Sai Ying Pun 西營盤 (HK)
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Sai Ying Pun is an area in Western District, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District.
Sai Ying Pun is built on the steeply sloping lower slopes of Victoria Peak and also on the western reclamation. The areas of Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town are located to the west, Sheung Wan and Tai Ping Shan are to the east, and the Mid-Levels is higher up the hill to the south. Victoria Harbour is to the north. While the boundaries are not de jure drawn, they are nevertheless de facto defined by Whitty Street in the west and Tung Wah Hospital in the east. The University of Hong Kong MTR Station exit B1 straddles the boundary between Shek Tong Tsui and Sai Ying Pun. Good Luck Mansion and The Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building are in Shek Tong Tsui, while Saint Anthony's Church, Pao Siu Loong Building, and the Main Building are in Sai Ying Pun. The eastern boundary is blurry. Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui College is in Sai Ying Pun while Tung Wah Hospital is in Sheung Wan. The section of Queens Road West from Medal Court to Hollywood Road marks part of the boundary. Elsewhere, the location of the border is unknown. On a map, Sai Ying Pun can be distinguished from Sheung Wan because it is left of the street grid of the Tai Ping Shan neighborhood.
Sai Ying Pun Post Office was originally opened 1914.05.01 and remained open until the Japanese invasion of December 1941. After the Pacific War, it was re-opened 1946.04.15; another source gives 1946.11.15. With the exception of the period 1964.04.27 ~ 1967.04.01 when it was temporarily located at 西營盤薄扶林道水街口, it has remained up to the present time (Oct. 2019) at its original address: 27 Pok Fu Lam Road, Sai Ying Pun [西營盤薄扶林道27號].
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