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Traditional Chinese
  
堅道

Hanyu Pinyin
  
Jiān Dào

Major cities
  
Simplified Chinese
  
坚道

Yale Romanization
  
gin1 dou6 or gin1 dou2

Caine Road

Caine Road is a road running through Central and Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road to the west (at the junction with Hospital Road and Seymour Road), and Arbuthnot Road, Glenealy and Upper Albert Road to the east.

Contents

Map of Caine Rd, Hong Kong

The road is named after William Caine, a Colonial Secretary, and an acting Governor of Hong Kong between May and September 1859.

Features

The following buildings and structures are located along Caine Road:

  • Kom Tong Hall
  • Caritas Francis Hsu College
  • Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hong Kong
  • Old Pathological Institute, currently the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, behind which an alley called Caine Lane is located
  • Transport

    Driving west-bound is restricted to buses during the day. Private vehicles may drive west between 7pm and 7am weekdays, after 1pm on Saturdays, and all day Sunday.

    References

    Caine Road Wikipedia


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