Percival Street

Percival Street

Percival Street (Chinese: 波斯富街) is a street in the East Point and Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street spans from Gloucester Road in the north to Leighton Road in the south. Between Hennessy Road and Leighton Road, the street is with a branch of Hong Kong Tramway leading to Happy Valley.

History

The road was named after Spencer Perceval, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1809 to 1812. The land of the present-day Times Square was a tram depot at Matheson Street. Trams returned to the depot via Perceval Street and Russell Street. Another historical building was Lee Theatre. It was later demolished to build a shopping mall Lee Theatre Plaza.

hopping

Apart from Lee Theatre Plaza, two shopping centres Causeway Bay Plaza 1 and Causeway Bay Plaza 2 are also located at the road.

ee also

* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

External links

* [http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=330 Street named after British officials (in Chinese)]


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