plaza (Hong Kong)">Central Plaza</a>, 78 floors, offices, completed in 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Centre_(Hong_Kong)" title="Hopewell Centre (Hong Kong)">Hopewell Centre</a>, 64 floors, offices, completed in 1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Hung_Kai_Centre" title="Sun Hung Kai Centre">Sun Hung Kai Centre</a>, 56 floors, offices, completed in 1981</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_House_(Hong_Kong)" class="mw-redirect" title="May House (Hong Kong)">May House</a>, 47 floors, government offices, completed in 2004. Headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Force" title="Hong Kong Police Force">Hong Kong Police Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Online_Centre" title="China Online Centre">China Online Centre</a>, 52 floors, offices, completed in 2000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Pacific_Place" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Pacific Place">Three Pacific Place</a>, 40 floors, offices, completed in 2004</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">Convention Plaza Office Tower</a>, 50 floors, offices, completed in 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_Tower" title="Immigration Tower">Immigration Tower</a>, 49 floors, government offices, completed in 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Tower" title="Revenue Tower">Revenue Tower</a>, 49 floors, government offices, completed in 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanchai_Tower" title="Wanchai Tower">Wanchai Tower</a>, 44 floors, government offices, completed in 1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLC_Tower" class="mw-redirect" title="MLC Tower">MLC Tower</a>, 40 floors, offices, completed in 1998</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Chung_House" title="Wu Chung House">Wu Chung House</a>, 40 floors, offices and government offices, completed in 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Eagle_Centre" title="Great Eagle Centre">Great Eagle Centre</a>, 35 floors, offices, completed in 1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shui_On_Centre" title="Shui On Centre">Shui On Centre</a>, 35 floors, offices, completed in 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/QRE_Plaza" title="QRE Plaza">QRE Plaza</a>, 35 floors, offices and shops, completed in 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Resources_Building" title="China Resources Building">China Resources Building</a>, 48 floors, offices, completed in 1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbour_Centre" title="Harbour Centre">Harbour Centre</a>, 33 floors, offices, completed in 1983</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_decay_and_renewal">Urban decay and renewal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Urban decay and renewal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of Wan Chai's older buildings now face a serious problem of <a href="/wiki/Urban_decay" title="Urban decay">urban decay</a>. To tackle the problem, the government has launched a series of <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> projects to bring new life into the area. Many local residents have relocation worries such as whether the <a href="/wiki/Urban_Renewal_Authority" title="Urban Renewal Authority">Urban Renewal Authority</a> can compensate enough to put them in a new space of equal size. Other concerns involve the loss of building character that make up part of that <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Hong_Kong" title="Culture of Hong Kong">Hong Kong cultural identity</a>. </p> <ul><li><i><b>Demolition of Lee Tung St</b></i> – Old buildings on <a href="/wiki/Lee_Tung_Street" title="Lee Tung Street">Lee Tung Street</a> are scheduled for demolition. Many businesses have shut down or moved out. Today, most stores have signs on their gate proclaiming "This is an <a href="/wiki/Urban_Renewal_Authority" title="Urban Renewal Authority">Urban Renewal Authority</a> Property".</li> <li><i><b>Renovation of Tai Yuen St</b></i> – Visitors may gain a distinctive experience of bustling local street-stall shopping in <a href="/wiki/Tai_Yuen_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Yuen Street">Tai Yuen Street</a>. Many <a href="/wiki/Huckster" title="Huckster">huckster</a> stalls sell a wide variety of <a href="/wiki/Food_preservation" title="Food preservation">dried goods</a>, garments, household products, <a href="/wiki/Dumpling" title="Dumpling">dumplings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_herbal_medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese herbal medicine">Chinese herbal medicine</a>. This predominantly tourist attraction area is a place where old houses and modern mansions mingle, creating an interesting disparity.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_and_Wan_Chai_reclamation_(from_2007)"><span id="Central_and_Wan_Chai_reclamation_.28from_2007.29"></span>Central and Wan Chai reclamation (from 2007)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Central and Wan Chai reclamation (from 2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Central_and_Wan_Chai_Reclamation" title="Central and Wan Chai Reclamation">Central and Wan Chai Reclamation</a></div> <p>After the completion of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation Feasibility Study in 1989, the Land Development Policy Committee endorsed the idea of an ongoing series of reclamation.<sup id="cite_ref-cwr_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cwr-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reclamation comprises three discrete development areas to be aligned by public parks, namely, Central, Tamar and Exhibition. The urban development of each cell would be further divided into five subsequent phases. As of 2014, reclamation for the Central area has been completed: the area is largely taken by the new government offices and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (its old building in the heart of Central has been reverted to its original use as the Supreme Court). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Hong Kong <a href="/wiki/Immigration_Department_(Hong_Kong)" title="Immigration Department (Hong Kong)">Immigration Department</a> has its headquarters at the <a href="/wiki/Immigration_Tower" title="Immigration Tower">Immigration Tower</a> in Wan Chai.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Force" title="Hong Kong Police Force">Hong Kong Police Force</a> operates from the Wan Chai District; their headquarters is located at the Wan Chai Police District Headquarters, 1 Arsenal Street.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> within the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Headquarters" title="Hong Kong Police Headquarters">Hong Kong Police Headquarters</a> Compound. Maggie Farley of the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> said in 1996, referring to the then <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Police_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Wan Chai Police Station">Wan Chai Police Station</a>, that the police headquarters was "a stolid, whitewashed building with square pillars and breezy verandas".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Esquel_Group" title="Esquel Group">Esquel Group</a> has its head office in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harbour_Centre_(Hong_Kong)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harbour Centre (Hong Kong) (page does not exist)">Harbour Centre</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B7%E6%B8%AF%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83" class="extiw" title="zh:海港中心">zh</a>]</span> (海港中心), Wan Chai.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jademan (now <a href="/wiki/Culturecom" title="Culturecom">Culturecom</a>) was formerly headquartered in Harbour Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wan_Chai_North_Public_Transport_Interchange_(blue_sky).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Wan_Chai_North_Public_Transport_Interchange_%28blue_sky%29.jpg/220px-Wan_Chai_North_Public_Transport_Interchange_%28blue_sky%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Wan_Chai_North_Public_Transport_Interchange_%28blue_sky%29.jpg/330px-Wan_Chai_North_Public_Transport_Interchange_%28blue_sky%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Wan_Chai_North_Public_Transport_Interchange_%28blue_sky%29.jpg/440px-Wan_Chai_North_Public_Transport_Interchange_%28blue_sky%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Wan Chai North Public Transport Interchange</figcaption></figure> <p>Geographically, Wan Chai is the crossing point between the Central and Western District (<a href="/wiki/West_Point,_Hong_Kong" title="West Point, Hong Kong">West Point</a>/<a href="/wiki/Central,_Hong_Kong" title="Central, Hong Kong">Central</a>), and the Eastern (<a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay" title="Causeway Bay">Causeway Bay</a>/<a href="/wiki/North_Point" title="North Point">North Point</a>) district. Its thoroughfares connect the main developed areas along the northern coast of <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Hong_Kong" title="Transport in Hong Kong">transport infrastructure</a> is efficient, convenient and highly accessible. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_Transit_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Mass Transit Railway">Mass Transit Railway</a> (MTR) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_station" title="Wan Chai station">Wan Chai station</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Island_line_(MTR)" title="Island line (MTR)">Island line</a>, trains run between Kennedy Town and Chai Wan (north-eastern part of Hong Kong Island)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exhibition_Centre_station_(MTR)" title="Exhibition Centre station (MTR)">Exhibition Centre station</a> on the <a href="/wiki/East_Rail_line" title="East Rail line">East Rail line</a>, trains run between Admiralty and Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau border crossings</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Tram" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong Tram">Trams</a> run between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan (north-eastern part of Hong Kong Island)</li> <li>Buses travel along thoroughfares such as Gloucester Road and Hennessy Road, with destinations as different parts of Hong Kong</li> <li>Ferry services from <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Pier" title="Wan Chai Pier">Wan Chai Pier</a> to Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon, across the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ferries">Ferries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Ferries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Star_Ferry" title="Star Ferry">Star Ferry</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Pier" title="Wan Chai Pier">Wan Chai Pier</a> is the sole ferry operator in the area. Frequent services cross the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a> from <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">HKCEC</a>, Wan Chai to the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Cultural_Centre" title="Hong Kong Cultural Centre">Cultural Centre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tsim_Sha_Tsui" title="Tsim Sha Tsui">Tsim Sha Tsui</a>. In light of more convenient and competitive cross-harbour public transportation, the Star Ferry continues to provide an inexpensive option to local commuters. Numerous shipping companies, such as the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Eastern_Group" title="Anglo-Eastern Group">Anglo-Eastern Group</a>, also have their headquarters in Wan Chai. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_roads_and_tunnels">Main roads and tunnels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Main roads and tunnels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gloucester_Road.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Gloucester_Road.JPG/220px-Gloucester_Road.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Gloucester_Road.JPG/330px-Gloucester_Road.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Gloucester_Road.JPG/440px-Gloucester_Road.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Road,_Hong_Kong" title="Gloucester Road, Hong Kong">Gloucester Road</a> in Wan Chai.</figcaption></figure> <p>Wan Chai's <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Road,_Hong_Kong" title="Gloucester Road, Hong Kong">Gloucester Road</a>, an east–west trunk route along the northern coast, is connected to <a href="/wiki/Cross-Harbour_Tunnel" title="Cross-Harbour Tunnel">Cross-Harbour Tunnel</a>, the first undersea tunnel in Hong Kong. This tunnel is connected to the south by a direct viaduct from its landing point on Hong Kong Island to the <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Tunnel" title="Aberdeen Tunnel">Aberdeen Tunnel</a> towards the southern coast.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Connecting <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kellett_Island" title="Kellett Island">Kellett Island</a> (the site of the Royal Navy Club) to a reclaimed site at <a href="/wiki/Hung_Hom_Bay" title="Hung Hom Bay">Hung Hom Bay</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kowloon" title="Kowloon">Kowloon</a>, this tunnel provides a direct link by road. Prior to the tunnel's opening in 1972, local drivers and pedestrians depended solely upon the Star Ferry services to cross the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Linking the main financial districts on both sides of Victoria Harbour, the tunnel carries 123,000 vehicles daily.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the thoroughfare <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Road_East" title="Queen's Road East">Queen's Road East</a>, an extension from Queen's Road West at Kennedy Town, through Queen's Road Central at Central, Queensway at Admiralty, takes a southerly route to provide an alternative east–west road link. Due to Wan Chai's early involvement in the British colonial administration, road names were often taken from previous <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Hong_Kong" title="Governor of Hong Kong">Governors</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Hennessy_Road" title="Hennessy Road">Hennessy Road</a>, and notable people (Gloucester Road, Jaffe Road, Lockhart Road, Johnston Road, Fleming Road, Luard Road, O'Brien Road, Marsh Road, Stewart Road, McGregor Street, etc.). </p><p>Thoroughfares, Roads and Streets: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amoy_Street_(Hong_Kong)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amoy Street (Hong Kong)">Amoy Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Anton Street">Anton Street</a></li> <li>Arsenal Street</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_Avenue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convention Avenue (page does not exist)">Convention Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Lane" title="Cross Lane">Cross Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Street" title="Cross Street">Cross Street</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electric_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electric Street (page does not exist)">Electric Street</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Expo_Drive&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Expo Drive (page does not exist)">Expo Drive</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Expo_Drive_Central&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Expo Drive Central (page does not exist)">Expo Drive Central</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Expo_Drive_East&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Expo Drive East (page does not exist)">Expo Drive East</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fenwick_Pier_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fenwick Pier Street (page does not exist)">Fenwick Pier Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenwick_Street" title="Fenwick Street">Fenwick Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleming_Road" title="Fleming Road">Fleming Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gresson_Street" title="Gresson Street">Gresson Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbour_Road" title="Harbour Road">Harbour Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennessy_Road" title="Hennessy Road">Hennessy Road</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hill_Side_Terrace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hill Side Terrace (page does not exist)">Hill Side Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffe_Road" title="Jaffe Road">Jaffe Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Road" title="Johnston Road">Johnston Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landale_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Landale Street">Landale Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockhart_Road" title="Lockhart Road">Lockhart Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Tung_Avenue" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Tung Avenue">Lee Tung Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luard_Road" title="Luard Road">Luard Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lun_Fat_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Lun Fat Street">Lun Fat Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsh_Road,_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Marsh Road, Hong Kong">Marsh Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Path" class="mw-redirect" title="Monmouth Path">Monmouth Path</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Moon Street">Moon Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starstreet_Precinct" title="Starstreet Precinct">Starstreet Precinct</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=O%27Brien_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="O'Brien Road (page does not exist)">O'Brien Road</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Performing_Arts_Avenue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Performing Arts Avenue (page does not exist)">Performing Arts Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Road_East" title="Queen's Road East">Queen's Road East</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salvation_Army_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salvation Army Street (page does not exist)">Salvation Army Street</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Schooner_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Schooner Street (page does not exist)">Schooner Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_Street,_Hong_Kong" title="Ship Street, Hong Kong">Ship Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden_Lane" title="Spring Garden Lane">Spring Garden Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Francis_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Francis Street (page does not exist)">St. Francis Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Francis_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Francis Yard">St. Francis Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Street" title="Star Street">Star Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starstreet_Precinct" title="Starstreet Precinct">Starstreet Precinct</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stewart_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stewart Road (page does not exist)">Stewart Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Nullah_Lane" title="Stone Nullah Lane">Stone Nullah Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Street">Sun Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starstreet_Precinct" title="Starstreet Precinct">Starstreet Precinct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swatow_Street" title="Swatow Street">Swatow Street</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tai_Wo_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tai Wo Street (page does not exist)">Tai Wo Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Wong_Street_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Wong Street East">Tai Wong Street East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Wong_Street_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Wong Street West">Tai Wong Street West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Yuen_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Yuen Street">Tai Yuen Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomson_Road,_Hong_Kong" title="Thomson Road, Hong Kong">Thomson Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonnochy_Road" title="Tonnochy Road">Tonnochy Road</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Triangle_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Triangle Street (page does not exist)">Triangle Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Road" title="Wan Chai Road">Wan Chai Road</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wood_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wood Road (page does not exist)">Wood Road</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mass_Transit_Railway">Mass Transit Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Mass Transit Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MTR_Wan_Chai_station_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/MTR_Wan_Chai_station_%281%29.jpg/220px-MTR_Wan_Chai_station_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/MTR_Wan_Chai_station_%281%29.jpg/330px-MTR_Wan_Chai_station_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/MTR_Wan_Chai_station_%281%29.jpg/440px-MTR_Wan_Chai_station_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3455" data-file-height="1470" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_station" title="Wan Chai station">Wan Chai MTR station</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Johnston_Road_201504.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Johnston_Road_201504.jpg/220px-Johnston_Road_201504.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Johnston_Road_201504.jpg/330px-Johnston_Road_201504.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Johnston_Road_201504.jpg/440px-Johnston_Road_201504.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Trams in Johnston Road</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Island_line_(MTR)" title="Island line (MTR)">Island line</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_station" title="Wan Chai station">Wan Chai</a></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/MTR" title="MTR">MTR</a> <a href="/wiki/Island_line_(MTR)" title="Island line (MTR)">Island line</a> runs beneath <a href="/wiki/Hennessy_Road" title="Hennessy Road">Hennessy Road</a>, a thoroughfare, in the locality. Due to the large size of Wan Chai, more than 50 entry/exit gates and 8 entrances/exits are set up. An extension project was carried out in the early 2000s; it created two additional entrances/exits, one of which connects to the footbridge network from the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre to the station. Then this footbridge is also interconnected with covered corridor of buildings along the Victoria Harbour, and ends up at Wan Chai Pier. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Rail_line" title="East Rail line">East Rail line</a> - <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_Centre_station_(MTR)" title="Exhibition Centre station (MTR)">Exhibition Centre</a></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/East_Rail_line" title="East Rail line">East Rail line</a> was extended from <a href="/wiki/Hung_Hom_station" title="Hung Hom station">Hung Hom</a> to <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_station_(MTR)" title="Admiralty station (MTR)">Admiralty</a> in 2022 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Shatin_to_Central_Link" class="mw-redirect" title="Shatin to Central Link">Shatin to Central Link</a> project, with a newly built station near the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre. Its exits connect to the footbridge network in Wan Chai North which also leads back to Wan Chai station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trams">Trams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Trams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tram services run between <a href="/wiki/Shau_Kei_Wan" title="Shau Kei Wan">Shau Kei Wan</a> on the northeastern part of the island and <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Town" title="Kennedy Town">Kennedy Town</a> on the west, with a circular branch serving <a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley,_Hong_Kong" title="Happy Valley, Hong Kong">Happy Valley</a> and the Happy Valley Racecourse. The tram route runs across <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Road" title="Johnston Road">Johnston Road</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hennessy_Road" title="Hennessy Road">Hennessy Road</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Busy_streets_in_Wan_Chai.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Busy_streets_in_Wan_Chai.JPG/220px-Busy_streets_in_Wan_Chai.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Busy_streets_in_Wan_Chai.JPG/330px-Busy_streets_in_Wan_Chai.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Busy_streets_in_Wan_Chai.JPG/440px-Busy_streets_in_Wan_Chai.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fleming_Road" title="Fleming Road">Fleming Road</a> in Wan Chai, filled with <a href="/wiki/Buses_in_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Buses in Hong Kong">buses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taxicabs_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicabs of Hong Kong">taxis</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_Hong_Kong_Union_of_Chinese_Workers_in_Western_Style_Employment.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/HK_Hong_Kong_Union_of_Chinese_Workers_in_Western_Style_Employment.JPG/220px-HK_Hong_Kong_Union_of_Chinese_Workers_in_Western_Style_Employment.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/HK_Hong_Kong_Union_of_Chinese_Workers_in_Western_Style_Employment.JPG/330px-HK_Hong_Kong_Union_of_Chinese_Workers_in_Western_Style_Employment.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/HK_Hong_Kong_Union_of_Chinese_Workers_in_Western_Style_Employment.JPG/440px-HK_Hong_Kong_Union_of_Chinese_Workers_in_Western_Style_Employment.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Pedestrian crossing busy streets in Wan Chai (<a href="/wiki/Fleming_Road" title="Fleming Road">Fleming Road</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hennessy_Road" title="Hennessy Road">Hennessy Road</a> junction).</figcaption></figure> <p>Most buses travel in Wan Chai from <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> to <a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay" title="Causeway Bay">Causeway Bay</a> via <a href="/wiki/Hennessy_Road" title="Hennessy Road">Hennessy Road</a> or, in the opposite direction, <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Road" title="Johnston Road">Johnston Road</a> and Gloucester Road. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxis">Taxis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Taxis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Taxicabs_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicabs of Hong Kong">Red taxi</a> (urban) services are available to hire in Wan Chai. These can be pre-booked by telephone; however, hailing on the street is a more common way of getting a taxicab. Vehicles that carry a green plate at the front of their cars are able to carry passengers across the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Harbour" title="Victoria Harbour">Victoria Harbour</a> to Kowloon. There are, however, areas with restricted <a href="/wiki/Curb_(road)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curb (road)">kerbs</a> and designated pick-up and drop-off points in the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minibus">Minibus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Minibus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two types of <a href="/wiki/Public_light_bus" title="Public light bus">minibuses</a> in Wan Chai, the green minibus and the red minibus. In general, green minibuses operate on scheduled service with fixed routes and published fares. Red minibuses run with government licence but on non-scheduled services, casually connecting regular travellers and commuters to specific urban areas across <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hong Kong Island">Hong Kong Island</a>. Drivers of red minibuses will display fares in the front of their minibus windshields. </p> <ul><li><b>Routes</b>: <ul><li><b>Green</b>: 4A, 4B, 4C, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14M, 21A, 21M, 24A, 24M, 25, 28, 30, 31, 35M, 36X, 39M, 40, 56, 69</li> <li><b>Red</b>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Wan" title="Sai Wan">West Point</a> – <a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay" title="Causeway Bay">Causeway Bay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sogo" title="Sogo">Sogo</a>) / <a href="/wiki/Shau_Kei_Wan" title="Shau Kei Wan">Shau Kei Wan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuen_Wan" title="Tsuen Wan">Tsuen Wan</a> – Wan Chai – Causeway Bay. The return to Tsuen Wan stop is in front of Wan Chai Computer Centre.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheung_Shui" title="Sheung Shui">Sheung Shui</a> – Wan Chai</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuen_Long" title="Yuen Long">Yuen Long</a> – Wan Chai</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HK_Wan_Chai_Thomson_Road_Hennessy_Road_Primary_School_1a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/HK_Wan_Chai_Thomson_Road_Hennessy_Road_Primary_School_1a.jpg/220px-HK_Wan_Chai_Thomson_Road_Hennessy_Road_Primary_School_1a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/HK_Wan_Chai_Thomson_Road_Hennessy_Road_Primary_School_1a.jpg/330px-HK_Wan_Chai_Thomson_Road_Hennessy_Road_Primary_School_1a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/HK_Wan_Chai_Thomson_Road_Hennessy_Road_Primary_School_1a.jpg/440px-HK_Wan_Chai_Thomson_Road_Hennessy_Road_Primary_School_1a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Hennessy Road Government Primary School (軒尼詩道官立小學) in Wan Chai</figcaption></figure> <p>Wan Chai is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 12. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Hennessy Road Government Primary School (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">軒尼詩道官立小學</span>) and Sir Ellis Kadoorie (<a href="/wiki/Sookunpo" class="mw-redirect" title="Sookunpo">Sookunpo</a>) Primary School (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">官立嘉道理爵士小學</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Chai&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai"</a>. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Genre,_sexualit%C3%A9_et_soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Genre, sexualité et société (page does not exist)">Genre, sexualité et société</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre,_sexualit%C3%A9_et_soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="fr:Genre, sexualité et société">fr</a>]</span></i> (in French) (5). <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.4000%2Fgss.1878">10.4000/gss.1878</a></span>.</cite><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay" title="Causeway Bay">Causeway Bay</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kellett_Island" title="Kellett Island">Kellett Island</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley,_Hong_Kong" title="Happy Valley, Hong Kong">Happy Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jardine%27s_Lookout" title="Jardine's Lookout">Jardine's Lookout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Levels" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid Levels">Mid Levels</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stubbs_Road" title="Stubbs Road">Stubbs Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Hang" title="Tai Hang">Tai Hang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tin_Hau,_Hong_Kong" title="Tin Hau, Hong Kong">Tin Hau</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wan Chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Wan Chai North">Wan Chai North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wong_Nai_Chung_Gap" title="Wong Nai Chung Gap">Wong Nai Chung Gap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tang_Shiu_Kin_Victoria_Government_Secondary_School" title="Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School">Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Academy_for_Performing_Arts" title="Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts">Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_International_School_of_Hong_Kong" title="French International School of Hong Kong">French International School of Hong Kong</a> <small>Blue Pool Road (HQ) and Jardine's Lookout</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Japanese_School" title="Hong Kong Japanese School">Hong Kong Japanese School</a> <small>Primary school</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Convent_School" title="St. Paul's Convent School">St. Paul's Convent School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wah_Yan_College,_Hong_Kong" title="Wah Yan College, Hong Kong">Wah Yan College, Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marymount_Primary_School" title="Marymount Primary School">Marymount Primary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Ellis_Kadoorie_(S)_Primary_School" title="Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School">Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Central_Library" title="Hong Kong Central Library">Hong Kong Central Library</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Closed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sam_Yuk_Secondary_School" title="Hong Kong Sam Yuk Secondary School">Hong Kong Sam Yuk Secondary School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_House_(Hong_Kong)" title="Blue House (Hong Kong)">Blue House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Plaza_(Hong_Kong)" title="Central Plaza (Hong Kong)">Central Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Resources_Building" title="China Resources Building">China Resources Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsett_Wanchai_Hong_Kong_Hotel" title="Dorsett Wanchai Hong Kong Hotel">Dorsett Wanchai Hong Kong Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Hyatt_Hong_Kong" title="Grand Hyatt Hong Kong">Grand Hyatt Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Excelsior" title="The Excelsior">The Excelsior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Bauhinia_Square" title="Golden Bauhinia Square">Golden Bauhinia Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_George_Street,_Hong_Kong" title="Great George Street, Hong Kong">Great George Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley_Racecourse" title="Happy Valley Racecourse">Happy Valley Racecourse</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Race_Course_Fire_Memorial" title="The Race Course Fire Memorial">Fire Memorial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harbour_Centre_(Hong_Kong)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harbour Centre (Hong Kong) (page does not exist)">Harbour Centre</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Consulate-General,_Hong_Kong_and_Macau" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Consulate-General, Hong Kong and Macau">Australian Consulate-General</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Convention_and_Exhibition_Centre" title="Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre">Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Headquarters" title="Hong Kong Police Headquarters">Hong Kong Police Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sanatorium_%26_Hospital" title="Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital">Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Centre_(Hong_Kong)" title="Hopewell Centre (Hong Kong)">Hopewell Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Indigo_Hong_Kong_Island" title="Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island">Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hysan_Place" title="Hysan Place">Hysan Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_Tower" title="Immigration Tower">Immigration Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Yin_Lei" title="King Yin Lei">King Yin Lei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalsa_Diwan_Sikh_Temple" title="Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple">Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lai_Tak_Tsuen" title="Lai Tak Tsuen">Lai Tak Tsuen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Garden" title="Lee Garden">Lee Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Garden_One" title="Lee Garden One">Lee Garden One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockhart_Road" title="Lockhart Road">Lockhart Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Cameron_(Hong_Kong)" title="Mount Cameron (Hong Kong)">Mount Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Nicholson" title="Mount Nicholson">Mount Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Parish" title="Mount Parish">Mount Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nam_Koo_Terrace" title="Nam Koo Terrace">Nam Koo Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novotel_Century_Hong_Kong" title="Novotel Century Hong Kong">Novotel Century Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Wanchai_Market_Building" title="Old Wanchai Market Building">Old Wanchai Market Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Wan_Chai_Police_Station" title="Old Wan Chai Police Station">Old Wan Chai Police Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Wan_Chai_Post_Office" title="Old Wan Chai Post Office">Old Wan Chai Post Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Po_Leung_Kuk_Museum" title="Po Leung Kuk Museum">Po Leung Kuk Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QRE_Plaza" title="QRE Plaza">QRE Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Road_East" title="Queen's Road East">Queen's Road East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Place_(Hong_Kong)" title="Pacific Place (Hong Kong)">Pacific Place</a> <small>Phase III</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Tower" title="Revenue Tower">Revenue Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruttonjee_Hospital" title="Ruttonjee Hospital">Ruttonjee Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shui_On_Centre" title="Shui On Centre">Shui On Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southorn_Playground" title="Southorn Playground">Southorn Playground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden_Lane" title="Spring Garden Lane">Spring Garden Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Catholic_Cemetery" title="St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery">St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stubbs_Road" title="Stubbs Road">Stubbs Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Hung_Kai_Centre" title="Sun Hung Kai Centre">Sun Hung Kai Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Times_Square_(Hong_Kong)" title="Times Square (Hong Kong)">Times Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tung_Wah_Eastern_Hospital" title="Tung Wah Eastern Hospital">Tung Wah Eastern Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park_(Hong_Kong)" title="Victoria Park (Hong Kong)">Victoria Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Heritage_Trail" title="Wan Chai Heritage Trail">Wan Chai Heritage Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanchai_Tower" title="Wanchai Tower">Wanchai Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_House_(Hong_Kong)" title="Windsor House (Hong Kong)">Windsor House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Centre_Hong_Kong" title="World Trade Centre Hong Kong">World Trade Centre Hong Kong</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Closed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Tung_Street" title="Lee Tung Street">Lee Tung Street</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MTR stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay_station" title="Causeway Bay station">Causeway Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exhibition_Centre_station_(MTR)" title="Exhibition Centre station (MTR)">Exhibition Centre station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tin_Hau_station" title="Tin Hau station">Tin Hau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_station" title="Wan Chai station">Wan Chai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ferry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_Pier" title="Wan Chai Pier">Wan Chai Pier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_District_Council" title="Wan Chai District Council">Wan Chai District Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>This list is incomplete.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_and_Western_District" title="Central and Western District">Central and Western District</a><sup>2</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Wan" title="Sai Wan">Sai Wan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Town" title="Kennedy Town">Kennedy Town</a><sup>13</sup>, <a href="/wiki/Shek_Tong_Tsui" title="Shek Tong Tsui">Shek Tong Tsui</a><sup>13</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Sai_Ying_Pun" title="Sai Ying Pun">Sai Ying Pun</a><sup>13</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Peak" title="Victoria Peak">The Peak</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Levels" title="Mid-Levels">Mid-Levels</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheung_Wan" title="Sheung Wan">Sheung Wan</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central,_Hong_Kong" title="Central, Hong Kong">Central</a><sup>13</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Admiralty,_Hong_Kong" title="Admiralty, Hong Kong">Admiralty</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai_District" title="Wan Chai District">Wan Chai District</a><sup>2</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wan Chai</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay" title="Causeway Bay">Causeway Bay</a><sup>13</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Tin_Hau,_Hong_Kong" title="Tin Hau, Hong Kong">Tin Hau</a><sup>13</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Hang" title="Tai Hang">Tai Hang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/So_Kon_Po" title="So Kon Po">So Kon Po</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jardine%27s_Lookout" title="Jardine's Lookout">Jardine's Lookout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Valley,_Hong_Kong" title="Happy Valley, Hong Kong">Happy Valley</a><sup>13</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_District,_Hong_Kong" title="Eastern District, Hong Kong">Eastern District</a><sup>2</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Point" title="North Point">North Point</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braemar_Hill" title="Braemar Hill">Braemar Hill</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quarry_Bay" title="Quarry Bay">Quarry Bay</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Wan_Ho" title="Sai Wan Ho">Sai Wan Ho</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shau_Kei_Wan" title="Shau Kei Wan">Shau Kei Wan</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldrich_Bay" title="Aldrich Bay">Aldrich Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chai_Wan" title="Chai Wan">Chai Wan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siu_Sai_Wan" title="Siu Sai Wan">Siu Sai Wan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_District,_Hong_Kong" title="Southern District, Hong Kong">Southern District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pok_Fu_Lam" title="Pok Fu Lam">Pok Fu Lam</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterfall_Bay,_Hong_Kong" title="Waterfall Bay, Hong Kong">Waterfall Bay</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wah_Fu_Estate" title="Wah Fu Estate">Wah Fu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen,_Hong_Kong" title="Aberdeen, Hong Kong">Aberdeen</a><sup>13</sup>(<a href="/wiki/Tin_Wan" title="Tin Wan">Tin Wan</a><sup>13</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Shek_Pai_Wan" title="Shek Pai Wan">Shek Pai Wan</a><sup>13</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ap_Lei_Chau" title="Ap Lei Chau">Ap Lei Chau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wong_Chuk_Hang" title="Wong Chuk Hang">Wong Chuk Hang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shouson_Hill" title="Shouson Hill">Shouson Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Water_Bay" title="Deep Water Bay">Deep Water Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repulse_Bay" title="Repulse Bay">Repulse Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chung_Hom_Kok" title="Chung Hom Kok">Chung Hom Kok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley,_Hong_Kong" title="Stanley, Hong Kong">Stanley</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Tam" title="Tai Tam">Tai Tam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shek_O" title="Shek O">Shek O</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_D%27Aguilar" title="Cape D'Aguilar">Cape D'Aguilar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/100px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/150px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Yau_Ma_Tei" title="Yau Ma Tei">Yau Ma Tei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Park,_Hong_Kong" title="King's Park, Hong Kong">King's Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsim_Sha_Tsui" title="Tsim Sha Tsui">Tsim Sha Tsui</a><sup>13</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Kowloon" title="West Kowloon">West Kowloon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sham_Shui_Po_District" title="Sham Shui Po District">Sham Shui Po District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stonecutters_Island" title="Stonecutters Island">Stonecutters Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_City_District" title="Kowloon City District">Kowloon City District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Tau_Wai" title="Ma Tau Wai">Ma Tau Wai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Tau_Kok" title="Ma Tau Kok">Ma Tau Kok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/To_Kwa_Wan" title="To Kwa Wan">To Kwa Wan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ho_Man_Tin" title="Ho Man Tin">Ho Man Tin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hung_Hom" title="Hung Hom">Hung Hom</a><sup>13</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Kowloon" title="New Kowloon">New Kowloon</a><sup>NKL,2,3,4,5,6,7,9a,10,11,12</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sham_Shui_Po_District" title="Sham Shui Po District">Sham Shui Po District</a><sup>8</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lai_Chi_Kok" title="Lai Chi Kok">Lai Chi Kok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheung_Sha_Wan" title="Cheung Sha Wan">Cheung Sha Wan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sham_Shui_Po" title="Sham Shui Po">Sham Shui Po</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/So_Uk" title="So Uk">So Uk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Kowloon" title="West Kowloon">West Kowloon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shek_Kip_Mei" title="Shek Kip Mei">Shek Kip Mei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Wo_Ping" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Wo Ping">Tai Wo Ping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yau_Yat_Tsuen" title="Yau Yat Tsuen">Yau Yat Tsuen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_City_District" title="Kowloon City District">Kowloon City District</a><sup>8</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_City" title="Kowloon City">Kowloon City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Tong" title="Kowloon Tong">Kowloon Tong</a> (<a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill_(Hong_Kong)" title="Beacon Hill (Hong Kong)">Beacon Hill</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kai_Tak_Development" title="Kai Tak Development">Kai Tak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wong_Tai_Sin_District" title="Wong Tai Sin District">Wong Tai Sin District</a><sup>8</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wong_Tai_Sin,_Hong_Kong" title="Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong">Wong Tai Sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Tau_Hom" title="Wang Tau Hom">Wang Tau Hom</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lok_Fu" title="Lok Fu">Lok Fu</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsz_Wan_Shan" title="Tsz Wan Shan">Tsz Wan Shan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Hill" title="Diamond Hill">Diamond Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Po_Kong" title="San Po Kong">San Po Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngau_Chi_Wan" title="Ngau Chi Wan">Ngau Chi Wan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_Hill_(Hong_Kong)" title="Hammer Hill (Hong Kong)">Hammer Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kwun_Tong_District" title="Kwun Tong District">Kwun Tong District</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kwun_Tong" title="Kwun Tong">Kwun Tong</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngau_Tau_Kok" title="Ngau Tau Kok">Ngau Tau Kok</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Bay" title="Kowloon Bay">Kowloon Bay</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Valley,_Hong_Kong" title="Jordan Valley, Hong Kong">Jordan Valley</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sau_Mau_Ping" title="Sau Mau Ping">Sau Mau Ping</a><sup>8 (Except <a href="/wiki/Shun_Lee_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Shun Lee Estate">Shun Lee Estate</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lam_Tin" title="Lam Tin">Lam Tin</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cha_Kwo_Ling" title="Cha Kwo Ling">Cha Kwo Ling</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yau_Tong" title="Yau Tong">Yau Tong</a><sup>8</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Territories" title="New Territories">New Territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kwai_Tsing_District" title="Kwai Tsing District">Kwai Tsing District</a><sup>6,7,9b,10,11</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kwai_Chung" title="Kwai Chung">Kwai Chung</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sheung_Kwai_Chung" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheung Kwai Chung">Sheung Kwai Chung</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ha_Kwai_Chung" class="mw-redirect" title="Ha Kwai Chung">Ha Kwai Chung</a>)<sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsing_Yi" title="Tsing Yi">Tsing Yi</a><sup>8 (Except <a href="/wiki/Tsing_Yi_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsing Yi Station">Tsing Yi Station</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonecutters_Island" title="Stonecutters Island">Stonecutters Island</a><sup>8</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tsuen_Wan_District" title="Tsuen Wan District">Tsuen Wan District</a><sup>6,7,9b,10,11</sup><br />(Except <a href="/wiki/Tsing_Chau_Tsai_Peninsula" title="Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula">Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula</a><br />on <a href="/wiki/Lantau_Island" title="Lantau Island">Lantau Island</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsuen_Wan" title="Tsuen Wan">Tsuen Wan</a><sup>8 (Except <a href="/wiki/Tsuen_Wan_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsuen Wan Station">Tsuen Wan Station</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chai_Wan_Kok" title="Chai Wan Kok">Chai Wan Kok</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yau_Kom_Tau_(Tsuen_Wan_District)" title="Yau Kom Tau (Tsuen Wan District)">Yau Kom Tau</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ting_Kau" title="Ting Kau">Ting Kau</a><sup>8 (Except west of Ting Kau Interchange)</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sham_Tseng" title="Sham Tseng">Sham Tseng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsing_Lung_Tau" title="Tsing Lung Tau">Tsing Lung Tau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Wan" title="Ma Wan">Ma Wan</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lei_Muk_Shue" title="Lei Muk Shue">Lei Muk Shue</a><sup>8</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sha_Tin_District" title="Sha Tin District">Sha Tin District</a><sup>9b,10</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sha_Tin" title="Sha Tin">Sha Tin</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Wai" title="Tai Wai">Tai Wai</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shatin_Heights&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shatin Heights (page does not exist)">Shatin Heights</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuen_Chau_Kok" title="Yuen Chau Kok">Yuen Chau Kok</a><sup>8 (Except <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_Hospital" title="Prince of Wales Hospital">Prince of Wales Hospital</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shek_Mun" title="Shek Mun">Shek Mun</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siu_Lek_Yuen" title="Siu Lek Yuen">Siu Lek Yuen</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fo_Tan" title="Fo Tan">Fo Tan</a><sup>8 (Except <a href="/wiki/Sha_Tin_Racecourse" title="Sha Tin Racecourse">Sha Tin Racecourse</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kau_To_Shan" title="Kau To Shan">Kau To Shan</a><sup>8 (Except <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lai_Ping_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lai Ping Road (page does not exist)">Lai Ping Road</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Liu_Shui" title="Ma Liu Shui">Ma Liu Shui</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Kung_Kok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Kung Kok (page does not exist)">A Kung Kok</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_On_Shan_(town)" title="Ma On Shan (town)">Ma On Shan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wu_Kai_Sha" title="Wu Kai Sha">Wu Kai Sha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sai_Kung_District" title="Sai Kung District">Sai Kung District</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Tseung_Kwan_O_New_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Tseung Kwan O New Town">Tseung Kwan O New Town</a>)<sup>9b,11,12</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Yau_Tong" title="Ma Yau Tong">Ma Yau Tong</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Po_Lam" title="Po Lam">Po Lam</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsui_Lam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsui Lam">Tsui Lam</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hang_Hau" title="Hang Hau">Hang Hau</a><sup>8 (Except Hang Hau Station and <a href="/wiki/Emergency_department" title="Emergency department">A&E</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tseung_Kwan_O_Hospital" title="Tseung Kwan O Hospital">Tseung Kwan O Hospital</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tseung_Kwan_O" title="Tseung Kwan O">Tseung Kwan O</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiu_Keng_Leng" title="Tiu Keng Leng">Tiu Keng Leng</a><sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Shing_Kok" title="Pak Shing Kok">Pak Shing Kok</a><sup>8 (Except <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Po_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wan Po Road (page does not exist)">Wan Po Road</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Siu_Chik_Sha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Siu Chik Sha (page does not exist)">Siu Chik Sha</a><sup>8 (Except <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wan_Po_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wan Po Road (page does not exist)">Wan Po Road</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shek_Kok_Road&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shek Kok Road (page does not exist)">Shek Kok Road</a>)</sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tai_Chik_Sha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tai Chik Sha (page does not exist)">Tai Chik Sha</a><sup>8</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;"><div>Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government of <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Special_Administrative_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong Special Administrative Region">Hong Kong Special Administrative Region</a>, "Hong Kong Guide" of <a href="/wiki/Lands_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Lands Department">Lands Department</a>, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" of <a href="/wiki/Rating_and_Valuation_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Rating and Valuation Department">Rating and Valuation Department</a>.<br />KL: <a href="/wiki/Kowloon_Peninsula" title="Kowloon Peninsula">Kowloon Peninsula</a> at the south of <a href="/wiki/Boundary_Street" title="Boundary Street">Boundary Street</a><br />NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south of <a href="/wiki/Lion_Rock" title="Lion Rock">Lion Rock</a><br />1: Common definition (1)<br />2: Common definition (2)<br />3: Common definition (3)<br />4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_inhabitants" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous inhabitants">indigenous inhabitants</a><br /> 5: Jurisdiction area of former <a href="/wiki/Urban_Council" title="Urban Council">Urban Council</a><br />6: Definition of "<a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Area">Metropolitan Area</a>" of <a href="/wiki/Planning_Department_(Hong_Kong)" class="mw-redirect" title="Planning Department (Hong Kong)">Planning Department</a><br />7: Jurisdiction area of <a href="/wiki/Urban_Renewal_Authority" title="Urban Renewal Authority">Urban Renewal Authority</a><br />8: Unique operating area of <a href="/wiki/Taxis_of_Hong_Kong" title="Taxis of Hong Kong">urban taxis</a><br />9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined by <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Housing_Authority" title="Hong Kong Housing Authority">Hong Kong Housing Authority</a><br />10: Definition of Urban <a 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