Shek Tong Tsui
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Shek Tong Tsui (Chinese: 石塘咀 or 石塘嘴) or Belcher Point is an area in Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it belongs to the Central and Western District.
Shek Tong Tsui
石塘咀 / 石塘嘴 Belcher Point | |
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Coordinates: 22.2871°N 114.1357°E / 22.2871; 114.1357 | |
Subdistrict | Sai Wan |
District | Central and Western |
Statutorily-defined area | Hong Kong Island |
Country | Hong Kong (special administrative region) |
Sovereign state | People's Republic of China |
First settled | 1880 |
Population | |
• Total | 17,170 |
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Traditional Chinese | 石塘咀 石塘嘴 | ||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Shehk tòhng tséui | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Stone Pond Mouth" | ||||||||||||||
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This area is bounded to the east by Ka On Street,[citation needed] north by the Victoria Harbour, south by Pok Fu Lam Road and Third Street, and west by the intersection of Queen's Road West and Belcher's Street.[1][dubious – discuss] To the east lies Sai Ying Pun and to the west is Kennedy Town. To the south are the slopes of Victoria Peak, Lung Fu Shan and High West. While the boundaries are not de jure drawn, they are nevertheless de facto defined by Collinson Street to the west and Whitty Street to the east.[citation needed]