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Percival Street

Percival Street
Percival Street
Native name波斯富街 (Yue Chinese)
NamesakeAlexander Perceval
LocationCauseway Bay, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°16′47″N 114°10′58″E / 22.2797°N 114.1827°E / 22.2797; 114.1827
Percival Street
Chinese波斯富街
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBōsīfù Jiē
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBō sī fu gāai
JyutpingBo1 si1 fu3 gaai1
Night view
Lee Theatre

Percival Street is a street in the East Point and Happy Valley, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street spans from Gloucester Road in the north to Leighton Road in the south. Between Hennessy Road and Leighton Road, the street is with a branch of Hong Kong Tramways leading to Happy Valley. It is estimated that on average the annual rent per square feet for retailing here is US$2300 annually on average, second to US$2500 in Fifth Avenue, United States.[1] It is also one of the major streets occupied during Occupy movement in 2014.[2][3]

  1. ^ McCarthy, Niall (9 August 2017). "The World's 10 Most Expensive Shopping Streets [Infographic]". Forbes. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. ^ Chan, Samuel (15 December 2014). "'Occupy is over': Hong Kong chief executive announces end to protests as Causeway Bay is cleared". South China Morning Post.
  3. ^ Release, Press (6 October 2014). "Protests cause serious traffic congestion on HK Island and in Kowloon". Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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