Wan Chai is located 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.
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island,known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong",had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of 16,390 per square kilometre (42,400/sq mi),as of 2023. It is the second largest island in Hong Kong,with the largest being Lantau Island. Hong Kong Island forms one of the three areas of Hong Kong,with the other two being Kowloon and the New Territories.
Central,also known as Central District,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 Island line is one of ten lines of the MTR,the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Kennedy Town in the Western district to Chai Wan in the Eastern District on Hong Kong Island,passing through the territory's major business districts of Central,Wan Chai and Causeway Bay,and connecting them with built-up areas on the north shore of the island.
Admiralty is the eastern extension of the central business district on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is located on the eastern end of the Central and Western District,bordered by Wan Chai to the east and Victoria Harbour to the north.
Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong,located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island,between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively,it is part of the Central and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted as Upper District,or Gateway District.
Exchange Square is a building complex located in Central,Hong Kong. It houses offices and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is served by the Central and Hong Kong stations of the MTR metro system.
Central is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is firebrick red but brown on the Tsuen Wan line platforms. The station is the southern terminus of the Tsuen Wan line,a stop on the Island line,and connects to Hong Kong station,which serves the Tung Chung line and the Airport Express.
Admiralty is a station of the MTR rapid transit system in Admiralty,Hong Kong.
Sheung Wan is a station on the Island line of the Hong Kong MTR network. The station serves the neighbourhood of Sheung Wan and the western part of Central District. The livery colour of this station is khaki.
Sheung Shui is the penultimate northbound station on the East Rail line in Hong Kong. This station serves as the northern terminus of the East Rail line after the Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau boundary crossings have closed for the day. It is also the last northbound station on the East Rail line that passengers without a Closed Area Permit,Mainland Travel Permit,or valid passport and mainland Chinese visa may freely travel to.
Jardine House,formerly known as Connaught Centre (康樂大廈),is an office tower in Hong Kong. The building is located at 1 Connaught Place,Central on Hong Kong Island. It is owned by Hongkong Land Limited,a subsidiary of Jardines. At the time of its completion in 1973,Jardine House was the tallest building in Hong Kong and in Asia. In 1980,the Hopewell Centre usurped the title of the tallest building in Hong Kong. The building is interconnected by the Central Elevated Walkway with buildings of Hongkong Land Limited like Exchange Square and the International Finance Centre.
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.
Connaught Road is a major thoroughfare on the north shore of Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. It links Shing Sai Road in Kennedy Town to the west and Harcourt Road in Admiralty to the east.
Shun Tak Centre is a commercial and transport complex on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island in Sheung Wan,Hong Kong. It comprises a 4-storey podium containing a shopping centre and car park,two 38-storey office towers,and the Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal.
Central Market is a fresh food market in Central,Hong Kong and the first wet market in the city. It is one of only two existing Bauhaus market buildings in Hong Kong,the other one being Wan Chai Market.
Pacific Place is a complex of office towers and hotels and a shopping centre situated at 88 Queensway,Admiralty,Hong Kong. The latest phase,Three Pacific Place, is located at 1 Queen's Road East,Wan Chai.
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The Central and Western District located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated residents with the second highest income and the third lowest population due to its relatively small size.
