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Rodney Street, Hong Kong

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Intersection of Rodney Street and Drake Street in May 2006
The facade of United Centre facing Rodney Street in May 2006

Rodney Street (Chinese: 樂禮街) is a street in Admiralty East, Central and Western District, Hong Kong. It connects with Queensway in the south and Harcourt Road in the north.

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The name Rodney Street comes from HMS Rodney as Admiralty was once the Naval Dockyard Admiralty Dock, the headquarters of British Navy in Hong Kong. Rodney comes from Baron Rodney, in which the famous is George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney in the 18th century.[1]

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