Admiralty, Hong Kong

Admiralty
Admiralty skyline in August 2013. The Central Government Complex is in the centre.
Traditional Chinese金鐘
Simplified Chinese金钟
Cantonese YaleGāmjūng
Literal meaningGolden Bell
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīnzhōng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGāmjūng
JyutpingGam1zung1
IPA[kɐ́m.tsóŋ]
Traffic of Queensway in Admiralty, looking west towards Central in August 2009.
View of Pacific Place across Queensway in June 2008.
From left to right: Admiralty Centre on top of Admiralty station, Lippo Centre, Far East Finance Centre [zh; zh-yue] and Bank of America Tower, viewed across Harcourt Road in June 2007.

Admiralty (金鐘; Gāmjūng) is the eastern extension of the central business district (adjacent to, but separate from, Central) on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is located on the eastern end of the Central and Western District, bordered by Wan Chai to the east and Victoria Harbour to the north.

The name of Admiralty refers to the former Admiralty Dock in the area which housed a naval dockyard. The dock was later demolished when land was reclaimed and developed northward as the naval base HMS Tamar. The Cantonese name, Kam Chung (金鐘), lit. "Golden Bell", refers to a gold-coloured bell that was used for timekeeping at Wellington Barracks.[1]

  1. ^ Yanne, Andrew; Heller, Gillis (2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9789622099449.