Hong Kong Sights

Possession St

#184 of 890 things to do in Hong Kong

#3554 of 21665 things to do in Asia

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  • Address
    • Sheung Wan Hong Kong Island
  • Transport
    • 26

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Lonely Planet review for Possession St

A short distance west of Cat St, next to Hollywood Road Park and before Hollywood Rd meets Queen’s Rd West, is Possession St. This is thought to be where Commodore Gordon Bremmer and a contingent of British marines planted the Union flag on 26 January 1841 and claimed Hong Kong Island for the Crown (though no plaque marks the spot). Queen’s Rd runs in such a serpentine fashion as it heads eastward because it once formed the shoreline of Hong Kong Island’s northern coast, and this part of it was called Possession Point.

 

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