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Section of Pottinger Street between Wellington Street and Stanley Street | |||||||||||||
Chinese | 砵典乍街 | ||||||||||||
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Chinese | 砵甸乍街 | ||||||||||||
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Pottinger Street is a street in Central, Hong Kong. It is also known as the Stone Slabs Street (Chinese: 石板街) since the street is paved unevenly by granite stone steps. It was named in 1858 after Henry Pottinger, the first Governor of Hong Kong, serving from 1843 to 1844. It is a Grade I historic building.