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352: 336: 40: 1189: 998: 740: 310:) derives from the sale by some shops of stolen goods, known as "mouse goods" (老鼠貨) in Chinese. With its lower prices, many were attracted to shop in the area. Shoppers who walked cautiously down the street while selecting their goods were likened to cats trying to catch a mouse. Foreigners, particularly, came to refer to Lascar Row as Cat Street. 296:
The Indian community formed a mini market, which provided a place for Indians to trade at ease. Since the 1920s, it gradually developed as a market for a wide range of antiques, including obsolete electronic appliances. It therefore gained the name "Antiques Street", along with the neighbouring
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on the north side. The straight alley measures over 500 feet (150 m), and there was an Indian police dormitory in the street. On 11 February 1911 a fire broke out on Upper and Lower Lascar Row, destroying 16 houses and damaging another 24.
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criticised the government for not considering the sensibilities of South Asia, saying that the term is pejorative. According to the government, a name change would diminish the alley's historical value and the word
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decided not to do so. It ruled that it did not find the word offensive to South Asians. According to some officers, the refusal reflected government indifference to discrimination against ethnic minorities.
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is neutral. Inconvenience was also cited, since the street name "Upper Lascar Row" has been used for more than a century. Public input was suggested before any name change.
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Hollywood Road and Upper Lascar Row's antiques shops have copper mirrors, electric fans, jade gems, watches, ancient coins,
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In Chinese, it is common to use "摩囉" to describe Indians. At the beginning, it did not contain any derogatory sense.
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word 「摩羅」 and asked the Hong Kong government to consider changing the name of the street. However, the
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Leung, Beng-Wa. 中西區風物誌 ("Heritage of the Central and Western District, Hong Kong"). 香港: 中西區臨時區議會.
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comes from "Musselmen", Muslims from the Middle East who traded in China. The name
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derives from the row of houses that served as accommodations for Indian seamen.
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Niu, Ru-chen. (1998). 香港全覽. Bet-Jing: Dong Fang Chu Ban She.
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Niu, Ru-chen (1998). 香港全覽. Bet-Jing: Dong Fang Chu Ban She.
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Report of the director of Public Works for the Year 1912
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dictionary, its meaning stems from the English word
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Upper Lascar Row

Sheung Wan
Chinese
Highways Department
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Hollywood Road
Queen's Road Central
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
Chinese
lascar
Hollywood Road
Mid-Levels
Hollywood Road
Crowded alley with goods on display
Antiques shop, including a framed copy of the Mona Lisa
Qing dynasty
Central and Western District
Cantonese
Lands Department
Democratic Party
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

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