Gage_Street

Gage Street

Gage Street

Street in Central, Hong Kong


Gage Street (Chinese: 結志街; Cantonese Yale: git3 ji3 gaai1) is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is on the lower hill and between the junction with Cochrane Street and Lyndhurst Terrace, Graham Street and Aberdeen Street. The street is mainly a market.

Market of Gage Street
A construction site in Gage Street

It is named after William Hall Gage.

The 2013 novel Gage Street Courtesan by Christopher New depicts the European courtesans who lived in that street in the 19th century.[1]

The 2009 film Bodyguards and Assassins begins with the assassination of Chinese revolutionary Yeung Ku-wan on Gage Street.[2] The site of the assassination, 52 Gage Street, is stop 7 on the Dr Sun Yat Sen Historical Trail[3]

See also


References

  1. Gage Street Courtesan and other books by Christopher New.
  2. Character assassination: The story of a hero of China's republican revolution https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1296869/character-assassination

22.28327°N 114.15344°E / 22.28327; 114.15344



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