St. Francis Street

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St. Francis Street
At the intersection with Queen's Road East (2006). HK WC Ji Li Chen Jie South view St Francis s Street.jpg
At the intersection with Queen's Road East (2006).

St. Francis Street (Chinese :聖佛蘭士街) is a street in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It intersects with Queen's Road East, Sau Wa Fong (秀華坊), St. Francis Yard (進教圍) and Star Street.

Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. They are most commonly the characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong and Macau, and in the Kangxi Dictionary. The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty, and have been more or less stable since the 5th century.

Wan Chai metropolitan area in Hong Kong

Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the 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 second largest island in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008. The island had a population of about 3,000 inhabitants scattered in a dozen fishing villages when it was occupied by the United Kingdom in the First Opium War. In 1842, the island was formally ceded in perpetuity to the UK under the Treaty of Nanking and the City of Victoria was then established on the island by the British Force in honour of Queen Victoria.

History

During the 19th century, it was the site was a cemetery and later of a power plant.