
Catchick Street (
Chinese
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: 吉席街) is a street in the
Kennedy Town
Kennedy Town is a town and neighbourhood at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Kennedy (colonial administrator), Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Adminis ...
area 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 ...
, Hong Kong. It is the location of the
Hong Kong Tramways'
Kennedy Town Terminus. Adjacent to the street is Block 3 of
The Merton
The Merton () is a high-rise development located in Kennedy Town supplying 1,182 units in total, Hong Kong. The complex consists of three towers. The Merton 1 rises 59 floors and , and stands as the 60th-tallest building in territory. The Mer ...
, a private housing estate jointly developed by the
Urban Renewal Authority
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) is a quasi-governmental, profit-making statutory body in Hong Kong responsible for accelerating urban redevelopment.
History
The authority's predecessor, the Land Development Corporation (土地發展� ...
and
New World Development
New World Development Company Limited (NWD) is a Hong Kong–based company focused on property, hotels, infrastructure and services and department stores. It was established on 29 May 1970 by Cheng Yu-tung. The company is publicly listed on t ...
. Catchick Street connects
Praya, Kennedy Town (堅彌地城海旁) to the east and
Cadogan Street (加多近街) to the west. There are east-west tram lines along the way, so it is also commonly known as the "Tram Road" at the end of the
Western District.
History
In 1886,
Hong Kong Governor
The governor of Hong Kong was the representative of the British Crown in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1997. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council and commander-in-chief of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong. ...
Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy completed a new
reclamation project in
Belcher Bay, and Catchick Street was built. The reclamation was initiated by Hong Kong businessman
Sir Catchick Paul Chater, so the street was named after him.
The street was originally called Chater Street, it was later renamed Catchick Street.
[{{Cite web , title=香港地方 {{! 道路及鐵路 {{! 曾改名道路(一)香港 , url=http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=309 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030181919/http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=309 , archive-date=2017-10-30 , access-date=2008-01-25] The name Catchick has two Chinese translation, 吉直 and 吉席, so the Chinese name of the street was first renamed as 吉直街 and then 吉席街 in 1909.
[《港島街道百年》 鄭寶鴻編,ISBN 962-04-1688-0, pp.50。]。
Before reclamation, Catchick Street was originally the seaside in the north of Western District of Hong Kong Island. The north side of the street was facing the
Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbor, harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. It acts as both a major trading hub and tourist attraction of Hong Kong in general. Lying in ...
and was once one of the hotspots frequented by fishing and photography enthusiasts.
Nearby Places
* New Praya, Kennedy Town
*
Belcher's Street
*
The Merton
The Merton () is a high-rise development located in Kennedy Town supplying 1,182 units in total, Hong Kong. The complex consists of three towers. The Merton 1 rises 59 floors and , and stands as the 60th-tallest building in territory. The Mer ...
* Belcher Bay Park
* The Kennedy Town Abattoir
* Cadogan Street Promenade (加多近街海濱長廊)
*
Davis Street
*
Smithfield (士美菲路)
* North Street
* Sands Street (山市街)
File:HK_Kennedy_Town_Catchick_Street_n_Rest_n_Cha_chaan_teng_n_Cycle_K_a.jpg, Catchick Street
File:Kennedy_Town_Terminus_view_2018.jpg, Kennedy Town Terminus on Catchick Street
File:Trams_lining_up_on_Catchick_Street_near_the_Kennedy_Town_Terminus_(Hong_Kong).jpg, After dropping off passengers at the Davis Street (爹核士街) tram stop, the tram will wait to turn left onto Davis Street, right onto Belcher's Street (卑路乍街), then right onto Cadogan Street (加多近街), and finally turn right back to the Kennedy Town terminus at Catchick Street to pick up passengers.
References
Sai Wan
Roads on Hong Kong Island