Queensway (Hong Kong)

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Queensway
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Queensway in May 2006
Native name金鐘道 (Yue Chinese)
Length600 meters (2,000 ft)
Location Admiralty, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°16′44″N114°09′52″E / 22.2789°N 114.1645°E / 22.2789; 114.1645
Queensway
Traditional Chinese 金鐘道
Simplified Chinese 金钟道
Literal meaningGolden Bell (Admiralty) Road

Although it is a major road, Queensway is part of the route regularly taken by marches and protests including the annual July 1 marches. As part of the 2014 Hong Kong protests in Admiralty, protesters have occupied all traffic lanes of Queensway beginning 26 September 2014. The protesters have set up barricades to block vehicle access. The Hong Kong police have removed these barricades, and the road was re-opened to traffic in the afternoon of 14 October 2014.

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References

  1. Queen's Pier - 1920s
  2. Why is Admiralty different?, Gwulo (see 1964 map)
  3. The film world is oddly inclined to refer to this thoroughfare as 'Queensway Road', e.g. here Archived 4 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Legco Official Report of Proceedings, 23 October 1968, p503
  5. Legco Official Report of Proceedings, 9 May 1973, p763