Chinese 北京道 Yale Romanization bak1 ging1 dou6 | Hanyu Pinyin | |
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Peking Road (/ˌpiːˈkɪŋ/) is a road between Nathan Road and Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The road is mainly hotels and shopping area on the street level.
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Map of Peking Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Name
The road was initially named Chater Road, after Paul Chater, who developed the southwest point of Tsim Sha Tsui through The Wharf. To avoid confusion with Chater Road on Hong Kong Island, the road was renamed as Peking Road in 1909, where Peking was the old name of the Chinese city Beijing.
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Peking Road Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA