Lockhart Road

History

The road is named after Sir James Stewart Lockhart, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1895 to 1902, who signed the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory.

On 17 December 2005, during the WTO Conference, protestors from South Korea broke the police defensive line on Lockhart Road and attempted to break into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai North. This action developed into a major clash with the Hong Kong Police Force.

Bar district

Part of Lockhart Road near its western end is the backbone of one of Hong Kong Island's two main bar districts, the other being the slightly more upmarket Lan Kwai Fong and SoHo area. Once considered primarily a red light district, the area is now much more mixed, with bars, pubs, restaurants and discos. A number of the raunchier bars still remain, their doorways festooned with lightly clothed girls from Thailand and the Philippines. This is the area in which the novel and film The World of Suzie Wong were set.

References

References

1. (1 May 2009). "Signs of a Colonial Era". Hong Kong University Press.
2. "十四人涉灣仔騷亂提堂".
3. Legislation Council (2006) Security Arrangements for the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation held in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 December 2005. Available at: https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/panels/se/papers/se0704cb2-2362-1-e.pdf
4. "街知巷聞﹕夜色轉變 灣仔寂寞不變".
5. [http://gwulo.com/the-world-of-suzie-wong-hong-kong-locations Gwulo: The World of Suzie Wong]