Percival Street

Percival Street (Chinese: 波斯富街; pinyin: Bōsīfù Jiē) is a street in the East Point and Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street spans from Gloucester Road in the north to Leighton Road in the south. Between Hennessy Road and Leighton Road, the street is with a branch of Hong Kong Tramway leading to Happy Valley.

History

The road was named after Alexander Perceval, a 19th-century tai-pan of Jardine Matheson. The land of the present-day Times Square was a tram depot at Matheson Street. Trams returned to the depot via Perceval Street and Russell Street. Another historical building was the Lee Theatre. It was later demolished to build Lee Theatre Plaza shopping mall.

Shopping

Apart from Lee Theatre Plaza, two shopping centres Causeway Bay Plaza 1 and Causeway Bay Plaza 2 are also located along the road.

See also

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Percival Street.

• Street named after British officials (in Chinese)

Coordinates: 22°16′47″N 114°10′58″E / 22.2797°N 114.1827°E / 22.2797; 114.1827