Wan Chai is situated at the western part of Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island,in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east,Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often referred to as Wan Chai North.
Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District,on the north shore of Hong Kong Island,across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui,the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula. The area was the heart of Victoria City,although that name is rarely used today.
The Peak Tram is a funicular railway in Hong Kong,which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. Running from Garden Road Admiralty to Victoria Peak via the Mid-Levels,it provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong. Operated since 1888,it was the first funicular railway in Asia.
The World Trade Centre is a shopping centre and office tower complex in Causeway Bay,Hong Kong. It is connected via passageway to its neighbour,The Excelsior.
The Peninsula Hong Kong is a colonial-style luxury hotel located in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is the flagship property of The Peninsula Hotels group,part of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Group. The hotel opened in 1928 and was the first under The Peninsula brand. Expanded in 1994,the hotel combines colonial and modern elements,and is notable for its large fleet of Rolls-Royces painted a distinctive "Peninsula green".
Hongkong Land (HKL) is a property investment,management and development group with commercial and residential property interests across Asia. It owns and manages some 850,000 sq. m. of office and retail property in Asia,principally in Hong Kong and Singapore. Its Hong Kong portfolio represents some 450,000 sq. m. of commercial property,making it the single largest landlord in Central,Hong Kong. In Singapore it has 165,000 sq. m. of office space mainly held through joint ventures. While its subsidiary MCL Land is a residential developer. Hongkong Land also has a 50 per cent interest in World Trade Center Jakarta,an office complex in Central Jakarta that it shares with the Murdaya family 's Central Cipta Murdaya Group and a number of residential and mixed-use projects under development in cities across Greater China and Southeast Asia - including WF CENTRAL,a luxury retail centre in Wangfujing,Beijing.
Landmark is a commercial complex owned by Hongkong Land in Central,Hong Kong. It consists of three office towers:Gloucester Tower,Edinburgh Tower and York House. Its retail podium,Landmark Atrium,forms the core component of the LANDMARK shopping mall.
Shanghai Street is a 2.3 km long street in the Jordan,Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok areas of Kowloon,Hong Kong,China. Completed in 1887 under the name of Station Street (差館街),it was once the most prosperous street in Kowloon. It originates from the south at Austin Road,and terminates in the north at Lai Chi Kok Road. Parallel to Shanghai Street are Nathan Road,Temple Street,Portland Street,Reclamation Street and Canton Road. Though parallel,Shanghai Street was marked by 2- to 3-floor Chinese-style buildings while Nathan Road was marked by Western-style buildings.
Union Square is a commercial and residential real estate project in Hong Kong on the West Kowloon reclamation. Covering 13.54 hectares,the site has a gross floor area of 1,090,026 square metres (11,732,940 sq ft),approximately the size of the Canary Wharf development in London. As of 2011,the site contained some of the tallest buildings in Hong Kong —including the tallest commercial building in Hong Kong,the 118-storey International Commerce Centre and the loftiest residential tower in Hong Kong,The Cullinan.
Kennedy Road is a road in the Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. It is named after Arthur Kennedy,the seventh governor of Hong Kong.
Pedder Street is a major thoroughfare in the core of Hong Kong's Central District. It runs south–north from Queen's Road Central,continues through Des Voeux Road Central,and ends at its intersection with Connaught Road Central.
St. John's Building is a skyscraper in Central on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. Owned and operated by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels,it is built on the slope beside Garden Road and Cotton Tree Drive. The ground floor serves as the Garden Road terminus of the Peak Tram.
Madame Tussauds Hong Kong,is part of the renowned chain of wax museums founded by Marie Tussaud of France,is located at the Peak Tower on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is the first Madame Tussauds museums in Asia,the other being the Shanghai branch,which opened in 2006 and the third branch at Bangkok which opened in 2010. The Hong Kong branch houses nearly 100 wax figures of internationally known personalities,with Asian figures taking up more than a third of the total,of which sixteen were Hong Kongers. The wax figures are featured in a range of themed settings such as Hong Kong Glamour,Music Icons,Historical and National Heroes,The Champions and World Premiere.
The Peak Hotel was a hotel located at Victoria Gap,at upper terminus of the Peak Tram,near the summit of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. It started as a bar and restaurant,and a hotel with twenty bedrooms for summer visitors opening about the same time as the Peak Tram,in 1888.
The Hongkong Hotel was Hong Kong's first luxury hotel modelled after sumptuous London hotels. It opened on Queen's Road and Pedder Street in 1868,later expanding into the Victoria Harbour waterfront of Victoria City in 1893.
The Grand Promenade is a high-rise residential development located at 38 Tai Hong Street,Sai Wan Ho,Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. It is developed by Henderson Land Development and its subsidiary,The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Co Ltd. in 2005.
Central Terminus,formerly Garden Road,is the lower terminus of the Peak Tram line. It is located on the bottom floor of the St. John's Building on Garden Road,Central,Hong Kong,33m above sea level,28m before renovation.
The Repulse Bay is a residential building and commercial arcade,located at 109 Repulse Bay Road in the Repulse Bay area of Hong Kong. It is owned by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels,Limited (HSH) and operated by Peninsula Properties,a subsidiary of HSH.
Victoria Gap is an area and a mountain pass located between the summits of Victoria Peak and Mount Gough,on Hong Kong Island,in Hong Kong. It is the most touristic place within the area referred to as The Peak,which receives some seven million visitors every year. Its altitude is 396 metres (1,299 ft) - some 150 metres (490 ft) below the summit of The Peak.
Windsor House is a commercial development located on Gloucester Road in Causeway Bay,Hong Kong,comprising a shopping centre with an office tower above.
