Hong Kong Snapshot (71) – Caine Road, and the city of sin 香港隨拍 (72) 堅道，與罪惡之城香港

Caine Road is located at the Mid-Levels of Hong Kong Island, which is between Central and of Peak. It is one of the first road built in HK, at 1840’s. The name of Caine Road comes from Willian Caine. Caine was the first Chief Magistrate of Hong Kong. He took up the post once Hong Kong was controlled by Britain. He later set up the Police force and the first Police Office of HK. But, he still could do nothing to the sin of Hong Kong

堅道位於香港島中環的半山區，是中環海邊及山頂中間的一段路，也是香港最早建位的道路之一，在1840年代已建成。堅道命名自威廉堅，威廉堅是香港第一任裁判官，他在香港割讓後就來到香港，後來建立了香港警隊，及香港第一座警署，不過，他亦對香港的罪惡無能為力。

Year 1842, HK Island was ceded to Britain. At the time, HK Island was just a backward place. No people want to go. Caine was assigned to set up the Police force in HK but he could hire 32 British only to be the HK police. Mentioned from my last post, HK is the center of pirates. 32 police were not enough. And they even didn’t want to patrol at night. It’s too dangerous! Finally, HK announced the Chinese Curfew Orders, as most pirates were Chinese. Chinese were not allowed to go out after 11pm at night. Between 8pm and 11pm, Chinese needed to carry a lantern, for the convenience of the patrol of the police.

1842年，香港被割讓給英國，當時香港是一個落後的地方，故英國沒有很多人願意到香港任職，威廉堅被派往香港成立警隊，他從英國退伍軍人中只招到32人管治整個香港。然而，如上文所說，香港是海盜集中地，根本沒有足夠的警力維持治安，警察也不願夜間出巡，因為太危險了！由於當時的海盜大都是華人，因此，在他任下時，香港政府頒發了「華人宵禁令」，所有華人都晚上十一時後不得外出，而在晚上八時至十一時外出的華人，都一律要帶燈籠，方便警察巡察。

William Caine (photo from Wikipedia)

The order made Chinese very inconvenient. After the complaint of some powerful Chinese, every Chinese family was allowed to apply one-night pass, but the pass needed the approval of the Commissioner of Police. Until 1887, the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, there were 3 days celebration from day to night in HK. And the Government took the chance to cancel the order.

此舉令到華人生活十分不便，故後來政府放寛了每戶都可申請一張夜間通行證。而直到1887年，英女皇加冕50週年，香港日以繼夜的大肆慶祝三日，香港政府亦趁此機會取消宵禁令，終令接近50年的華人宵禁成為歷史。

HK Police in around 1860
(photo from documentary: 解密百年香港：半世紀宵禁)

Today, Caine Road may be the only road that has the connection with the history. And as an old road with history of 170 years, Caine Road contains the fusion of east and west, as well as history.

Down below Caine Road, we can see of 100-years building. It is now the HK Museum of Medical Sciences.

今天的香港，也許只剩下堅道這個地方與這段歷史有一點牽連，而作為170年歷史的堅道，今天已成為一條中西融合，很有特色及歷史的道路。

在堅道的下面，有一座一百年的舊建築，今天成為了香港醫學博物館。

Located at the Mid-level, there are stairs, and stairs..

而位於半山的堅道，也是樓梯處處。

And of course, graffiti.

當然，塗鴉是不可缺的。

There are 4 churches with 100 years history at Caine Road.

有四間超過一百年歷史的教會座落在堅道。

Also the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, who is the father of modern China

還有孫中山紀念館

The land fee of Caine Road is also expensive. In 2014, 48 Caine Road was exchanged with the price of HK$370 million.

而身處半山，堅道的土地價錢也是天價，如2014年成交的堅道48號舊樓，成交價是3.7億港元。

And photos with HK style.

還有很多充滿香港味道的景色。

Caine Road recalls us the sin of HK in the past. The sin of HK was not only the pirates. Pomography, gambling, and drug abuse were all legal in Hong Kong. They left us a lot of stories. Let me talk about it later.

堅道讓我們回想了香港當年的罪惡，而香港的罪惡，當然不止是海盜，早年的香港，是一個黃、賭、毒都合法的地方，亦留下了不少的故事，下次再跟大家談談。

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Thanks for spending your time to read my articles. I like to share stories of Hong Kong. I wish you may support me and I will keep going!
謝謝你能抽空閱讀這篇文章，我平日喜歡分享香港的故事，希望大家多多支持，我會繼續努力！