Hong Kong Governor : http://www.nntp.hk/web/post,news.3home.net,3special.benedict,106838.html
Before 1997, Hong Kong was managed by the United Kingdom.
At that time, many names of street used the Hong Kong Governor's name.
For this history, we know that the streets of Hong Kong are one of the Hong Kong Heritage.
And today, i will introduce the street called " Nathan Road". Although this is not in Hong Kong Island, it is very popular. It is the must that you need to know.
Nathan Road is one of the famous street in Hong Kong. Many tourist must pass through this street when they have visited Hong Kong. It is because Nathan Road connects Mong Kok to Tsim Sha Tsui and these two places are the attractions in Hong Kong. Tourist can have fun there.
Nathan Road is about 3.6 kilometer. It passes through Prince Edward, Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, Jardon and Tsim Sha Tsui. For Transportation, portions of the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan Lines for MTR run underneath Nathan Road.
History
"Nathan Road" was named at the nineteen of March in 1909. It comes from the Hong Kong Governor'name, Sir Mathew Nathan. He was the 13th Governor who served between 1904 and 1907. However, The road was originally named Robinson Road. It came from the 5th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Hercules Robinson. The first section of the road was completed in 1861. It was the very first road built in Kowloon. At that time, the government want to avoid confusion with the Robinson Road on Hong Kong Island, the name was changed to Nathan Road in 1909.
Famous attractions along Nathan Road
There are some buildings and landmarks along the road. Let see the photo.^^
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Here you a video in the bus that pass through Nathan Road at night. You can see that there are still many people there.
My reflection
I am living in Mong Kok, so i have a big feeling about Nathan Road. For the transportation, it is very convinient. You can go there by bus, train, MTR etc. This is a easy-go place. You would not be afraid that you cannot go back home at night. For tourists, there are many special building and shopping places along Nathan Road. Also, some street next to Nathan Road are the popular shopping place that they must visit such as the Women's Street. At night, this road will be being a hot place. There are many people to come and go. Nathan Road is being a cheerful street. people would like to have dinner here. It is because there are different knid of restaurants that they can choose. And i am the one inside ^^.
--- Mable Chiu
Nathan Road is one of the longest road in Hong Kong and it across from Prince Edward to Tsim Sha Tsui. There are many shopping mall like Longham Place and some special streets on the both side of street. One of the good example is ladies market. Those places are the hot spots that most Hong Kong people and tourists usually go. Due to the popularity of Mong Kok and other districts around the Nathan Road, there is a traffic jam on the road especially the rush hour. As a result, I suggest that if you want to have a look in Nathan Road or the malls around that, you can go there on foot. It may save your time and you can experience the real life of Hong Kong people.
--- Jovy Tam
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