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Belcher's Street (Chinese:卑路乍街) is a major thoroughfare in Kennedy Town,Hong Kong. It runs from northeast to southwest,connecting Queen's Road West and Victoria Road. The Hong Kong Tramways Kennedy Town Terminus is located at the western end of the street.
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The street is named after Edward Belcher,a Canadian-born Royal Navy officer who surveyed the harbour of Hong Kong in 1841.
The former Western Fire Station,located at No. 12 Belcher's Street,was converted into the Po Leung Kuk Chan Au Big Yan Home for the Elderly. It is a Grade III historic building [1] and is located along the Central and Western Heritage Trail. [2]
