Great George Street, Hong Kong

Great George Street (Chinese: 記利佐治街) is a busy shopping street of the Causeway Bay area, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

Intersection with Peterson Street
Great George Street

The street is about 200 metres (656 feet) long. It connects Victoria Park and East Point Road.

Name

The street was named after the street of the same name in Westminster, London, which is name after Britain's King George II[1]. King George II is affectionately known as Great George (see the original lyrics of the British national anthem God Save the Queen).

Features

Amongst others, Great George Street hosts the first factory of Vitasoy and the first Wellcome supermarket operating 24 hours a day. One of the exits of MTR Causeway Bay Station is located at this street.

Light pollution

In October 2008, an environmental organisation, Friends of the Earth, Hong Kong, released a result of online election about the "light pollution" emitted from the commercial building, Windsor House, in this street. They found the intensity of the light is 10,000 lux, equivalent to the brightness of daylight. [2]

Trivia

Because King George II (1683 - 1760) indirectly provides the name of this street via the street of the same name in Westminster, London, and this fact makes this street become the oldest commemorated Westerner among streets of Hong Kong.

References
  1. Bebbington, G. (1972) London Street Names, p150
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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