Elgin Street, Hong Kong

Street in Central, Hong Kong

For the former name of a street in Tsim Sha Tsui, see Haiphong Road.

Elgin Street

Traditional Chinese| 伊利近街
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Yīlìjìn Jiē
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| yi1 lei6 gan6 gaai1
Elgin Street A Krispy Kreme café on the street

Elgin Street is located in Central, Hong Kong. It was named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. It was also one of the earliest streets in Hong Kong.

## Location

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The street begins at a low elevation at Hollywood Road and ends high at Caine Road. The street is divided into two sections by the junction with Peel Street and Staunton Street. The upper section is less steep than the lower as it approaches the hilltop after the junction.

## Features

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One can find several stalls selling miscellaneous things, which are heaped on the ground, on the sloping street. Originally there were two dai pai dongs operating on the street near Hollywood Road, but one of them was forced to closed in 2005. Many international restaurants and a comedy club[1] can be found on the upper section of the street.

## Gallery

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* The faded roadsign of the street

* An antique shop on the street

* The closed and the still-operating dai pai dongs on the street. The deserted one attracts some photographers and curious tourists

* A stall selling miscellaneous goods on the street

## See also

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* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
* SoHo, Hong Kong

## References

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1. ^ TakeOut Comedy website

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elgin Street, Hong Kong.

* Map of Elgin Street, Hong Kong Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
* "The Muddy Elgin Street", Hong Kong Commercial Daily (in Chinese)

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* Aberdeen Street
* Arbuthnot Road
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* Belcher's Street
* Bonham Road
* Bonham Strand
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* Bridges Street
* Caine Road
* Centre Street
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* Cochrane Street
* Conduit Road
* Connaught Road Central
* Connaught Road West
* Connaught Place
* Des Voeux Road Central
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* Duddell Street
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* Gage Street
* Garden Road
* Glenealy
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* Harcourt Road
* Hollywood Road
* Ice House Street
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* Lan Kwai Fong
* Lugard Road
* MacDonnell Road
* Magazine Gap Road
* Mosque Street
* Old Bailey Street
* Po Hing Fong
* Pottinger Street
* Peel Street
* Queen Victoria Street
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See also
Streets and roads in Kowloon
The New Territories

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