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 Sheung Wan Civic Centre, at the corner ofQueen's Road Central and Morrison Street | |||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 上环 | ||||||||||||||
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Sheung Wan (Chinese:上環) is anarea inHong Kong, located in the north-west ofHong Kong Island, betweenCentral andSai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of theCentral and Western District. The name can be variously interpreted asUpper District (occupying relatively high ground compared to Central andWan Chai), orGateway District (perhaps a reference to the location where the British first entered and occupied Hong Kong).
Sheung Wan was one of the earliest settled places by the British, and belonged to the historicalVictoria City. The site of the original occupation of Hong Kong Island byBritish forces in 1842 was atPossession Street, betweenQueen's Road Central andHollywood Road. A plaque to this effect can be found inHollywood Road Park at the top of Possession Street. The foot of Possession Street,Possession Point, was at that time on the shoreline, but is now several hundred yards inland due toreclamation.
Sheung Wan is surrounded bySai Ying Pun in the west,Central in the east,Victoria Harbour in the north andVictoria Peak in the south. Part of theMid-Levels is located within Sheung Wan. The border between Central and Sheung Wan consists of the entire Castle Lane, the entireAberdeen Street, the entireWing Kut Street, the section ofDes Voeux Road Central between Wing Kut Street and Wing Wo Street, the section of Wing Wo Street north of Des Voeux Road Central, the section ofConnaught Road Central between Wing Wo Street and Rumsey Street, and the section ofRumsey Street from Connaught Road Central to the waterside. Garfield Mansion is in Sheung Wan while Green Field Court is in Central. The border's location south of Seymour Road in the Mid-Levels is unknown.
The Sheung Wan Route is one part ofCentral and Western Heritage Trail designed by theAntiquities and Monuments Office andLeisure and Cultural Services Department. The route covers 35 historic buildings and sites in Sheung Wan.[4]
Streets in Sheung Wan include:
The head office ofWing On is inWing On Centre [zh] (永安中心) in Sheung Wan.[7]
Sheung Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 11. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools:Bonham Road Government Primary School andLi Sing Primary School [zh] (李陞小學).[8]
Another school in the area is Discovery Montessori School,[9] aMontessori-based school located at 3/F Mandarin Building, 43B Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan. Discovery Montessori School (DMS) is for children from 6 months to 6 years old, with programs including playgroup, nursery, and kindergarten.
Due to the high French expatriate population,[10] theFrench International School of Hong Kong previously operated a Kindergarten campus in Shops 2-4 on the ground floor of Tung Fai Gardens (東暉花園) in Sheung Wan.[11]
Sheung Wan is served by theSheung Wan station, formerly the western terminus of theIsland line of theMTRmetro system.Kennedy Town became the new terminus of the Island on 28 December 2014.[12]
Trams also run through Sheung Wan, and one of the tram termini,Western Market, is located at the junction ofDes Voeux Road Central and Morrison Street near its namesake.
TheHong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal in theShun Tak Centre hasferries andhelicopters toMacau and to several destinations inMainland China.
Numerousbus routes run through Sheung Wan.Central (Macau Ferry) Bus Terminus, located next to the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, is one of the largest bus termini on Hong Kong Island.
Media related toSheung Wan at Wikimedia Commons
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Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government ofHong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" ofLands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" ofRating and Valuation Department. M：Narrow meaning of urban areas KL:Kowloon Peninsula at the south ofBoundary Street NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south ofLion Rock 1: Common definition (1) 2: Common definition (2) 3: Common definition (3) 4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right ofindigenous inhabitants 5: Jurisdiction area of formerUrban Council 6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" ofPlanning Department 7: Jurisdiction area ofUrban Renewal Authority 8: Unique operating area ofurban taxis 9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined byHong Kong Housing Authority 10: Definition of Urbanrates 11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 13: Regions having 999-year land lease 14:Geographical Constituency inHong Kong Legislative Council belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 15:Regional Education Office belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon 16:Primary One Admission School Net belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon | |||||||||||
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