Wan Chai Road
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Wan Chai Road is a main road
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...
on the north side of Hong Kong island
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...
, in Wan Chai
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often called...
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Wan Chai Road is a L-shape road which constructed in 1851 along Morrison Hill
Morrison Hill
Morrison Hill is an area and was a hill in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Located near Happy Valley, the hill was at the seashore before Praya East land reclamation....
from the foot of Hospital Hill, Hong Kong (now near old Wan Chai Market
Wan Chai Market
The Wan Chai Market was constructed in 1937. It is located at 264 Queen's Road East and Stone Nullah Lane in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island. It is a Grade III Historic Building....
building) to the beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
at Observation Point (now near Tin Lok Lane
Tin Lok Lane
Tin Lok Lane, , is a street in Wan Chai in between Hennessy Road and Wan Chai Road. There is a tram station and some fast food shops, cafes and restaurants.Before Lockhart Road was built, Tin Lok Lane had a beach at Observation Point....
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In the 1930 and 1940s, Hong Kong funeral services used to gather in Wan Chai Road and Tin Lok Lane as the area is closed to the cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
in Happy Valley
Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Happy Valley is a mostly residential suburb of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Administratively, it is part of Wan Chai District....
. Mr. Siu Ming founded the first funeral parlour named Hong Kong Funeral Home in Hong Kong. It was located on Wan Chai Road, with a cemetery carving workshop
Workshop
A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods...
opposite to it. The coffin
Coffin
A coffin is a funerary box used in the display and containment of dead people – either for burial or cremation.Contemporary North American English makes a distinction between "coffin", which is generally understood to denote a funerary box having six sides in plan view, and "casket", which...
showroom
Showroom
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was on Tin Lok Lane.