Thomson Road (Chinese:譚臣道;Jyutping:taam4 san4 dou6) is a road inWan Chai,Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It was named on 30 October 1931 afterAlexander MacDonald Thomson, aColonial Treasurer of Hong Kong from 1899 to 1918.[1]
Thomson Road originally connectedJohnston Road andFleming Road, but the construction of theSouthorn Playground in 1932 divided it into the east and west sections, which were no longer connected to each other.[2] The western section starts from Johnston Road nearLuen Fat Street in the southwest and ends atLuard Road in the east; the eastern section starts from O'Brien Road in the west and ends at Johnston Road in the east.
The name of road was gazetted in October 1931. Hon. Alexander MacDonald Thomson first appeared in colonial service in 1887 in a lowly capacity. By July 1898, he was Acting Colonial Treasurer and Collector of Stamp Revenue and he stood in for a few months as Acting Colonial Secretary for SirHenry May in 1909, then twice more in 1910 and 1912. When Thomson retired in 1918, he was Colonial Treasurer. He had apension of HK$4,200 per annum.
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