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Queensway (Chinese: 金鐘道; Jyutping: gam1 zung1 dou6) is a major road in the Admiralty area of Central, Hong Kong.It was originally a section of Queen's Road East and forms part of the continuum of Queen's Road that had been split into Queen's Road West, Queen's Road Central, Queensway, and Queen's Road East after World War II.
The Queensway Government Office Building (in short form QGO) is a skyscraper located in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong near Admiralty station. The tower rises 56 floors and 199 metres (653 ft) in height. [2] The building was completed in 1985. [1] It was designed by Mr K.M. Tseng of the Architectural Services Department. The Queensway ...
Whitehead Refugee Camp, HK disused in 2008 The old RAF headquarters on Kwun Tong Road, Kai Tak, which housed boat people until 1997. Bat lau dung laai (Chinese: 不漏洞拉 or 北漏洞拉 [1]; Jyutping: bat1 lau6 dung6 laai1) is a Hong Kong Cantonese corruption of the Vietnamese phrase bắt đầu từ nay, meaning "from now on" (bắt đầu = begin, start; từ = "from", nay = "now ...
The High Court Building of Hong Kong is located at 38 Queensway, Admiralty, and is home to the High Court. The 20 storey building was built in 1985 as the home of the then Supreme Court of Hong Kong, which was renamed in 1997. The structure is a white clad tower and has a water fountain outside its front door.
Lippo Centre (Chinese: 力寶中心; Jyutping: lik6 bou2 zung1 sam1), previously known as the Bond Centre (奔達中心; ban1 daat6 zung1 sam1), is a twin tower skyscraper complex completed in 1988 at 89 Queensway, in Admiralty on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong near Admiralty station. Tower I is 186 m (610.2 ft) with 46 storeys, and Tower II is ...
Queensway (horse), a racehorse; Queensway (New York City), a planned conversion of the former Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road to a linear park; Queensway (Stevenage), a shopping centre; Queensway (retailer), a defunct furniture retailer; Queensway Secondary School, Singapore; Queensway tube station, in London
Hong Kong, with the status of "safe haven", soon became the leading destination. The BBC World Service spurred the choice by making known Hong Kong's 3-month grace period in which to make resettlement applications to a third country. [9] Hong Kong was also known for its liberal policy of allowing landed refugees the right to work.
The following are incomplete lists of expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong. Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. Some of the roads on the north side of Hong Kong Island and southern Kowloon have a grid-like pattern.