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Transcriptions. Central Market is a fresh food market in Central, Hong Kong and the first wet market in the city. It is one of only two existing Bauhaus market buildings in Hong Kong, the other one being Wan Chai Market. [1] After years of disuse, it was reopened to the public on Aug 23, 2021 as a new centre for retailers, eateries and public ...
Central, Hong Kong. Central (Chinese: 中環), also known as Central District, is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula.
Pottinger Street in the 1930s. Pottinger Street is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is also known as the Stone Slabs Street (Chinese: 石板街) since the street is paved unevenly by granite stone steps. It was named in 1858 after Henry Pottinger, the first Governor of Hong Kong, serving from 1843 to 1844. It is a Grade I historic building .
The Central–Mid-Levels escalator and walkway system in Hong Kong is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. The system covers over 800 m (2,600 ft) in distance and traverses an elevation of over 135 m (443 ft) from bottom to top. It opened in 1993 to provide an improved link between Central and the Mid-Levels on Hong Kong ...
Photo Dent's Fountain: 1864 1933 In front of the old City Hall, present day HSBC Building: Donated by Dent & Co. Hongkong Hotel: 1868 1952 City Hall: 1869 1936 Beaconsfield Arcade: 1878 1917 HSBC Building (second) 1886 1934 Queen's College: 1889 1948 Peak Hotel: 1890 1938 Central Market (second) 1895 1937 Hong Kong Club (second) 1897 1981 4 ...
Murray House is a popular location for wedding photography. Murray House is a Victorian -era building in Stanley, Hong Kong. Built in the present-day business district of Central in 1846 as officers' quarters of the Murray Barracks, [1] the building was moved to the south of Hong Kong Island during the 2000s. This building has become an iconic ...
The economy of Hong Kong is a highly developed free-market economy. It is characterised by low taxation, almost free port trade and a well-established international financial market. [15] [16] Its currency, called the Hong Kong dollar, is legally issued by three major international commercial banks, [17] and is pegged to the US dollar.
History. Founded in 1945, Wellcome is Hong Kong's longest-established supermarket chain. Since 1964, the company has been wholly owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings following the merger with rival supermarket Dairy Lane. Wellcome has an overall staff of 5,000 in more than 240 stores and serves more than 14 million customers every month.