Water Street, Hong Kong

Street in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong

Intersection of Water Street and Des Voeux Road West in Sai Ying Pun. Water Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Near Queen's Road West, Hong Kong.

Water Street (Chinese: 水街) is a street in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It runs from Connaught Road, crossing Des Voeux Road West and Queen's Road West then climbing steeply up the hill crossing Second Street, Third Street and then end in steps to High Street and Pok Fu Lam Road conjunction.

## History

[edit]

Originally, there was a nullah in the middle of the street carrying water from the hills down to the harbour. With the development of the area, the nullah was covered and used for hot food hawkers market for many years and this was a favourable night meeting spot for professional drivers such as taxis and trucks to have their dinner and late night gathering until the foodstalls were removed to give way for more traffic lanes.

## Features

[edit]

There are 228 units in 8 buildings with addresses in Water Street. Most buildings on the street have addresses in the intersecting streets. One named building is Rockson Building.

## Constituency

[edit]

Main article: Water Street (constituency)

An electoral constituency in the Central and Western District Council is named after Water Street: Water Street Constituency. The boundaries of this electorate follow Bonham Road, Hill Road, Queen's Road West, Western Street. On 24 November 2003, an election elected Tai Cheuk Yin Leslie Spencer. 2,581 valid votes were cast. The estimated population of the constituency was 14,687 on 30 June 2003.[1][needs update]

## See also

[edit]

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

* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
* Water Street (constituency)

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Summary of Constituency areas

* v
* t
* e

Streets and roads on Hong Kong Island

Central and Western District|

* Aberdeen Street
* Arbuthnot Road
* Battery Path
* Belcher's Street
* Bonham Road
* Bonham Strand
* Bonham Strand West
* Bridges Street
* Caine Road
* Centre Street
* Chater Road
* Cochrane Street
* Conduit Road
* Connaught Road Central
* Connaught Road West
* Connaught Place
* Des Voeux Road Central
* Des Voeux Road West
* Duddell Street
* Elgin Street
* Eastern Street
* Gage Street
* Garden Road
* Glenealy
* Gutzlaff Street
* Harcourt Road
* Hollywood Road
* Ice House Street
* Jubilee Street
* Ladder Street
* 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
* Queen's Road Central
* Queen's Road West
* Queensway
* Robinson Road
* Shelley Street
* Smithfield
* Staveley Street
* Tai Ping Shan Street
* Upper Albert Road
* Upper Lascar Row
* Water Street
* Wellington Street
* Western Street
* Wing On Street.
* Wing Sing Street
* Wyndham Street

Wan Chai District|

* Amoy Street
* Blue Pool Road
* Canal Road
* Causeway Road
* Gloucester Road
* Gresson Street
* Hennessy Road
* Jaffe Road
* Jardine's Bazaar
* Johnston Road
* Lee Tung Street
* Lockhart Road
* Luard Road
* Oi Kwan Road
* Paterson Street
* Queen's Road East
* Stone Nullah Lane
* Stubbs Road
* Swatow Street
* Tai Yuen Street
* Thomson Road
* Victoria Park Road
* Yee Wo Street

Eastern District|

* Chai Wan Road
* Fort Street
* Java Road
* King's Road
* Shau Kei Wan Road
* Tsat Tsz Mui Road
* Kai Yuen Street

Southern District|

* Aberdeen Main Road
* Aberdeen Praya Road
* Deep Water Bay Road
* Island Road
* Nam Fung Road
* Repulse Bay Road
* Wong Nai Chung Road
* Wong Chuk Hang Road

Spans more than one district|

* Bowen Road
* Electric Road
* Kennedy Road
* Pok Fu Lam Road
* Tai Tam Road
* Victoria Road
* Wong Nai Chung Gap Road

See also
Streets and roads in Kowloon
The New Territories

This Hong Kong road article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This Hong Kong Island location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template