Percival Street

Pervical Street

Percival Street at night
Native name	波斯富街 Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Location	Hong Kong

Percival Street (Chinese: 波斯富街) 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 Tramway leading to Happy Valley.

History

The road was named after Alexander Perceval, a 19th-century taipan of Jardines. The land of the present-day Times Square was a tram depot at Matheson Street. Trams returned to the depot via Perceval Street and Russell Street. Another historical building was Lee Theatre. It was later demolished to build a shopping mall Lee Theatre Plaza.

Shopping

Apart from Lee Theatre Plaza, two shopping centres Causeway Bay Plaza 1 and Causeway Bay Plaza 2 are also located at the road.

See also

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

External links

• Street named after British officials (in Chinese)