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Bowen Road (寶雲道) is a road (~119-123m above sea level) from the Mid-levels (119m) to Wong Nai Chung Gap (123m) of Hong Kong Island, on the slope above Central, Wan Chai and Happy Valley in Hong Kong. Bowen Road starts from Magazine Gap Road near the…

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,…

The Man Mo Temple Compound on Hollywood Road in Sheung Wan comprising three blocks – Man Mo Temple, Lit Shing Kung and Kung Sor – was built between 1847 and 1862 by wealthy Chinese merchants, primarily for the worship of Man Cheong (God of…

The park was built around 1898. It was located at today's Park Road (then part of Robinson Road) near St Stephen's Girls' College. In the last 19th century, it was one of the two public parks besides the Botanic Garden.

The Albany Fresh Water Service Reservoir (雅賓利食水配水庫 ,
formerly known as Albany Service Reservoir) was built in 1888 – 1889. It
was constructed as part of the Tai Tam Waterworks Project, which was carried
out between 1883 and 1889 under the…

Raphael Tuck & Sons was a business started by Raphael Tuck and his wife in Bishopsgate in the City of London in October 1866,[1] selling pictures and greeting cards, and eventually selling postcards, which was their most successful line. Their…

The British Military Hospital was a hospital in Hong Kong for the use of the British garrison. It was located at Bowen Road for over 60 years, from 1907 to 1967. It was built between 1903 and 1906, and officially opened on July 1, 1907.

Often…