Lockhart Road
History
The road is named after Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1895 to 1902, who signed the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory.
On 17 December 2005, during the WTO Conference, protestors from South Korea broke the police defensive line on Lockhart Road and attempted to break into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai North. This action developed into a major clash with the Hong Kong Police Force.
Bar district
Part of Lockhart Road near its western end is the backbone of one of Hong Kong Island's two main bar districts, the other being the slightly more upmarket Lan Kwai Fong and SoHo area. Once considered primarily a red light district, the area is now much more mixed, with bars, pubs, restaurants and discos. A number of the raunchier bars still remain, their doorways festooned with lightly clothed girls from Thailand and the Philippines. This is the area in which the novel and film The World of Suzie Wong were set.
See also
References
- ^ Andrew Yanne; Gillis Heller (1 May 2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-962-209-944-9. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "街知巷聞﹕夜色轉變 灣仔寂寞不變". e123長青網-長者服務及老人院資訊 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ^ Gwulo: The World of Suzie Wong
Further reading
- Cummer, Katherine Noelle (2010). Cultural mapping western Lockhart Road for insight into Hong Kong's drinking culture (Master of Science in Conservation thesis). The University of Hong Kong.
External links
Media related to Lockhart Road at Wikimedia Commons
