Caine Road

Caine Road is a road running through Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. It connects Bonham Road to the west (at the junction with Hospital Road and Seymour Road), and Arbuthnot Road, Glenealy and Upper Albert Road to the east.

Caine Road
Caine Road
Traditional Chinese	堅道
Simplified Chinese	坚道
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiān Dào Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gin1 dou6 or gin1 dou2

The road is named after William Caine,^[1] a Colonial Secretary, and an acting Governor of Hong Kong between May and September 1859.

History

From 1862–1865 during the American Civil War, Caine Road was home to Sara Delano, President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt's mother whose family had a permanent residence at Rose Hill on Caine Road (currently standing near the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hong Kong) through their connection to the American trading house Russell & Company.^[2]

In the afternoon of 15 December 1941, during the Battle of Hong Kong, a stick Japanese bombs hit the junction of Old Bailey Street and Caine Road, the junction of Pottinger Street and Hollywood Road, Wellington Street and the Central Police Station.^[3] The bombing was part of a systematic bombardment of the Hong Kong Island's north shore that was launched on that day.^[4]

Features

The following major buildings and structures are located along Caine Road:

• Gateposts of Albron Court, mansion built in the 1870s for businessman Hormusjee Naorojee Mody^[5]
• Kom Tong Hall^[6]
• Caritas Institute of Higher Education^[7]
• Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hong Kong
• Old Pathological Institute, currently the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, behind which an alley called Caine Lane is located^[8]

Transport

From 7am to 7pm during weekdays, driving west-bound from Upper Albert Road is reserved for buses only. Private vehicles may drive west between 7pm and 7am weekdays, after 1pm on Saturdays, and all day on Sundays.^[9]

Public bus services 12, 12M, 13, 23, 23B, 40, 40M and 103 pass through this road.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

References

1. Wordie, Jason (2002). Streets: exploring Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-962-209-563-2.
2. R.J.C. Butow. A Notable Passage to China - Myth and Memory in FDR's Family History, Part 2
3. Banham, Tony (2004). Not the slightest chance: the defence of Hong Kong, 1941. University of British Columbia Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0774810456.
4. L., Klemen (1999–2000). "Chronology of the Dutch East Indies, 12 December 1941 – 18 December 1941". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
5. Wordie, Jason (1 March 2002). Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island (in Russian). Hong Kong University Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-962-209-563-2.
6. "Sun Yat Sen museum map". Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
7. "Caritas Francis Hsu College address from their own library". Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
8. "Declared monuments in Hong Kong Caine Lane Sheung Wan". Retrieved 14 March 2016.
9. Road Traffic Regulations (Chapter 374)

External links

• Google Maps of Caine Road

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