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Gage Street

Coordinates: 22°17′00″N 114°09′12″E / 22.28327°N 114.15344°E / 22.28327; 114.15344
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Market of Gage Street
A construction site in Gage Street

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.

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

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References

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  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
  3. ^ Stroll through history on the Sun Yat Sen Historical Trail https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/explore/culture/dr-sun-yat-sen-historical-trail.html
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22°17′00″N 114°09′12″E / 22.28327°N 114.15344°E / 22.28327; 114.15344