Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
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11 Facts About Wan Chai
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Wan Chai is one of the busiest commercial areas in Hong Kong with offices of many small and medium-sized companies.
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Wan Chai originally began as Ha Wan, literally meaning "a bottom ring" or "lower circuit".
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Wan Chai literally means "a cove" in Cantonese from the shape of its coastal line due to drastic city development and continual land reclamation, the area is no longer a cove.
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Wan Chai was the first home to the many Chinese villagers living along the undisturbed coastlines in proximity to Hung Shing Temple.
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Wan Chai's HKCEC has been home to major political and economic events.
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Wan Chai is a major hub of foreign and Chinese cultural institutions in Hong Kong.
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Wan Chai offers historical conservation sites including Old Wan Chai Post Office, Hung Shing Temple and Pak Tai Temple.
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Maggie Farley of the Los Angeles Times said in 1996, referring to the then Wan Chai Police Station, that the police headquarters was "a stolid, whitewashed building with square pillars and breezy verandas".
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Geographically, Wan Chai is the crossing point between the Central and Western District, and the Eastern district.
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