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What are the famous streets in Hong Kong?

1. Queen's Road (English: Queen's Road) is the main road in the coastal city center of the first building after the opening of Hong Kong, which is located on Hong Kong Island. It is divided into Queen's Road West, Queen's Road Central and Queen's Road East (abbreviated as Avenue West, Avenue Central and Avenue East), extending from shek tong tsui in Central and Western District to Happy Valley in Wan Chai District, with a total length of about 5 kilometers. ?

2. Nathan Road, located in Kowloon, Hong Kong, is one of the most famous streets in Hong Kong, connecting Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui.

3. Garden Street is a famous road in Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong. It is located in the east of Mong Kok, Kowloon, north to Boundary Street, south to Dundas Street, and parallel to Tung Choi Street and Laundry Street. At present, this street is one of the famous shopping areas in Hong Kong.

4. Pottinger Street, a street in Hong Kong, is located in the central part of Hong Kong Island. The street connects hollywood road in the mountain and Connaught Road in the foot of the mountain. The section from Queen's Road Central to hollywood road is steep, so the pavement is paved with stones, and it is designed to be concave and convex, which is convenient for pedestrians to get on and off, and it is also convenient for rainwater to flow away along both sides.

So people used to call it Slate Street. In 1858, the Hong Kong government named this street Pidianzha Street to commemorate the first Hong Kong Governor Pidianzha.

5. Tung Choi Street is a famous road in Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong. It is located in the east of Nathan Road in Mong Kok, north to Boundary Street and south to Dundas Street. At present, this street is one of the famous shopping areas in Hong Kong

6. Lan Kwai Fong is a short, narrow, L-shaped street between Wyndham Street and Dejili Street in Central, which is paved with cobblestones. The street is full of western-style restaurants and bars, but it has a great reputation.

Lan Kwai Fong Bar Street originated in the early 197s, and the Hong Kong government began urban renewal in the central and western areas. The development of roads attracted the inflow of commercial funds. At that time, an Italian businessman opened an Italian clothing store and restaurant here. Some "Yuppies" who work in Central want to find a place to chat after work, and this restaurant has become a gathering place for their happy hours.

Later, some films were filmed here, and Lan Kwai Fong gradually became a tasteful leisure place, with more and more bars, restaurants and entertainment places. With the development of bars and restaurants near Lan Kwai Fong in recent years, Dejili Street at the junction of Yunxian Street and Ronghuali has also been included in Lan Kwai Fong.

7. There are a large number of shopping malls and shops in Tsim Sha Tsui and eastern Tsim Sha Tsui. It is an important consumption area in Hong Kong, and it is also a place where tourists like to hang around. The shopping malls of major hotels such as Peninsula Hotel and Interstate Hotel are hot spots where famous shops gather, while New Century Center and Park Avenue are busy shopping centers.

Street fashion hotspots are distributed in buildings such as Baili Shopping Mall and Lishi Shopping Mall in this area. As for the Tsim Sha Tsui section of Nathan Road and the tourist areas along Granville Road, Cameron Road and Carnarvon Road, it is one of the most prosperous shopping streets in Hong Kong.

8. There are many modern commercial buildings in Tsim Sha Tsui Business District, such as Nanyang Center, Peninsula Center, Happiness Center, Minghui Center, Hollysys Center and Tsim Sha Tsui Center. Each center or building has shopping malls or shops.

9. The shopping mall of Peninsula Hotel has gathered the shopping malls of the world's top brands, and CHANNEL, Christian, Dior, Louis, Vuitton, etc. all have specialty stores here.

1. Park Avenue is located in the shopping corridor next to Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, where many local and international brand stores gather. The Miramar Mall opposite it is also a popular shopping spot.

Extended information:

Hong Kong, for short, is called the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR). Hong Kong is located in the south of China, east of the Pearl River Estuary, along the coast of the South China Sea, bordering Shenzhen in Guangdong Province in the north and the Pearl River in the west, facing the Macao Special Administrative Region across the Pearl River Estuary, and the other two sides are adjacent to the South China Sea. ?

Hong Kong is one of the highly prosperous international metropolises in the world. The whole territory consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and New Territories. The total land area under its jurisdiction is 1,14.32 square kilometers. By the end of 214, the total population was about 7.264 million, ranking third in the world in population density. ?

Before p>184, Hong Kong was still a small fishing village. From 1842 to 1997, Hong Kong became a British colony. After World War II, Hong Kong's economy and society developed rapidly, where eastern and western cultures met and became one of the "four little dragons in Asia".

On July 1, 1997, China officially resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and became one of the special administrative regions of China. Hong Kong is allowed to retain its original economic model, laws and social systems, and enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign affairs and national defense. ?

Hong Kong is an important international and Asia-Pacific shipping hub and one of the most competitive cities, ranking first in the world in economic freedom index for 21 consecutive years. ?

Hong Kong is well-known in the world for its excellent public order, free economy and sound legal system. It is also known as the Pearl of the Orient, a gourmet paradise and a shopping paradise. It is also one of the richest, most developed and highest living standards regions in the world.

Reference link-Baidu Encyclopedia-Hong Kong