I found this interesting fact about Hollywood Road in Wikipedia:
Some people think that the road was named after the box-office success of the illustrious movieland flick, The World of Suzie Wong. In fact the road was put up early in 1844, at least forty years before the more famous Hollywood in California was settled. The name of the street originates from the “holly wood” grown around the area.
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Interesting. Wonder if any “holly woods” are still around along the road? Btw, beautiful ground plaque!
September 14th, 2007, at 2:15 am #I used to live near the far end of Hollywood road, across from Tung Wah Hospital. I can’t say that I’ve seen this plaque first hand, though.
Does the Cantonese name for this road have any meaning?
September 14th, 2007, at 8:37 am #