Tonnochy Road

Tonnochy Road

Tonnochy Road (Chinese: 杜老誌道) is a road in Wan Chai on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It runs from Hennessy Road, across Lockhart Road, Jaffe Road, Gloucester Road, to Hung Hing Road near Victoria Harbour. The wide Gloucester Road divided the road north and south. Gloucester Road has a flyover to turn into the road at the north.

Major building

Wan Chai Sports Ground is located at the road in Wan Chai North. Tonnochy Night Club on the road was a historical night club in Hong Kong.

History

The reclamation of 1922 extended the shore of Wai Chai moved north to present-day Gloucester Road. Upon completion in 1928, Tonnochy Road was one of new roads on the reclamation. It was named after Malcolm Struan Tonnochy, an acting Governor of Hong Kong in March 1882.

In 1960s, another reclamation by Hong Kong Government extended the road north to Hung Hing Road.

In Fiction

Tonnochy Road (spelled Tonnochi in this version) is an important location in the computer game Deus Ex, where the protagonist gathers clues about recent incidents within Wan Chai District.Fact|date=August 2007

ee also

* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong


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