My Hong Kong Travel Diary: Scouring Central, SoHo and Admiralty
Heading north from Causeway Bay from our walk were more business districts, and with respect to formal business districts, there is none other than Central to nail it on the head.
Apt to its name, Central is the centre of business districts in Hong Kong and as its name suggests, Central or Chung Wan (中環) is located on the Central or rather, the Western district along the northern coastline of the island.
Strategically located across Victoria Harbor puts Central on a distinguished spot and the area has flourished as a centralized point of commercial trade and finance since 1841; during the British colonization era until modern day where it is now appointed the administrative region from the year 1997 when the governance of Hong Kong is officially transferred/returned to China (also known as the takeover).
Central (Chung Wan or pronounced as Choong Wan) is part of the Four Rings along with Wan Chai, is on the northern area of the Hong Kong yet at the southernmost point of the Kowloon Peninsula and borders the districts of Sheung Wan on the west and Admiralty on the east.
Admiralty is technically part of Central; as the area is actually an extended region of the business district and is officially named as such after the official launch of the Admiralty MTR Station in the 1980s and it is not uncommon for Admiralty to be referred to as the Central district or part of in general.
(The establishment of the Island Line for the MTR system also merged Pedder and Chater stations to the Central station).
In fact, the boundaries are often marred by the overlapping skyscrapers in the formation of the city's spectacular skyline admired by the world.
We walked past the buildings and these districts are almost indistinguishable; further confirming the fact that Admiralty and Central are indeed just as part of each other as Siamese twins conjoined at birth.
(SoHo is named after the entertainment district in London)
The place is almost equivalent to everything associated with a happening nightlife and is where one gets a good glimpse of the city's social landscape which all transforms into a groovy atmosphere at the signs of dusk.
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