Ophthalmologist Business Card of Doctor Jose Rizal from Hong Kong End of 19 Century

Rednaxela Terrace (; ) is a pedestrian-only street in

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. It is long and junctions Shelley Street to the west and Peel Street to the east.

Name

Although there are no official conclusions to the origin of the name, it is believed that the road was part of the property owned by a Mr. Alexander, and Rednaxela is an understandable transposition of the English name

Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...

, since the Chinese language was typically written right-to-left at the time. Most of the naming errors in Hong Kong are a result of incorrect

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. Another explanation is that the name is linked to abolitionist Robert Alexander Young, who was known to have used the name Rednaxela in his 1829 work '' Ethiopian Manifesto''. Chinese transliteration followed suit and was adopted by the neighbourhood, and the government never made any further alterations.

History

From December 1891 to June 1892, the Filipino revolutionary and national hero

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a na ...

lived with his family at Number 2, Rednaxela Terrace, then working as an eye clinician in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government erected a commemorative plaque in 2004 on the intersection of Rednaxela Terrace and Shelley Street to honour Rizal.

Residential buildings

Rednaxela Terrace only has a few residential buildings, with Caine Road on its north, Central-Mid-levels Escalator and Jamia Mosque on its east. Rednaxela Terrace is considered a convenient location for local residents and expatriates. No. 1 Rednaxela Terrace is a building called The Rednaxela developed by Yu Tai Hing Company Ltd, which was completed in 1998. No. 8 Rednaxela Terrace is named as ACTS Rednaxela and was owned and developed by Goldig Investment Group (). Carl Gouw () represented the developer acted as the creative chief under ACTS. He collaborated with Gary Chang and EDGE Design Institute on designing the building. It received a Design For Asia Merit award from Hong Kong Design Centre and was featured in Apple TV’s ''Home''. Goldig sold ACTS Rednaxela in 2012 for HK$ 200 million and ACTS continued with the serviced apartments operations. The building model is exhibited at M+ museum of

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References

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