Dictionary of Hong Kong English, A

Name Changes in Hong Kong and Neighboring Asia

206 Name Changes in Hong Kong and Neighboring Asia No claim is made that the list below is exhaustive, or that any term is more authentic than the other. The more commonly used term in Hong Kong English is listed first and other terms are listed after it. The following changes or variations are not included. (1) There was a massive mandated Hong Kong name change regime under Japanese rule. However, the names have not been used after the Second World War, so these names are not recorded here. (2) A number of organizations dropped the prefix “Royal” from their names at the time of the handover. These changes are also not being noted, since that is an accurate change of description, rather than a real name change. (3) Likewise, description changes are not included, for example: Hung Hom Bay to Hung Hom (the area). (4) Different romanization systems have created different spellings for Chinese words and place names. These orthographic differences cannot be considered changes and are also not included. Not in all cases do the changed names refer to exactly the same area as before. Some place names cover related, but larger or smaller areas. For example, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia used to be part of French Indochina, which in turn used 207 to be a Chinese vassal state. For Hong Kong, Apliu Street and Apliu Village can serve as an example. Obvious nicknames are put in quotation marks. Sometimes the difference between names and nicknames is not clear. Where a name is used with or without a part, such as Stanley (Bay)/Chek Chue (Wan), the variable part is put in brackets. Some information is added in triangular brackets, for example: Quarry Bay /Lai Chi. Hong Kong has been spared some stress and confusion because Beijing took the mature decision not to go around changing colonial names, like Aberdeen, King’s Road, or Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The Chinese government recognized that there is a colonial past and did not try to rewrite history in the form of place names, as happened in other cases. Name, alternative name(s) General Big Wave Bay/Tai Long Wan Hong Kong/Fragrant Harbour/Xianggang/San-on district Hong Kong International Airport/Chek Lap Kok Airport/ Hong Kong International Airport/ Kai Tak Airport Kowloon City/Kwun Fu Cheng Name Changes in Hong Kong and Neighboring Asia 208 Hong Kong Island Aberdeen/Heung Gong Tsai/Little Fragrant Harbour Bank Street/Wardley Street Brick Hill/Nam Long Shan “Cat Street Market”/Upper Lascar Row in Sheung Wan Catchick Street/Chater Street Causeway Bay/Tung Lo Wan Central/Victoria/Chung Wan Chai Wan/Sai Wan Chinese People’s Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building/Prince of Wales Building Collinson, Cape/Hak Kok Tau Court of Final Appeal/Supreme Court Court of Final Appeal Building/ French Mission Building Des Voeux Road/Bowring Praya Happy Valley/Wong Nai Chung Valley/Pau Ma Tei Hollywood Road/Man Mao Temple Straight Road Jardine House/Connaught Centre Jervois Street/Su-hang Street Johnston Road/Praya East Kennedy Road/Albany Lane Legislative Council Building/ Supreme Court Building Magazine Island/Fo Yeuk Chau Middle Island/Tong Po Chau Mount Davis/Mo Sing Leng Mount Parker/Pak Ka Shan/Lam San Ting Po Yan Street/Cemetery Street/Fan Mo Street Quarry Bay /Lai Chi Queen’s Road Central/“Concubine Lane” Repulse Bay/Tsin Shui Wan Name Changes in Hong Kong and Neighboring Asia 209 Sacred Heart Canossian College/Sacred Heart School/Italian Convent School Shau Kei Wan/Starvation Bay/Basket Cleaning Bay Shek O (Wan)/Rocky Shek Tong Tsui/Western Quarry/West Point Stanley (Bay)/Chek Chue (Wan) Sulphur Channel/Lau Wong Hoi Hap Tai Ping Shan area/Chinatown Tai Wong Street East/Lyall’s Lane Telegraph Bay/Kong Sin Wan/Tai Hau Wan Tsat Tsz Mui Road/“Seven Sisters” The Twins/Ma Kong Shan Victoria Road/Victoria Jubilee Road Violet Hill/Tsz Lo Lan Shan Wan Chai/Spring Garden/Ha Wan Wing Lok Street Wharf/“The Triangular Wharf” New Kowloon Apliu Street/Apliu Village Beacon Hill/Pat Ka Shan Broadcast Drive/Lung Cheung Road Diamond Hill/Tsuen Shek Shan Kai Tak Nullah/Long Jin River Kowloon Peak/Fei Ngo Shan Kwai Fong/Lap Sap Wan/Refuse Bay/Gin Drinker’s Bay Lam Tin/Ham Tin Shan Lion Rock/Sz Tsz Shan Lok Fu/Lo Fu Ngam Tai Wo Hau/Lo Uk Cheung Temple Hill/Tsz Wan Shan Ying Wa College...