Lockhart Road

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Lockhart Road (駱克道) is a road spanning whole Wan Chai from east to west on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It begins at Arsenal Street in the west and ends in East Point Road in East Point.

The road was named after James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, a Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong. He had signed on Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory and his name's Chinese official translation was fixed to 駱克 (Cantonese: Lok Hak).

Part of Lockhart Road is considered as red light district with many bars and pubs. When the navy of United States visits Hong Kong, the crews landed near Wan Chai and stayed in the area around Lockhart Road.

On 17th December 2005, during WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005, protestors from South Korea broke the defense line of the Lockhart Road and attempted to break into Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai North. It later became a full scale clash with Hong Kong Police Force.