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Author: HenryLi
Central Market is a fresh food market in Central, Hong Kong. It is the first wet market in Hong Kong, and is bordered by Jubilee Street, Queen's Road, Queen Victoria Street and Des Voeux Road.
The Central Market has relocated a few times since it was established in 1843. At that time, it was known as the Canton Bazaar or Middle Bazaar, and was sited between Cochrane Street and Graham Street. After a series of fire that broke out, the bazaar was forced to relocate to Tai Ping Shan. From there, it moved to Queensway, at the site of the present High Court. It relocated to its present site on Des Voeux Road in the 1850s. The early 1858 structure on Des Voeux Road was replaced with a Western marble building in 1895. That building was demolished in 1937 and replaced with a Bauhaus structure completed in 1938. In 1994 the western part was turned into the Central Escalator Link Alley Shopping Arcade linking the Central Elevated Walkway and the Central-Mid-Levels escalator. The Central Market closed in March 2003 and is today largely abandoned except for a few stalls facing the pedestrian corridor.
Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.
While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.
Author: HenryLi
Central Market is a fresh food market in Central, Hong Kong. It is the first wet market in Hong Kong, and is bordered by Jubilee Street, Queen's Road, Queen Victoria Street and Des Voeux Road.
The Central Market has relocated a few times since it was established in 1843. At that time, it was known as the Canton Bazaar or Middle Bazaar, and was sited between Cochrane Street and Graham Street. After a series of fire that broke out, the bazaar was forced to relocate to Tai Ping Shan. From there, it moved to Queensway, at the site of the present High Court. It relocated to its present site on Des Voeux Road in the 1850s. The early 1858 structure on Des Voeux Road was replaced with a Western marble building in 1895. That building was demolished in 1937 and replaced with a Bauhaus structure completed in 1938. In 1994 the western part was turned into the Central Escalator Link Alley Shopping Arcade linking the Central Elevated Walkway and the Central-Mid-Levels escalator. The Central Market closed in March 2003 and is today largely abandoned except for a few stalls facing the pedestrian corridor.
How to reach the Central Market
Take the Island Line or Tsuen Wan Line of the MTR to the Central subway station. Walk west along Des Voeux Road Central until you reach the Central Market on your left.
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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.
While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.
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