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The Center
The Center () is the fifth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after International Commerce Centre, Two International Finance Centre (88 storeys), Central Plaza and Bank of China Tower. With a height of , it comprises 73 storeys. The Center is one of the few skyscrapers in Hong Kong that is entirely steel-structured with no reinforced concrete core and is one of the tallest steel buildings in the world. It is located on 99 Queen's Road Central in the Central, roughly halfway between the MTR Island line's Sheung Wan and Central stations. Naming The English name of the building uses the American spelling "The Center", despite the vast majority of similarly named buildings in Hong Kong using the spelling "Centre" as a result of Hong Kong English's British origins. The direct translation of the Chinese name of the building is "Central Centre" or the "centre of Central", though the building is situated near the boundary of Central and Sheung Wan ( Wing Kut Street). Bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Road Central
Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong, within the limit of Victoria, Hong Kong, Victoria City. It was the first road in Hong Kong, constructed History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s), by the British between 1841 and 1843, spanning across Victoria City from Shek Tong Tsui to Wan Chai. At various points along the route, Queen's Road marks the original shoreline before Land reclamation in Hong Kong, land reclamation projects permanently extended land into Victoria Harbour. The four sections of the roads are, from west to east: Queen's Road West (), Queen's Road Central (), Queensway (Hong Kong), Queensway (), and Queen's Road East (). History The road was originally 4 miles (6.5 km) long. The Royal Engineers built the first section to Sai Ying Pun with the help of 300 coolies from Kowloon (Hong Kong), then a territory of China. This section of Queen's Road ran parallel to the beach where Henry Pottinger, Sir Henry Pott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing Kut Street
A wing is a type of fin that produces both lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform. Wing efficiency is expressed as lift-to-drag ratio, which compares the benefit of lift with the air resistance of a given wing shape, as it flies. Aerodynamics is the study of wing performance in air. Equivalent foils that move through water are found on hydrofoil power vessels and foiling sailboats that lift out of the water at speed and on submarines that use diving planes to point the boat upwards or downwards, while running submerged. Hydrodynamics is the study of foil performance in water. Etymology and usage The word "wing" from the Old Norse ''vængr'' for many centuries referred mainly to the foremost limbs of birds (in addition to the architectural aisle). But in recent centuries the word's meaning has extended to include lift producing appendages of insects, bats, pterosaurs, boomerangs, some sail boat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Light
Neon Light or Neon Lights may refer to: __NOTOC__ * Neon lighting, a form of lighting Music Albums * ''Neon Lights'' (album), a 2001 album by Simple Minds EPs * ''Neon Lights'' (EP), a 2021 EP by Annie Songs * "Neon Light" (Blake Shelton song), 2014 * "Neon Light", a song by Circulatory System from their 2014 album '' Mosaics Within Mosaics'' * "Neon Lights" (Demi Lovato song), 2013 ** The Neon Lights Tour, by Demi Lovato * "Neon Lights", a song by Kraftwerk from their 1978 album '' The Man-Machine'' * "Neon Lights", a song by Natasha Bedingfield from her 2010 album '' Strip Me'' * "Neon Lights", a song by Annie featuring Jake Shears from her 2021 EP of the same name Other * "Neon Lights", a storyline in the science fiction comedy webtoon series ''Live with Yourself! ''Live with Yourself!'' (''LWY'') is a science fiction comedy webtoon series written and drawn by Andrew "Shen" Tsyaston and David J. Catman. Initially created by the former before passing creative contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eu Yan Sang
Eu Yan Sang () is a company that specialises in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It currently runs 170 retail outlets in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macau, plus four factories in Hong Kong and Malaysia. The group also operates 28 TCM clinics in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. The holding company, Eu Yan Sang International Limited, was listed on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange since 2000. It had been delisted in October 2016 and now majority-owned by the Righteous Crane Holding Pte Ltd – a consortium set up by The Eu Family, Tower Capital Asia and Temasek Holdings. History In the 1870s, founder Eu Kong Pai, better known as Eu Kong, left the village of Foshan in Guangdong, China and settled down in the small mining town of Gopeng, Perak. He noticed that the tin mine coolies were heavily dependent on opium as the easiest method for immediate relief for their medical needs. The majority of them were illiterate and oblivious to the dangers of opium to their h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Market
:''Western Market is also a former name for Plaza Miserere.'' Western Market is one of the oldest structures in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The current structure, built in 1906, was the North Block of the original Western Market. It is the oldest surviving market building in the city. The former South Block was demolished in 1981 and its site is now occupied by the Sheung Wan Complex. Location Western Market is located at 323 Des Voeux Road Central. The market occupies a whole city block and is surrounded by the following streets: Des Voeux Road Central (South), Morrison Street, Hong Kong, Morrison Street (East), Connaught Road Central (North) and On Tai Street (West). Sheung Wan Complex, now called the Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, the site of the former South Block, is located at 345 Queen's Road Central. It is surrounded by: Queen's Road Central (South), Morrison Street (East) and Bonham Strand (North). History Western Market came into business in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tit Hong Lane
TIT, Tit, Tits, or tit may refer to: Birds * Tit (bird) or Paridae, a large family of passerine birds ** Penduline tit or Remizidae, sometimes included in Paridae as Remizinae * Bearded tit, a small reed-bed passerine bird * Long-tailed tits or Aegithalidae, a family of passerine birds with long tails * Tit-babbler or ''Macronus'', a genus in the family Timaliidae * Tit berrypecker, a species of bird in the family Paramythiidae * Tit hylia, a species of bird in the family Cettiidae * Tomtit, a small passerine bird of the family Petroicidae ** Tomtit (other)#Birds, various other birds called tomtits * Wrentit, a small bird, the only species in the genus ''Chamaea'' * Shriketit or ''Falcunculus'', the only genus in the family Falcunculidae Places * Tin Tsz stop, a Light Rail stop in Hong Kong * Tit, Adrar, a town in Adrar Province, central Algeria * Tit, Tamanrasset, a village in Tamanrasset Province, southern Algeria * Tit-e Olya, a village in West Azerbaijan P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hing Lung Street
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Hing may refer to: * Asafoetida, a spice derived from the plant ''Ferula assa-foetida'' * Hing (surname) People with the given name Hing include: * Hing Tong (1922–2007), American mathematician * Lew Hing (1858–1934), American businessman See also * * Donald Hings (1907–2004), Canadian inventor * John Hings (1910–1999), English cricketer * Hinge (other) A hinge is a mechanical bearing that connects two solid objects. Hinge or hinges can also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Hinge, former name of the band Dry Kill Logic * "Hinge I" and "Hinge II", tracks on ''If You Saw Thro' My Eyes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tung Man Street
Tung may refer to: People * Madison Tung, a U.S. Air Force Officer, wrestler, and Rhodes Scholar * Ho-Pin Tung, a dutch race car driver of Chinese descent. * Lola Tung, an actress known for her acting debut on drama series ''The Summer I Turned Pretty'' Places * Tung Fort, a hill fort in Maharashtra, India * Tung, a village in Bar Kham, Cambodia * Tung (Mawal), a village in Maharashtra, India * Tung, Sikkim, a village in India * Tung, West Bengal, India, on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Other uses * ''Vernicia fordii'' or Tung tree, a deciduous tree native to China ** Tung oil, a furniture finish made from the seeds of the tung tree * Tung (surname), a Cantonese Romanization of Chinese family names 董, commonly used in Hong Kong * Tung, the original Webster spelling of tongue * Tunng, an experimental folk band from the United Kingdom * Lê Quang Tung (1923–1963), Vietnamese military leader under Ngô Đình Diệm See also * * Tongue (other) The tongue is a mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing On Street
A wing is a type of fin that produces both lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform. Wing efficiency is expressed as lift-to-drag ratio, which compares the benefit of lift with the air resistance of a given wing shape, as it flies. Aerodynamics is the study of wing performance in air. Equivalent foils that move through water are found on hydrofoil power vessels and foiling sailboats that lift out of the water at speed and on submarines that use diving planes to point the boat upwards or downwards, while running submerged. Hydrodynamics is the study of foil performance in water. Etymology and usage The word "wing" from the Old Norse ''vængr'' for many centuries referred mainly to the foremost limbs of birds (in addition to the architectural aisle). But in recent centuries the word's meaning has extended to include lift producing appendages of insects, bats, pterosaurs, boomerangs, some sail boat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilman Street
Gilman Street () is a street in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong. The street starts north at Connaught Road Central, crosses Des Voeux Road Central and continued as a Cul-de-sac, dead-end pathway leading to several shops at The Center, the Centre. The street used to end at Queen's Road Central. The section between Des Voeux Road and Queen's Road used to allow vehicular traffic like the northern portion, and was once much wider. Nonetheless, as a result of large scale property developments like the Center, much of this section was demolished. A tram stop is located at its junction with Des Voeux Road Central. Name The street, like Gilman's Bazaar, a famous food street one block east was named after Gilman, Bowman and Co., one of the major British firms in Hong Kong in the mid-19th century which occupied the area. See also * List of streets and roads in Hong Kong References {{Reflist Central, Hong Kong Roads on Hong Kong Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilman's Bazaar
Gilman's Bazaar (Chinese: 機利文新街) is a street in Central, in the north of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, connecting Des Voeux Road Central in the northeast to Queen's Road Central in the southwest. An eastbound tram stop is located at its junction with Des Voeux Road Central. The street is a well-known food street with more than 20 restaurants, including fast food, takeaway, Japanese cuisine, cha chaan teng, snake soup and bakeries. It was named after Gilman, Bowman and Co., one of the four major British firms in Hong Kong in 1841 which occupied the area. H6 CONET Gilman's Bazaar, together with Gilman Street, Wing On Street, Tung Man Street, Hing Lung Street and Tit Hong Lane are collectively known as "H6 CONET", a community public place with a pedestrian-oriented spatial design. Features * The Center * Gilman Street * Des Voeux Road * Queen's Road, Hong Kong Queen's Road is a collection of roads along the northern coast of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Voeux Road Central
Des Voeux Road Central (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 德輔道中) and Des Voeux Road West (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 德輔道西) are two roads on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. They were named after the 10th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir William Des Vœux. The name was sometimes spelt with the ligature (typography), ligature œ in pre-war documents but is nowadays spelt officially as Des Voeux Road ( zh, t=德輔道, j=dak1 fu6 dou6, links=no). History Beginning in 1857, the northern shore of Hong Kong Island (also known as Victoria, Hong Kong, Victoria City) underwent a series of Land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclamations under then-Governor Sir John Bowring. The first phase of the Praya Reclamation Scheme had a direct effect on this current street, which used to be known as Praya, Praya Central during the colonial Hong Kong era. Bowring's plans were opposed by British merchants who held lands in the Central area, and in response, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
