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This book is the sister volume of "Stories of Streets in Hong Kong’s Central District", introducing more than ten renowned streets in areas such as Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, North Point, and Shau Kei Wan. In addition to describing the naming and anecdotes of each street, this book also emphasizes the early development and later history of each street, reflecting the history of British opium and tobacco trade, tracing the footsteps of missionaries and early Chinese politicians, while documenting the transformation from rural land into horse racing tracks, as well as the development of Hong Kong's film industry, power plants, swimming pools, and temples. It lets readers have a more comprehensive understanding of the history and development of each street as well as the entire Hong Kong.
- AuthorLo Kam
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2019
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