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Jordan Road, Hong Kong
Jordan Road is a road in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It spans from the West Kowloon Highway in West Kowloon, through Ferry Point to Gascoigne Road, and is a major east-west road in southern Kowloon.
==History==
An English language source states that Jordan Road was named for John Newell Jordan, British minister to China.〔 Some Chinese language sources state that the road, which was constructed in 1887, was renamed from Sixth Street in 1909〔(''The Hong Kong Government Gazette'', March 19, 1909 )〕 to commemorate British pathologist G. P. Jordan, who served as Health Officer in Hong Kong for nearly thirty years.〔《九龍街道命名考源》梁濤 著，第二十八頁，市政局出版，1993年〕〔《香港歷史文化小百科16－趣談九龍街道》 爾東 著，第141-142頁，明報出版社，2004年11月，ISBN 962-8871-46-3〕 In 1908, a stone obelisk was erected as a memorial to French sailors of the "Fronde" who had drowned in the 1906 typhoon. Originally located at the corner with Gascoigne Road, the monument has since been relocated to the Colonial Cemetery at Happy Valley. Prior to the opening of the Cross-Harbor Tunnel in 1972, ferries such as the ones departing from Jordan Road were the only way to transport automobiles from Kowloon to Hong Kong. Once a quiet, suburban street, since the 1950s Jordan Road and its surrounding area have become one of the most overcrowded areas in Kowloon.
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