Pound Lane ( Chinese : 磅巷 ) is a lane in Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island , Hong Kong.
6-476: Pound Lane is located between Bonham Road and Hollywood Road . The Lane runs parallel to Po Yan Street and Upper Station Street . It was the site of a government pound where straying animals, like cows and sheep , were kept. The Lane appeared on the Rates List for 1870. There was one Yee Yik occupied premises in the lane and he was a cowkeeper , while another building was occupied by one Chaoupai who
12-422: A few well known schools located on the road, including King's College , St. Paul's College, Hong Kong , St. Stephen's Girls' College , St. Clare's Primary School, Bonham Road Government Primary School, Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong which is there in the 19th century. Bonham Road Flyover is a one-way, single-lane flyover allowing vehicles travelling north on Pok Fu Lam Road to turn east onto Bonham Road. It
18-583: The University of Hong Kong , and Caine Road in the east, at the junction with Hospital Road and Seymour Road . It was named after Sir George Bonham , the third Governor of Hong Kong . It was renamed Nishi-Taisho Dori (西大正通) during Japanese occupation of Hong Kong . Several historical buildings are located on the road, including Fung Ping Shan building, Hung Hing Ying building and the Main Building of The University of Hong Kong . There are also
24-589: The death of the area," he said. Noise levels would increase, prices would go up and developers would be keen to exploit the area's 30-storey height limits. "You have to wonder who is pushing this idea behind the scenes," he said. The escalator's chief proponent has been the local branch of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong , whose community relations officer, Kathy Siu Ka-yi , can be seen on dozens of posters and banners supporting
30-530: The project. 22°17′05″N 114°08′51″E / 22.2846°N 114.1474°E / 22.2846; 114.1474 This Hong Kong road article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bonham Road Bonham Road is a main road in West Mid-Levels , Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, running mainly East-West. The road connects Pok Fu Lam Road in the west, near
36-496: Was listed as a goatherd . The Chinese name mistakenly refers to the unit of measurement. The Central and Western District Council is considering installing a new escalator on Pound Lane, the Blake Garden area could well be on its way to becoming Hong Kong's next trendy neighbourhood. Urban planning critic John Batten, who has lived in the neighbourhood for nearly 20 years, is blunt about the prospects. "The escalator would be
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