Sheung Wan Route A - Central and Western Heritage Trail

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Commemorative Plaque for Dr James Legge

44 Gough Street

Dr James Legge was born in Scotland in 1815. In 1842, he came to Hong Kong and set up an office of London Mission as well as Ying Wa College in the vicinity of Aberdeen Street and Staunton Street to foster English learning among the Chinese. He had also contributed in revolutionising Hong Kong’s educational system and advocating the establishment of Government Schools. After returning to United Kingdom in his old age, he was appointed as Professor in Sinology at Oxford University, and engaged in the research on translation of Chinese classics until he died in 1897.

1 Old Site of the Central Fire Station
2 Central Market
3 Pottinger Street (Stone Slab Street)
4 Original Site of Xing Zhong Hui (Revive China Society) Hong Kong Headquarters
5 Jamia Mosque
6 Ohel Leah Synagogue
7 London Mission Building
8 Kom Tong Hall (Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum)
9 Original Site of the Daoji Mission House
10 Original Site of the Alice Memorial Hospital and Hong Kong College of Medicine
11 Original Site of the Furen Wenshe (Literary Society for the Promotion of Benevolence)
12 Site of the School where Yang Quyun was murdered
13 Original Site of Yang Yao Ji – Meeting Place for “The Four Bandits”
14 Commemorative Plaque for Dr James Legge
15 Original Site of Central School
16 Original Site of Queen's College
17 Original Site of the American Congregational Mission Preaching House

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