HK: Central
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HK: Central
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Post Office, Hong Kong
Located at the junction of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road on the Hong Kong Island where World-Wide House is now situated, the old General Post Office (GPO) building was completed in 1911 and demolished in 1976. Throughout the years, it had been the…
Troops of the British Empire
The oldest structure within the police station was built in 1864; a three-storey barrack block constructed adjacent to Victoria Prison. A storey was later added to the block in 1905. Other blocks were added between 1910 and 1925. In 1919,…
Kowloon Ferry and Hong Kong Club
Parsee immigrant Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala needed to transport his bread. He initially acquired a steamboat to ferry his baked goods and his co-workers between Kowloon and Central. But Mithaiwala soon discovered a far more lucrative opportunity in…
Clock Tower from Blake Pier
Hong Kong’s first clock tower was built on Pedder Street in 1862. Situated in the centre of the young City of Victoria, it was a square granite structure about 80 feet high. Besides telling the time — though the legendary Scottish photographer John…
Central Market
The construction works for the 3rd Generation Central Market started in 1889 and was completed in 1895. The building was consisted of two 2-storeys blocks with a central avenue in between. The walls of the building were red brick with granite stone…
