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107: 33: 288: 298: 145:, who surveyed the island in 1841, wrote: "We landed on Monday, the 25th, 1841, at fifteen minutes past eight A. M., and being the bona fide first possessors, Her Majesty's health was drank with three cheers on Possession Mount." Accompanied by officers of the naval squadron the next day, Bremer took formal possession, under a 254: 270: 399: 387: 342: 230: 225: 321: 274: 164: 183: 443: 371: 47: 123: 293: 190: 182:(大笪地). It was developed in the 1980s and formed into a hotel and commercial complex, which is also the site of the 201: 135: 339: 37: 235: 168: 59: 438: 194: 208:
and the premises was replaced with housing. It resulted in the golden period of Shek Tong Tsui,
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The area was kept as an open space, and used for recreation by the local Chinese, who called it
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The point has now disappeared from the coastline, but Possession Street and the sudden turn of
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An 1845 map of Hong Kong Harbour, showing Possession Point near the centre
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1月26日是香港開埠日⋯⋯香港於1841年1月26日開埠,當日是英國與中國滿清政府簽訂《穿鼻草約》後向香港殖民,並開放為自由港之日。
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reveals its original location. In maps of the 1980s and before,
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Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
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moved the spot further inland. The area is where Commodore
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Hong Kong, 26 January 1841: Hoisting the Flag Revisited
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At the end of the 19th century, the street was full of
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on 26 January 1841, and this date is considered as the
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Index

Possession Point

Queen's Road Central
Chinese
Sheung Wan
Queen's Road West
Hollywood Road
Hong Kong Island
nullah

point of land
land reclamation
Gordon Bremer
Hong Kong
founding of Hong Kong
Edward Belcher
feu de joie
royal salute
men-of-war
Union Jack
William Dowell
Bengal Volunteers
Madras Native Infantry
Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal
Queen's Road West
Hollywood Road Park
brothels
Shek Tong Tsui
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s)

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