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700 feet above principal datum, that is to say, a level 17.833 feet below the bench-mark known as "Rifleman's Bolt", the highest point of a copper bolt set horizontally in the east wall of the Royal Navy Office and Mess Block Naval Dockyard, and thence following the said contour until it meets the
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In 1903, the Hong Kong Government erected several boundary stones to mark the limits of Victoria, measuring 98 cm in height, tapered at the top and with the inscription "City Boundary 1903". As the city’s boundaries were clearly defined by ordinance, these stones were more just physical markers.
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but was soon known as Victoria. It was one of the first urban settlements in Hong Kong and its boundaries are recorded in the Laws of Hong Kong. All government bureaux and many key departments still have their head offices located within its limit.
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According to the 1845 map of Victoria City, 16 streets were initially named for the city. These streets exist mainly in the areas of Central and the Mid-Levels, with two being in Sheung Wan. These street names were finalised by the second
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On the west – A line running due north and south drawn through the north-west angle of Inland Lot No. 1299 and extending southwards a distance of 850 feet from the aforesaid angle;
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Three additional boundary stones were found in 2021, adding the total of discovered stones to 10, including the one disappeared in June 2007.
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A 1915 map showing Victoria in the north shore of Hong Kong Island (below); Kowloon peninsula (above) was not part of the colony until 1860
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On the south – A line running due east from the southern extremity of the western boundary until it meets a contour in the vicinity of the
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On the east – A line following the west side of the Government Pier, Bay View and thence along the west side of
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and thence to the south-east angle of Inland Lot No. 1364, produced until it meets the southern boundary.
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In the 1890s, Victoria extended four miles west to east along the coastal strip. Buildings were made of
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Re-erected into Kennedy Town Temporary Playground a few metres away from original location in 1970s
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In 1857, the British government expanded the scope of Victoria City and divided it into four
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The British Empire in the nineteenth century: its progress and expansion at home and abroad
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is at the heart of Victoria City. Although the city expanded over much of what is now
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CACC186A/1987 The Queen v Currency Brokers (H.K.) Ltd and Robert Lee Flickinger
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The city boundaries are defined in the laws of Hong Kong as follows:
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in popular usage. However, the name is still used in places such as
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Map of Victoria City with location of boundary rocks marked in red
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in 1843. It occupies the areas known in modern times as Central,
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A photographic panorama of the water-front and city of Victoria
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Boundary of the City of Victoria as defined in Hong Kong Laws
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Shelton, Barrie; Karakiewicz, Justyna; Kvan, Thomas (2011).
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The city is centred in present-day Central, and named after
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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine
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would become the main form of transportation in the area.
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A article on the "four wans and nine yeuks" in Chinese
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The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric
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List of places named for Queen Victoria § Hong Kong
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Index

Victoria City, Hong Kong
Victoria (disambiguation)
City
Praya Central of the City of Victoria, 1870s
Praya Central
Boundary of Victoria City in 2023
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
Founded as a town
British Hong Kong
Charles Elliot
Time zone
UTC+08:00
HKT
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese
Yale
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
IPA
[wɐ̏itɔ́ːlèiʔāsi̬ː]
[wɐ̏itɔ́ːlèiʔāsi̭ːŋ]
Chinese
Chinese
de facto

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