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[[File:HK HV 跑馬地 Happy Valley 雲地利道 Ventis Road 北帝譚公廟 Tam Kung Temple July 2020 SS2 42.jpg|thumb|[[Tam Kung Temple]] at No.9 Blue Pool Road in July 2020.]]
[[File:Air-raid shelter, Blue Pool Road.JPG|thumb|Former entrance of an [[air-raid shelter]], opposite No. 42 Blue Pool Road in August 2010.]]
[[File:No 60 Blue Pool Road.JPG|thumb|Building at No.60 Blue Pool Road, housing the [[UNICEF]] Hong Kong head office in August 2010.]]
[[File:No. 118 and 120 Blue Pool Road.JPG|thumb|No. 118 and 120 Blue Pool Road in August 2010]]
[[File:Marymount Secondary School.JPG|thumb|Entrance of [[Marymount Secondary School]] at No. 123 Blue Pool Road in August 2010.]]
'''Blue Pool Road''' is a road linking [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]] and [[Wong Nai Chung Gap]] on [[Hong Kong Island]], [[Hong Kong]].

==Location==
Blue Pool Road is divided into two sections. The first and longest section starts at [[Wong Nai Chung Road]], opposite the southeastern part of [[Happy Valley Racecourse]] and continues uphill, until a roundabout at [[Tai Hang Road]]. The second section starts Tai Hang Road and continues uphill and ends in a dead end.

==History==
The road was previously occupied by Wong Nai Chung Village (黃泥涌村), which was settled by the Ngs (吳) and Yips (葉), both [[Hakka people|Hakkas]] from the Mainland,<ref name="no grade happy valley"/> before British Colonization on Hong Kong Island. It was located part-way up the slope that Blue Pool Road follows today and below today's Village Road.<ref name="streets">{{cite book |title= Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island|last= Wordie|first= Jason|year= 2002|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|location= Hong Kong|isbn= 962-209-563-1|pages= 146–149}}</ref> Wong Nai Chung Village was replaced with residential buildings in the 1920s, as a consequence of urban development.<ref name="no grade happy valley"/>

The street is named after the former "Blue Pool", a natural feature<ref>{{cite book |title= Dispersal and Renewal: Hong Kong University During the War Years|last= Rodrigues|first= Albert|editor1-first= Clifford|editor1-last= Matthews|editor2-first= Oswald|editor2-last= Cheung|year= 1998|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|chapter= Chapter: A Hong Kong Doctor in War and Peace|isbn= 978-962-209-472-7|page= 203}}</ref> near the former Wong Nai Chung Village, in which people could bathe until around World War I. The Pool was fed by the Wong Nai Chung river, which then flowed into [[Victoria Harbour]].<ref name="streets"/>

During the [[Battle of Hong Kong]], troops of the [[Royal Hong Kong Regiment|Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps]] took part in the battle for [[Wong Nai Chung Gap]] on 18–20 December 1941, and held several positions, including at Blue Pool Road.<ref name="chance">{{cite book |title= Not the slightest chance: the defence of Hong Kong, 1941|last= Banham|first= Tony|author-link=Tony Banham|year= 2004|publisher=[[University of British Columbia Press]] |isbn= 978-0-7748-1045-6|pages= 115 & 307}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= The hidden years|last= Luff|first= John |year= 1967|work= [[South China Morning Post]]|location= Hong Kong|asin=B0006CQ0FQ|page= 77}}</ref> On 22 December 1941, a massacre of Chinese civilians by Japanese troops occurred at Blue Pool Road.<ref>{{cite book |title= Shanghai Bride: Her Tumultuous Life's Journey to the West|last= Christina Ching Tsao|year= 2005|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|isbn= 978-962-209-714-8|page= 152}}</ref><ref>[http://fourthmarineband.com/cambon8.htm Appendices: Excerpts from War-Crime Trials. Appendix 7]</ref><ref name="Lees">{{cite book |title= Profit, Victory & Sharpness: The Lees of Hong Kong|last= Poy|first= Vivienne |year= 2006|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|isbn= 978-0-9736820-1-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/profitvictorysha00poyv/page/110 110]& 217 |url=https://archive.org/details/profitvictorysha00poyv }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Hong Kong Incident|last= Harrop|first= Phyllis |year= 1943|publisher= [[Eyre & Spottiswoode]]|location= London|pages= 83–84|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HrkOAAAAQAAJ&q=blue+pool+road&pg=PA83}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= An outline history of Hong Kong|last= Liu|first= Shuyong |year= 1997|publisher= [[Foreign Languages Press]]|isbn= 978-7-119-01946-8|page= 109}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= King Hui: The Man Who Owned All the Opium in Hong Kong|chapter=Chapter: How Mr Tai and Mr Tang were both saved by a piece of jade|last= Chamberlain|first= Jonathan |year= 2007|publisher= Blacksmith Books|isbn= 978-988-99799-8-0|page= 209}}</ref> About 30 civilians were killed at Blue Pool Road during the Battle of Hong Kong.<ref name="chance"/>

==Features==
Blue Pool Road has several steep slopes. It is mainly lined with residential apartments, although there are a number of shops and the odd boutique hotel along the road. Several schools are located in the upper part of the street.
;First section
*No. 9: a temple complex occupies a small hill at the intersection with Ventris Road. It is the site of a [[Tam Kung Temple]] and a [[Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong|Tin Hau Temple]]. The Tam Kung Temple was built in 1901 after the previous one located on a slope near the [[Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital]] in Happy Valley, in the former Wong Nai Chung Village,<ref name="no grade happy valley">[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf Brief Information on No Grade Items] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017210551/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf |date=17 October 2012 }}. Items #1404 and #1413.</ref> was demolished during urban development. According to a story, Tam Kung appeared to a young boy in a dream and guided him to the present site, which was regarded as selected by the deity for the new location of the temple.<ref name="streets"/> A Tin Hau Temple, also relocated in 1901,<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022841/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf |date=13 October 2012 }}. Items #1404 and #1413.</ref> is situated at the back of this temple.<ref>[http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/directcontrol/temple4.asp Chinese Temples Committee – Tam Kung Tin Hau Temple, Wong Nai Chung] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004043913/http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/directcontrol/temple4.asp |date=4 October 2011 }}</ref> The temples have been managed by the [[Chinese Temples Committee]] since 1929.<ref name="no grade happy valley"/>
*No. 60: building housing the [[UNICEF]] Hong Kong head office<ref>[http://www.unicef.org.hk/about-us/contact-us UNICEF Hong Kong: Contact Us]</ref> and the administrative office of the [[Hong Kong Ballet]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120710075640/http://hkballet.com/2010/index.php?column=9&page=1&lang=2 Hong Kong ballet website: Contact Us]</ref>
*Nos.118 and 120: two semi-detached houses which form one building. The plot was acquired in 1937 by Eu Tong-sen (余東旋), the founder of [[Eu Yan Sang]], who built a number of apartment houses along Blue Pool Road and Broom Road. The three-storey apartment block was built in the [[International Modern]] style of the 1930s.<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/brief_information_grade3.pdf Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017210647/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/brief_information_grade3.pdf |date=17 October 2012 }}. Items No. 605 and #606.</ref> The building was listed as a [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]] in January 2010.<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB-SM-chi.pdf List of 1,444 historic buildings with assessment results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215155849/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB-SM-chi.pdf |date=15 December 2011 }}</ref>
*No. 123: [[Marymount Secondary School]], a Catholic girls' school. The school moved to this location in October 1957.
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*No. 157: [[Hong Kong Japanese School]] (primary section). Opened in 1976.<ref name="Lees"/>
*No. 165: [[French International School of Hong Kong|Lycée Français International Victor Segalen]] (French International School), secondary section<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110410080933/http://www.fis.edu.hk/web/Default.aspx?r=1&lang=fr-fr&e=1396&h=2%3B3%3B-1 Lycée Français International de Hong Kong: Sites – Blue Pool Road]</ref>

==Transport==
The lower end of Blue Pool Road is located near the [[Hong Kong Tramways]] Happy Valley terminus. Bus routes [[Citybus Route 1|1]], [[Citybus Route 1|1P]] and 19 also service on the upper end of Blue Pool Road.

==See also==
*[[List of streets and roads in Hong Kong]]
*[[Tathong Channel]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Blue Pool Road}}
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=22.27077,114.184792&daddr=%E8%97%8D%E5%A1%98%E9%81%93+%4022.261340,+114.191320&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=18&mra=dme&sll=22.270377,114.185656&sspn=0.002745,0.003498&ie=UTF8&ll=22.266055,114.18806&spn=0.010981,0.01399&z=16&om=1 Google Maps of Blue Pool Road] 
*[http://gwulo.com/life-in-hong-kongs-ARP-tunnels Some details about Blue Pool Road air-raid shelter]
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[[Category:Happy Valley, Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Wong Nai Chung Gap]]
[[Category:Roads on Hong Kong Island]]

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