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| Traditional Chinese | 廣東道 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广东道 | ||||||||||
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Canton Road is a road in Hong Kong, linking the former west reclamation shore in Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan, Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok on the Kowloon Peninsula. The road runs mostly parallel and west to Nathan Road. It starts from the junction with Salisbury Road in the south and ends in the north at the junction with Lai Chi Kok Road in the Prince Edward area. Canton road contains many shops and is usually very lively from morning all the way to night.
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Name
The road was originally named as MacDonnell Road. To avoid confusion with MacDonnell Road on the Hong Kong Island, its name changed to Canton Road. The roads in the area were mainly named after cities of China and Vietnam. The translator of Canton Road misintrepreted Canton as Guangdong (廣東) instead of the city of Canton (廣州).
Sections and features
The road was elongated from the section in Tsim Sha Tsui. In course of urban development, sections of road were used for other constructions, making the sections disjoint.
The following list follows a south-north order. (W) indicates the western side of the road, while (E) indicates the eastern side.
Tsim Sha Tsui section
The section starts at Salisbury Road and ends at Jordan Road. Features include:
- (W) Star House, at the intersection with Salisbury Road and facing the Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier Bus Terminus
- (E) Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound, at the intersection with Salisbury Road. A declared monument, it has been renamed "1881 Heritage" and re-developed into a shopping mall and hotel.
- (W) Harbour City, which contains the Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, the Ocean Terminal, the Ocean Centre and The Gateway
- (E) One Peking office and shopping mall tower, at the junction with Peking Road
- (E) > junction with Peking Road
- (E) Silvercord and the Silvercord Arcade (No. 30), at the junction with Haiphong Road
- (E) > junction with Haiphong Road
- (E) > junction with Kowloon Park Drive
- (W) China Hong Kong City, which contains the Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal
- (E) A small portion of Kowloon Park
- (E) Lai Chack Middle School (No. 180)
- (W) Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station (No. 333)
- (E) Victoria Towers, at the junction with Austin Road
- (E) > junction with Austin Road
- (W) Exit F of Austin MTR Station
- (W) Canton Road Government Offices (No. 393), one of the oldest remaining government office buildings[1]
- (E) > junction with Bowring Street
- (W) > junction with Wui Cheung Road
- (E) King George V Memorial Park, Kowloon at the intersection with Jordan Road
Jordan to Yau Ma Tei section
The section starts at Jordan Road and ends at Public Square Street. The part of this section between Jordan Road and Kansu Street is sometimes called "Jade Street" because of the number of jewelry shops selling jade.[2][3]
- (W) Giant jade stone near the intersection with Jordan Road (north side)[4][5]
- (E) > junction with Nanking Street
- (E) > junction with Ning Po Street
- > intersection with Saigon Street
- (E) No. 578 Canton Road, a building proposed for conservation,[6] at the intersection with Saigon Street
- (E) > junction with Pak Hoi Street
- > intersection with Kansu Street
- (W) Yau Ma Tei Police Station, a Grade III historic building, at the intersection with Public Square Street
The road is interrupted north of Public Square Street, and Prosperous Garden, a housing estate, is located in its place. The Broadway Cinematheque is located within Prosperous Garden.
Yau Ma Tei section
This very short section (about 30m long) starts at Tung Kun Street, north of Prosperous Garden and ends at the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market, a Grade III historic building. This section is bordered by two schools:
- (W) Tung Koon District Society Fong Shu Chuen School
- (E) Wanchai Church Kei To School
Yau Ma Tei to Prince Edward section
The section starts at Waterloo Road, north of the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market and ends at Lai Chi Kok Road.
- > intersection with Pitt Street
- (E) > junction with Hamilton Street
- > intersection with Dundas Street
- > intersection with Soy Street
- > intersection with Shantung Street
- > intersection with Nelson Street
- (W) > junction with Nam Tau Street
- (W) Mongkok Market Complex between the junctions with Nam Tau Street and Argyle Street
- > intersection with Argyle Street
- (W) China Cafe (No. 1081),[7] a cha chaan teng[8] featured in several Hong Kong films, including the 2003 PTU[9] and the 2005 Election.[10]
- (E) > junction with Fife Street
- > intersection with Mong Kok Road
- > intersection with Bute Street
- > intersection with Arran Street
- > intersection with Prince Edward Road West
- (W) No. 1235 Canton Road, tong-lau proposed for conservation[11]
West Rail Line
It was proposed that a station, Canton Road on the Kowloon Southern Link of the West Rail Line extension, could be built beneath the Tsim Sha Tsui section of the road, outside Harbour City. The plan was put off after unsuccessful negotiation between KCRC and The Wharf on financial arrangement. Another station, Austin, near the junction of Canton Road and Wui Cheung Road in Kwun Chung opened in August 2009.
Gallery
 Hard Rock Cafe, G/F & 1/F, Silvercord (closed since Nov. 24, 2008)[12] |
 KMB bus in Canton Road |
 Canton Road near Silvercord in the evening |
 Canton Road at night, facing south |
See also
References
- ^ Film Services Offices: Canton Road Government Offices
- ^ Hong Kong Tourism Board: Theme Shopping Streets
- ^ Film Services Office: Canton Road (between Jordan Road and Kansu Street)
- ^ The Standard "Giant jade lure in survival fight", June 25, 2008
- ^ Hong Kong Tourism Board: Jade Market & Jade Street
- ^ Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items, pp. 997-998
- ^ 中國冰室 China Cafe
- ^ HK magazine "Cha Chaan Chow", September 18th, 2009
- ^ HK magazine "They Haven’t Torn It Down... Yet", January 11th, 2008
- ^ The Vancouver Sun "48 hours in cinematic Hong Kong", April 24, 2008
- ^ Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items, pp. 625-626
- ^ bloomberg.com "Hong Kong Recession Cuts Jobs at Hard Rock, Retailer, SCMP Says", Nov. 15, 2008
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