Great George Street, Hong Kong
Street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
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Great George Street(記利佐治街) is a street of the Causeway Bay area, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
Name
The street was named after the street of the same name in Westminster, London, which is named after King George II of Great Britain.[1]
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]
References
External links
Media related to Great George Street, Hong Kong at Wikimedia Commons
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Wan Chai District
Main borders and locations
- Causeway Bay
- Kellett Island
- Happy Valley
- Jardine's Lookout
- Mid Levels (part)
- Stubbs Road
- Tai Hang
- Tin Hau
- Wan Chai
- Wan Chai North
- Wong Nai Chung Gap
- Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School
- Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
- French International School of Hong Kong Blue Pool Road (HQ) and Jardine's Lookout
- Hong Kong Japanese School Primary school
- St. Paul's Convent School
- Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
- Marymount Primary School
- Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School
- Hong Kong Central Library
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- Blue House
- Central Plaza
- China Resources Building
- Dorsett Wanchai Hong Kong Hotel
- Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
- The Excelsior
- Golden Bauhinia Square
- Great George Street
- Happy Valley Racecourse
- Harbour Centre
- Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
- Hong Kong Police Headquarters
- Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
- Hopewell Centre
- Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island
- Hysan Place
- Immigration Tower
- King Yin Lei
- Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple
- Lai Tak Tsuen
- Lee Garden
- Lee Garden One
- Lockhart Road
- Mount Cameron
- Mount Nicholson
- Mount Parish
- Nam Koo Terrace
- Novotel Century Hong Kong
- Old Wanchai Market Building
- Old Wan Chai Police Station
- Old Wan Chai Post Office
- Po Leung Kuk Museum
- QRE Plaza
- Queen's Road East
- Pacific Place Phase III
- Revenue Tower
- Ruttonjee Hospital
- Shui On Centre
- Southorn Playground
- Spring Garden Lane
- St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
- Stubbs Road
- Sun Hung Kai Centre
- Times Square
- Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
- Victoria Park
- Wan Chai Heritage Trail
- Wanchai Tower
- Windsor House
- World Trade Centre Hong Kong
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This list is incomplete.
22°16′50″N 114°11′08″E / 22.28051°N 114.18553°E / 22.28051; 114.18553
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