Centre Street (Hong Kong)

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Centre Street, in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, at its intersection with Queen's Road West in April 2006. HK SYP Centre St Y60402 3.jpg
Centre Street, in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, at its intersection with Queen's Road West in April 2006.
View of Centre Street at its intersection with First Street in August 2007, looking north, with Sai Ying Pun Market (left) and Centre Street Market (right). HK Sai Ying Pun First Street n Center Street Market bridge 2 Sai Yin Pun Market.JPG
View of Centre Street at its intersection with First Street in August 2007, looking north, with Sai Ying Pun Market (left) and Centre Street Market (right).
Section of Centre Street Escalator Link, between Third Street and High Street, under construction in March 2013. HK Sai Ying Pun Xi Ying Pan Di San Jie Third Street 7-11 Shop Zheng Jie Centre Street escalators Mar-2013.JPG
Section of Centre Street Escalator Link, between Third Street and High Street, under construction in March 2013.
Centre Street Escalator Link, in the upper section of Centre Street, between High Street and Bonham Road, in May 2013. HK Sai Ying Pun Xi Huan Zheng Jie Centre Street 06 Escalators interior May-2013.JPG
Centre Street Escalator Link, in the upper section of Centre Street, between High Street and Bonham Road, in May 2013.

Centre Street is a street in the Sai Ying Pun area of Hong Kong. Centre Street is the central point of the most active traditional market in Western District of Hong Kong Island. The street is part of planned streets in the early development of the area.

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Location

Centre Street runs north to south from Connaught Road, crossing Des Voeux Road West and Queen's Road West then climbing steeply up the hill crossing First Street, Second Street, Third Street, High Street then via a long escalator to Bonham Road. Western Street and Eastern Street run parallel north to south steeply. The top part of the street has a slope of 1:4. It is used by approximately 10,000 pedestrians per day. [1]

Facilities

From north to south:

Side lanes

Lanes off Centre Street include Ying Wa Terrace, Cheung On Lane, Yu Lok Lane, and David Lane (containing the Yu Kwan Yick chili sauce factory). These lanes are only accessible to pedestrians, and contain stairs.

Transport

Traffic conditions vary with the area between High Street and Second Street blocked to vehicles. The uppermost part is two-way traffic to the stairs, and the lowermost part is one-way to Connaught Road West where vehicles can turn left or right.

Green Mini Bus 12 has a terminus on the lower part of the street, and bus route 5S has a morning run starting from the lower part.

A series of escalators run uphill in the Centre Street Market and the Sai Ying Pun Market buildings, taking pedestrians from First to Third Street. The Centre Street Escalator Link then takes pedestrians all the way to the top of the street to Bonham Road. [2] Construction of the escalator cost $60,000,000 HKD. [3]

Sai Ying Pun station opened on 29 March 2015, with a station entrance just behind the Centre Street Market.

Constituency

An electoral constituency in the Central and Western District Council is named after Centre Street, Centre Street Constituency. The boundaries of this electorate follow Eastern Street, Queen's Road West, Eastern Street, High Street, and Bonham Road. The polling station was located in the Kau Yan Church and school in High Street. On 11 June 2006, a by-election elected Lee Chi Hang (李志恆), Sidney. The boundaries for the 2007 election will be extended to add on a block bounded by Des Voeux Road west, Centre Street, and Eastern Street. In 2006, the constituency had 6168 registered voters. [4]

See also

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Eastern Street (Hong Kong)

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Western Street (Hong Kong)


Western Street is an uphill one-way street in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road in the south and Connaught Road West in the north. There are 337 units in 17 buildings in the street. Addresses are odd on the west side of the street, and mostly even on the east side. However, on the newer part of the street, on the reclamation north of Queen's Road West, the east side has both odd and even numbered addresses.

First Street is a street in Sai Ying Pun, an early suburb of Hong Kong.

Third Street (Hong Kong)


Third Street, is a street in Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood of Hong Kong. It runs one way from Pok Fu Lam Road, then crosses Water Street, then Pok Fu Lam Road again, then Western Street, Centre Street and terminates at Eastern Street.

Second Street (Hong Kong)

Second Street is a street in the Sai Ying Pun area of the Central and Western District on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.

Water Street, Hong Kong

Water Street is a street in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It runs from Connaught Road, crossing Des Voeux Road West and Queen's Road West then climbing steeply up the hill crossing Second Street, Third Street and then end in steps to High Street and Pok Fu Lam Road conjunction. Originally, there was a nullah in the middle of the street carrying water from the hills down to the harbour. With the development of the area, the nullah was covered and used for hot food hawkers market for many years and this was a favourable night meeting spot for professional drivers such as taxis and trucks to have their dinner and late night gathering until the foodstalls were removed to give way for more traffic lanes.

NWFB Route 4

Urban Route No.4 is a bus route on Hong Kong Island operated by New World First Bus. It runs between Wong Chuk Hang and Central Bus Terminus, via Aberdeen, Wah Fu Estate, Pok Fu Lam Road and Sai Ying Pun.

Central and Western District District of Hong Kong

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Douglas Street, Hong Kong Street in Hong Kong

Douglas Street is a pedestrianised street in Central, Hong Kong. It runs north-south from Connaught Road Central to Des Voeux Road Central, and ends at its intersection with Des Voeux Road Central, though the street name is continued in Douglas Lane which continues almost all the way to Queen's Road Central before curving and converging with Li Yuen Street East.

Douglas Lane Street in Hong Kong

Douglas Lane is a lane converted for pedestrian use in the core of Hong Kong's Central District. It runs north-south from Des Voeux Road Central to Queen's Road Central. though the street name is continued in Douglas Street which continues to its north across Des Voeux Road Central all the way to Connaught Road Central. The lane is named for Hong Kong Tai-pan Douglas Lapraik.

References

  1. Fung, Fanny W, Y. (13 August 2012). "Escalator plan in Western under attack". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. So, Peter (14 August 2012). "Consultation on Western escalator begins". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  3. Chiu, Joanna (15 August 2002). "Rising passions over escalator project". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. Electoral Affairs Commission (3 October 2008). "2006 Central and Western District Council Centre Street By-election" . Retrieved 30 April 2013.
Centre Street
Traditional Chinese 正街

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