Why Hong-Kong and Singapore use 'Admiralty' Is the road and district name?

Admiralty is former naval department on UK, It was dissolved in 1964. in Hong-Kong, admiralty name as 金鐘(Kam Chung, lit: golden bell) in Singapore is 海军部 (lit: naval department), If we want to find the Correct Foreign language translation about this word, That Singapore got it.

let we back to the history

Since 1841, Hong-Kong became a British colony, there have significant impact on island, such as culture, language and communities values. The road name always reflects the historical background. In Hong-Kong, we have many road name that have differences between English and Chinese, (e.g Lyndhurst terrace, possession street)

In Singapore, there also have similar historical background. In 1819, Singapore became a British colony, until 1959 Singapore was became
A self-governing colony.

'Admiralty ' in Hong-Kong and Singapore

After became British colony, military was stationed on the central, and built many military bases, such as Wellington barrack, Murray Barracks and Admiralty Dock. In 1970s Hong-Kong government got the land from Central for urban development, in 1979, the first MTR station was opened here.

In Singapore, Admiralty also related with British naval bases, There was built on 1940s, and the district was establish between 1923~1941 ( This information summarise from Wikipedia, If you think it might be wrong, please comment below)

Conclusion
Hong-Kong and Singapore both was British colony, And have a significant impact to British culture. The road names reflect the historical background, culture and social norms, therefore, we can see the unique features of both places.

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Writing at 15 /12/2024
Final draft 18/12/2024
Publishing date 29/12/2024