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Tonkin Street
Tonkin Street () is a street between Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It runs northeast to southwest and crosses many major roads in the Cheung Sha Wan area. After extensive reclamation in West Kowloon during the 1990s, an extension Tonkin Street West () was built. Name Its Chinese name ''Tung King'' () means eastern capital, which is a very common name in historical China and neighbour countries. Although the name in Chinese character is currently only used by Tokyo, eastern capital of Japan, a hint from its English name suggests that the name is associated with the eastern capital of Vietnam, Tonkin, namely modern-day Hanoi. British named roads and streets in the area by the trading cities in the surrounding of Hong Kong. Tonkin Street Tonkin Street starts north from the junction with Kwong Lee Road near Lei Cheng Uk Estate and runs south across Po On Road, Shun Ning Road, Castle Peak Road, Un Chau Street, Fuk Wa Street, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Po On Road
Po or PO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Po (Kung Fu Panda), the protagonist of the ''Kung Fu Panda'' franchise * Po, one of the titular ''Teletubbies'' * Po, a character in the novel '' Graceling'' by Kristin Cashore Music * Po (instrument), a percussion instrument * Pocket Operator, a series of drum machines and synthesizers by Teenage Engineering * Po!, a British musical group * P.O., short for ''Pretty. Odd.'', an album by Panic! At the disco Economics * Purchase order, a document issued from a buyer to a seller * Postal order, a financial instrument for sending money by mail * Pareto optimality, a concept in economics * Principal Only, a type of collateralized mortgage obligation * Product owner, a popular role in Agile development methodology Businesses and organisations * ''Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans'', a defunct French railway company, and one of the principal components of the SNCF * Petrol Ofisi, a petroleum distributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheung Sha Wan Police Quarters
Cheung is a Cantonese romanization of several Chinese surnames, including the one written as in Traditional characters and in Simplified characters ( Jyutping: Zoeng1; Pinyin: '' Zhāng''; Wade–Giles: Chang, Vietnamese: Trương), and the one written in both Traditional characters and Simplified characters as (zoeng1). Sometimes, () is also spelled as Cheung instead of Chiang/Jiang due to its Cantonese pronunciation. It is a fairly common American surname, listed 3,672th during the 1990 US Census and 2,069th during the year 2000 US Census.US Census Bureau. Op. cit. Public Broadcasting Service.How Popular Is Your Last Name? Accessed 6 Apr 2012. List of people with the surname ;張 and 张 * Andrew Cheung, Hong Kong judge and jurist * Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer * Cheung Chi Doy, Hong Kong-born footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan) * Cheung Chi Wai, Hong Kong-born footballer who represented Republic of China (Taiwan) * Dicky Cheung, Hong Kon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate
Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate () was a factory estate in Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, owned and managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It comprised up to six low-storey blocks without lift service, built between 1957 and 1965. Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate was the first factory estate in Hong Kong built in Hong Kong by the Public Works Department. The six blocks of the estate were completed in October 1957 (Block 1), August 1960 (Block 1A), November 1960 (Block 2), September 1961 (Block 3), July 1965 (Block 4 and 5). Block 1 was demolished in 1990 due to structural problems.Heritage Impact Assessment on Chai Wan Factory Estate , |
Eastern Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warring interregnum known as the ChuHan contention (206–202 BC), and it was succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD). The dynasty was briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty (9–23 AD) established by usurping regent Wang Mang, and is thus separated into two periods—the Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD) and the Eastern Han (25–220 AD). Spanning over four centuries, the Han dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history, and it has influenced the identity of the Chinese civilization ever since. Modern China's majority ethnic group refers to themselves as the " Han people", the Sinitic language is known as "Han language", and the written Chinese is referred to as " Han characters". The emperor was at the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum is composed of a brick tomb (E. Han or slightly later) and an exhibition hall adjacent to it. It is located at 41 Tonkin Street, in Cheung Sha Wan, Sham Shui Po District, in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. History According to the structure, calligraphy and content of the inscriptions on tomb bricks and to the tomb finds, the tomb is commonly believed to have been built during the Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25 – 220) although the Southern Dynasties period was also suggested. It was probably built for a Chinese officer attached to the local garrison. The tomb is constructed of bricks (average size 40x20x5cm) and consists of four chambers set in the form of a cross. The dome vault at the center was constructed by laying bricks in a spiral, while the other chambers are barrel vaulted. Some bricks are stamped or carved with inscriptions or patterns on the exposed sides. It is believed that the rear chamber is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Housing In Hong Kong
Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the population now residing in some form of public housing. The public housing policy dates to 1954, after a fire in Shek Kip Mei destroyed thousands of shanty homes and prompted the government to begin constructing homes for the poor. Public housing is mainly built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. Rents and prices are significantly lower than those for private housing and are heavily subsidised by the government, with revenues partially recovered from sources such as rents and charges collected from car parks and shops within or near the residences. Many public housing estates are built in the new towns of the New Territories, but urban expansion has left some older estates deep in central urban areas. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nullah
A nullah or nala (Hindustani or "nallah" in Punjabi) is an 'arm of the sea', stream, or watercourse, a steep narrow valley. Like the wadi of the Arabs, the nullah is characteristic of mountainous or hilly country where there is little rainfall. In the drier parts of India and Pakistan, and in many parts of Australia, there are small steep-sided valleys penetrating the hills, clothed with rough brushwood or small trees growing in the stony soil. During occasional heavy rains, torrents rush down the nullahs and quickly disappear. There is little local action upon the sides, while the bed is lowered, and consequently these valleys are narrow and steep. In cities on the Delhi plain in India, nullahs are concrete or brick-lined ditches about deep and wide, used to divert monsoon rain away from the cities. Encroachment into nullahs is a significant problem in many South Asian cities, since it hampers the drainage of stormwater and can exacerbate floods. Canal In East Asia, a nul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tung Chau 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 Colonel Lê Quang Tung (13 June 1919 – 1 November 1963) was the commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Chi Kok Road
Lai Chi Kok Road is a road in western Kowloon, Hong Kong. It links Lai Chi Kok to Mong Kok, via Tai Kok Tsui, Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan. It starts from a junction with Nathan Road near Pioneer Centre in the south and ends near Mei Foo Sun Chuen. The road is bidirectional except the section at Lai Chi Kok, between the junction with Butterfly Valley Road and Mei Foo Sun Chuen, where it serves New Territories-bound traffic only. The Kowloon-bound traffic uses Cheung Sha Wan Road, separated by the flyover of Kwai Chung Road. The road once hosted shipyards, fish, meat and vegetable wholesale markets, which were moved closer to the coast after extensive reclamation. Description Lai Chi Kok is classified by the Hong Kong government as a primary distributor road. It is approximately long and is maintained by the Highways Department. Development Lai Chi Kok Road was created in the early 20th century after New Kowloon was acquired by the United Kingdom under the 1898 lease of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheung Sha Wan Road
Cheung Sha Wan Road () is a main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong going in a south-north direction from Mong Kok in the south to Lai Chi Kok in the north. Description It starts in Mong Kok near Boundary Street and at the northern terminus of Nathan Road. It then passes through Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan whilst intersecting with major roads, including Nam Cheong Street, Yen Chow Street and Tonkin Street, in that order. It ends at Kwai Chung Road, part of Route 5, in Lai Chi Kok. There is also an exit ramp in the northern terminus to Castle Peak Road. A section of the Tsuen Wan line ( Lai Chi Kok, Cheung Sha Wan and Sham Shui Po stations) runs underneath the Road. Cheung Sha Wan Road is about in length, with a uniform speed limit of . In 2017, the busiest section of the road was from Kom Tsun Street to Tung Chau West Street, with 54,300 vehicles traveling on it. It is measured in average annual daily traffic (AADT), which measures the amount of traffic daily o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuk Wa Street
Fuk Wa Street () is a street in Cheung Sha Wan and Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Name Unlike other streets in the area, Fuk Wa Street is not named after a place in China. Its name means blessing (fuk, 福) and prosperous (wa, 華) while its brother street Fuk Wing Street glorious, prosperous (wing, 榮). Upon creation, it was named Om Yau Street (菴由街), but was later changed. Retail Part of the street from Nam Cheong Street to Kweilin Street is a street market from 12 noon until 9 pm, with numerous stalls selling varieties of goods like old books and clothes. The Golden Computer Arcade is located in its section between Yen Chow Street and Kweilin Street. The section of the road due south of Nam Cheong Street is notorious for being the red-light district of Sham Shui Po. Features Fuk Wa Street spans from Castle Peak Road to Tai Po Road. It is divided into several sections, interrupted by various building structures. * A covered nullah on Nam Cheong Street * Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
