Upper Albert Road

Upper Albert Road (zh-tspcy|t=上亞厘畢道|s=上亚厘毕道|p=Shàng Yàlíbì Dào|cy=seung6 nga3 lei4 bat1 dou6) is a road on the Government Hill in the Central of Hong Kong. Surrounding the Government House, the residence of former Governors of Hong Kong and present Chief Executive of Hong Kong, the road is a destination of various protests. Protests sometimes result in traffic congestion.

The road is irregularly U-shaped and almost encircles the Government House. Starting from Lower Albert Road, the road wind up the hills and turn near the building Consulate General of United States of America in Hong Kong. It means Garden Road, Kennedy Road and Cotton Tree Drive.

For upper part of the road, its north is covered by Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens and ends in the junction with Caine Road, Glenealy and Arbuthnot Road near the headquarters of Caritas Hong Kong.

As it is part of early development of Victoria City, some old ficus microcarpa are located beside the road.

ee also

* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

External links

* [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/green/tree/dbh.php?sid=225&page=2&lang=b5 List of old and valuable tree]
* [http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=248 Network of tunnels for air raids. (in Chinese)]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=%E4%B8%8A%E4%BA%9E%E5%8E%98%E7%95%A2%E9%81%93+%4022.278930,+114.154520&daddr=22.279308,114.157053&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=18&mra=dme&sll=22.279442,114.15702&sspn=0.002035,0.003648&ie=UTF8&ll=22.27857,114.156415&spn=0.00407,0.007296&z=17&om=1 Google Maps of Upper Albert Road]