- Wyndham Street
Wyndham Street (zh-tspcy|t=雲咸街|s=云咸街|p=Yúnxián Jiē|cy=wan4 haam4 gaai1) is a one-way
street in Central,Hong Kong . It is one of the earliest colonial streets, once known as Pedder Hill.It starts at the junction with
Hollywood Road andArbuthnot Road , near theCentral Police Station , and heads downhill to terminate atQueen's Road Central , near theEntertainment Building .History
Lieutenant William Pedder, R.N., the
First Lieutenant of theHEIC Nemesis [cite book|last = Welsh |first = Frank|title = A History of Hong Kong|publisher = Harper Collins Publishers|date = 1997|location = Great Britain|pages = 133] was the first Harbour Master of Hong Kong established Pedder Street as the centre of Victoria City's commerce in the early colonial days. Pedder had his office built on the rocks above what is now Wyndham Street. For many years, the site on the top was known as Pedder's Hill. [Eric Cavaliero, [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=40111&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19980813&sear_year=1998 Pedder Street was where it all happened] ,The Standard , August 13, 1998]References
ee also
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List of streets and roads in Hong Kong External links
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=22.28174,114.154746&daddr=%E9%9B%B2%E5%92%B8%E8%A1%97+%4022.281560,+114.156760&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=18&mra=dme&sll=22.28112,114.155272&sspn=0.002035,0.003648&ie=UTF8&ll=22.280951,114.155754&spn=0.002035,0.003648&z=18&om=1 Google Maps of Wyndham Street]
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