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City of Victoria
維多利亞市 Victoria | |
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 Praya Central of City of Victoria, 1870s | |
_(cropped).png) Boundary of Victoria City in 2023 | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Hong Kong |
| Incorporated as a town | 25 January 1841 |
| Incorporated as a city | 11 May 1849 |
| Founded by | British Hong Kong |
| Elevation | 552 m (1,811 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (HKT) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 維多利亞市 維多利亞城 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 维多利亚市 维多利亚城 | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Victoria,[1] (Chinese: 維多利亞市,[2] or 維多利亞城)[3] often called Victoria City or simply Victoria (Chinese: 維城), was the de facto capital of Hong Kong during its time as a British dependent territory.[4] It was initially named Queenstown but was soon known as Victoria.[5] It was one of the first urban settlements in Hong Kong and its boundaries are recorded in the Laws of Hong Kong.[6] All government bureaux and many key departments still have their head offices located within its limit.
Present-day Central is at the heart of Victoria City. Although the city expanded over much of what is now Kennedy Town, Shek Tong Tsui, Lung Fu Shan, Sai Ying Pun, Sheung Wan, Wan Chai, Happy Valley, the Mid-Levels, East Point and parts of Causeway Bay,[7] the name Victoria has been eclipsed by Central in popular usage.[8] However, the name is still used in places such as Victoria Park, Victoria Peak, Victoria Harbour, Victoria Prison, and a number of roads and streets. It is also retained in the names of various organisations such as the Victoria City District of the Hong Kong Scout,[9] and the Victoria Junior Chamber.[10] The name Victoria District Court had been used into the 1980s,[11][12][13][14] when it was moved to the Wanchai Tower and combined with other district courts in the territory.
- ^ "CAP 1 INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE Schedule 1 Boundaries of the City of Victoria" – via hklii.hk.
- ^ 第1章 《釋義及通則條例》 附表1 維多利亞市的界線 [CAP 1 INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE Schedule 1 Boundaries of the City of Victoria] (in Chinese) – via hklii.hk.
- ^ Yeung Sum (5 July 2006). "OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS" [zh:會議過程正式紀錄] (PDF) (in English and Traditional Chinese). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Hong Kong"
- ^ Shelton, Barrie; Karakiewicz, Justyna; Kvan, Thomas (2011). The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric. Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 113685763X.
- ^ "Cap 1 Sched 1 Boundaries of the City of Victoria (Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance)". www.blis.gov.hk. Retrieved 23 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Wordie, Jason (2002). Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong University Press. p. 12. ISBN 962-209-563-1.
- ^ Tsang, Steve (2004). A Modern History of Hong Kong. I.B. Tauris. p. 17. ISBN 1-84511-419-1.
- ^ Victoria City District
- ^ Victoria Junior Chamber
- ^ "Volume 22 Inland Revenue Board of Review decisions". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ CACC497/1986 The Queen v. Chan Ngai Hung
- ^ CACC186A/1987 The Queen v Currency Brokers (H.K.) Ltd and Robert Lee Flickinger
- ^ CACC133A/1986 The Queen v. Wai Hin Keung