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| image = HK Queen Victoria Street Tsit Wing Group.jpgDes Voeux Road#Des Voeux Road Central>Des Voeux Road Central and Queen's Road Central in June 2006| length_m =200| namesake = Queen Victoria| length_ref =| location = Central, Hong Kong221.4311419.73type:landmark|display=title}}| direction_a = NorthConnaught Road>Connaught Road Central| direction_b = SouthQueen's Road, Hong Kong#Queen.27s Road Central>Queen's Road Central}} Queen Victoria Street ({{zh|t=域多利皇后街|p=Yùduōlì Huánghòu Jiē|cy=wik6 do1 lei6 wong4 hau6 gaai1}}) is a one-way street in Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Named after Queen Victoria, the street stretches from Connaught Road Central to Queen's Road Central. The street is noted for the many landmarks that it runs past, namely Central Market and the headquarters of the Hang Seng Bank.

History

During the First Opium War, the British occupied Hong Kong in 1841 and one year later, the territory was ceded to them in the Treaty of Nanking. The street is named after Queen Victoria, who was the reigning British monarch at the time Hong Kong was colonised.BOOK, Yanne, Andrew,weblink Signs of a Colonial Era, Heller, Gillis, Hong Kong University Press, 2009, 978-962-209-944-9, 7–8, 10, en, Although its Chinese name is a mistranslation of "Queen", meaning queen consort instead of queen regnant, it has never been changed to reflect its proper dedication.At the time of the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, it was believed that Queen Victoria Street would be renamed along with other streets and places to erase memories of the colonial past.NEWS, McKirdy, Euan, 12 May 2011, Empire Strikes Back, en, The Wall Street Journal,weblink subscription, 8 March 2013, This was in spite of a statement by the Urban Council declaring it generally had not intention of modifying the names of streets that bore colonial references.NEWS, Tsang, Agnes, 3 July 1997, Tea, Cricket, Other British Legacies Are Likely to Endure, en, A20, Deseret News, Reuters,weblink However, the renaming did not come to fruition at the handoverNEWS, Katz, Gregory, 29 June 1997, Cautious Welcome – Hong Kong Awaiting Transfer with Pride, Fear, 1A, The Dallas Morning News,weblink subscription, 4 October 2013, NEWS, Lin, Jennifer, 18 May 1997, Shedding Images of Sovereignty, en, A03, The Philadelphia Inquirer,weblink subscription, 4 October 2013, and the street still retains its royal name to the present day.

Description and features

From its northern end, Queen Victoria Street begins at Connaught Road Central, travelling down one-way past the headquarters of the Hang Seng Bank, located to the west of the street. It then reaches the intersection with Des Voeux Road Central; the next segment of the street ascends up a slope southwards. Here, it passes Central Market—also located on its west side—before ending on Queen's Road Central. The street is parallel to the adjacent Jubilee Street, which runs west of Queen Victoria Street and follows the same route, albeit with the landmarks to its east.

Intersections

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See also

• List of places named after Queen Victoria
• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Queen Victoria Street, Hong Kong}}

• Google Maps of Queen Victoria Street

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