Wan Chai Road ( 灣仔道) is a main

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Wan Chai Wan Chai (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 灣仔) is located in the western part of Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is bounded by Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal St ...

, on the north side of

Hong Kong Island 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 , . It is the second largest island in Hong Kon ...

. Wan Chai Road is a L-shape road which was constructed in 1851 along Morrison Hill from the foot of

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(now near the old

Wan Chai Market The Old Wanchai Market Building was constructed in 1937. It is located at 264 Queen's Road East, at the Wan Chai Road crossing, opposite Stone Nullah Lane in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island. It is a Grade III Historic Building. Its architectur ...

building) to the beach at

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(now near Tin Lok Lane). The road offers access, via Cross Lane, to Wan Chai Park (灣仔公園), the area's largest.

History

In the 1930 and 1940s, Hong Kong funeral services used to gather in Wan Chai Road and Tin Lok Lane as the area is closed to the cemeteries in Happy Valley. The first

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in Hong Kong, named Hong Kong Funeral Home, was founded on 216 Wan Chai Road in the early 1930s, opposite a cemetery carving workshop. The

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showroom was on Tin Lok Lane. On 5 September 1966, Hong Kong Funeral Home moved to

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, however, the old parlour of Wan Chai Road still in service until its dismantling in 1967.

In popular culture

This road and its junction with

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was a Pit Stop in the eleventh leg of the reality TV show '' The Amazing Race 30''.

References

External links

Map of Wan Chai Road
{{Queen's Road Wan Chai Roads on Hong Kong Island

History

In popular culture

See also

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