of the cily. Practically, all of Lhe mosl pleasant
memories of Lhe magnificenl and elegant Lhealres
existing Lhen are forever embedded in our minds
and hearl. They include Lhe Lee Theatre (19251991),
New York, Capitol (1952-1977), Roxy
Thealre (1949-197 4) and Hoover Thealre (19541981),
and all of them ·were in a distinct class of
Lheir own genre.
Afler being mesmerized by Lhis magical
holspol,、r:isi
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can Lhen move on Lo Lhe Causeway
Bay r「y
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Sheller (Lhe presenL-day Vicloria
Park) along Causeway Road and Lhen Lhe Cenlral
Public Library comes into sighl. The sile of Lhe
library and Lhe slrelch of'open field righl up Lo
Lhe presenl campus of Queen's College used Lo
be a military / government sports ground cum
polo field. rn1e Chinese name for Causeway Bay is
"Tung Lo \\'an", meaning Copper Cong Bay which
is the bay at the seaward end of the So Kon Po
valley. The Chinese name refers lo the shape of
Lhc bay丶,vhi
ch
resembled a broken copper gong.
The English named Lhe bay afler Lhe breakwaler /
causeway built across the shallow inlel.
In Lhe early days, trams ran along Electric
Road which got its name from the setting up
by the Hongkong Electric Company of a power
gcneraling plant (Lhe presenl-day Cily Gardens),
which was lransfcrred from the cluster around
Sun Slreel, ~:loon Streel and Star Slreel in
\~'anchai. On enlering King's road we come inlo
an area known as "Lillie Shanghai" which is now
somewhal overshadowed by anolher group of'
immigranls, Lhe Fujianese and hence Lhe area is
now beller known as "Lillie Fujian", Lhe centre
of' aclivily revolves around Chun Yeung Slreel.
A magnificenl slruclure is Lhe premises of' the
sprawling Commercial Press. The premises are
now largely occupied by Lhe \\Tah Fung Chinese
Goods Centre localed in Kiu Kwan Mansion and
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nexl lo Kiu Fai 1'lansion.
The forn1er depol of Lhe now defuncl China
Motor Bus Company is now occupied by the
residential complex, Island Place (completed
in .May 1997). Further east where paddy fields
abounded are two public housing estates: Healthy
Village and 1lodel Housing Estate. Towards
Lhe coasllinc were Lhe coaslal 'Tsal Tsz 1lui
swimming pavilions. The name originales from
the shape of seven boulders embracing each
other. Another folklore has it that a big boulder
had the appearance of seven persons engaged in
"a Chinese finger-guessing drinking game". The
boulder was only visible during low Lides before
Lhe enlire area丶vas
reclaimed.
In 1880, the Government granled a big piece
of desolate land Lo Lhe Lhen Bulterfield and Swire
Company (Lhc Swire Group nowadays) Lo build a
sugar refinery. 'The present Quarry Bay area was
a bay where rock from the hillsides were quarried.
The Cantonese name "Tsak Yue Chung" reveals
Lhat il was a small slream where crucian carp could
be found in Lhe 19Lh cenlury. The easlern parl of
Quarry Bay. namely "Quarry Point" was largely
owned by Swire and Taikoo Dockyard began
operalions in 1907. In Lhe early 1970's, Lhe Swire
Group decided lo restructure their holdings in the
area. Subsequenlly, the land (mainly docl{)1ard
area) was used lo develop a large private housing
estate, Taikoo Shing, a bristling residential complex
、~1
ith
commercial and retail outlets.
However, the Sai \Van Ho, Shau Kei \Van and
Aldrich Bay area retained, until the mid 1970's,
Lhcir characlcrislics as a rural markcl and fishing
village oulposl. \Vilh Lhe subsequenl massive
development of Chai \Van and the completion
the Eastern Corridor, Shau Kei \Van and the
neighbouring area became a focal po int of
interchange covering the Shek 0 , 'Tai Tam and
Stanley sub-districts. It soon developed into a
nourishing and buslling mini-melropolis and in
every way reminiscenl of Lhe more modern parl of
'T'aikoo Shing and Quarry Bay which are somelimes
rel'erred lo as "Central Easl".
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1918年。
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1910年在灣仔大佛洋行左旁開設新館。「些那堪」於
1950年代初與東鄰的聖彼得教堂
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