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| name = Bowen Road<br />
| native_name ={{native name|yue|寶雲道}}<br />
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| image = HK Bowen Road Stubbs Road.JPG<br />
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| terminus_a = [[Magazine Gap Road]]<br />
| terminus_b = Junction of [[Stubbs Road]], [[Tai Hang Road]] and [[Wong Nai Chung Gap Road]]<br />
| location = [[Mid-Levels]], [[Hong Kong]]<br />
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| coordinates = {{Coord|22.27103|114.17383|display=title, inline}}<br />
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|t=寶雲道<br />
|j=Bow<sup>2</sup> wan<sup>4</sup> dou<sup>6</sup><br />
|y=Bóu wàhn douh<br />
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'''Bowen Road''' ({{zh|t=寶雲道}}) is a road from the [[Mid-Levels]] to [[Wong Nai Chung Gap]] of [[Hong Kong Island]], on the slope above [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], [[Wan Chai]] and [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]] in [[Hong Kong]]. Bowen Road starts from [[Magazine Gap Road]] near the rail of [[Peak Tram]] and ends at the junction with [[Stubbs Road]], [[Tai Hang Road]] and [[Wong Nai Chung Gap Road]].<br />
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Today the road is a popular route for joggers and dog walkers.<br />
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==History==<br />
The road was named after [[George Bowen|Sir George Bowen]], an [[Ulster|Ulsterman]] who served as the 9th [[Governor of Hong Kong]] from 1883 to 1885. It was colloquially called "Third Road" by residents in Hong Kong for being the third east–west road from the shore at that time. "First Road" and "Second Road" were [[Queen's Road, Hong Kong|Queen's Road]] and [[Kennedy Road, Hong Kong|Kennedy Road]] respectively.<br />
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As Hong Kong lacked fresh water at that time, [[Tai Tam Reservoir]] was built in [[Tai Tam Valley]]. An [[aqueduct (watercourse)|aqueduct]] was built to transfer from [[Tai Tam]] to Central via Wong Nai Chung Gap and Happy Valley. Later, Bowen Road was built on top of the aqueducts. The road makes the south boundary of [[Victoria, Hong Kong|Victoria City]]. A boundary stone was at the junction with Stubbs Road. The road also passes by many schools.<br />
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==Lover's Stone==<!-- This section is linked from [[Wan Chai District]] --><br />
[[File:Lovers' Rock.jpg|thumb|upright|Lover's Stone]]<br />
The famous Lover's Stone is located just off the road, around 20 minutes walking time from [[Stubbs Road]]. The 9-metre-high granite monolith is said to have the power of giving happy marriages for those who worshipped it. It is also a nice place to view [[Victoria Harbour]]'s scenery.<br />
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==Dog poisonings==<br />
{{Sources exist|date=November 2022}}<br />
Bowen Road is also infamous as the site of a serial animal killer. The scenic views and rambles make Bowen Road extremely popular with dog walkers, particularly among Hong Kong's expatriate community. Since 1989 (to end of October 2009), there have been 72 cases of dog poisoning in the area, and 22 dogs have been killed by eating poisoned chicken. The last British governor of Hong Kong, [[Chris Patten]], also nearly fell victim, with his Norfolk terrier Whisky made seriously ill from consumption of poisoned chicken.<ref name=SCMPDec10>Is someone copying Bowen Road poisoner?, SCMP, Dec 05, 2010, John Carney</ref><br />
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Some have speculated that previous dog owners may have left their charges off leads and allowed them to defecate on the many Chinese graves that are accessible from Bowen Road, offending someone. Whatever the true motive, the killings have followed patterns with the killer (or possibly killers) leaving cooked chicken, covered in a commonly available - but very powerful - insecticide.<br />
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Local [[Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Hong Kong)|SPCA]] officials have advised Hong Kong residents to never allow their pets off a lead at any time in the area, and to always be cautious about letting their dogs sniff or eat in the area.<br />
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Hong Kong police believe the elusive killer is at work again. On the 12 October 2008, the SPCA sent specialists to [[Victoria Peak|the Peak]] where a dog was poisoned. The reward has been upped from HK$30,000 to HK$150,000.<br />
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Another dog died in one of two poisonings in a week in December 2010.<ref name=SCMPDec10/><br />
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A copycat killer may have appeared on nearby Lamma Island. At least 6 dogs have been poisoned by contaminated roadside meat in the fall of 2011.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of streets and roads in Hong Kong]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|Bowen Road}}<br />
*[http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/zt/viewer.aspx SCMP Sept 2011]<br />
*[http://hk-place.com/view.php?id=315 Featured road, Bowen Road (in Chinese)]<br />
*[http://www.gohk.gov.hk/eng/welcome/wc/wc_info_wc10.html Lovers' Rock information]<br />
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[[Category:Mid-Levels]]<br />
[[Category:Wong Nai Chung Gap]]<br />
[[Category:Roads on Hong Kong Island]]</div>Bot