Wrongly translated street names in Hong Kong

Health & Lifestyle
  • 2016-11-10

Although there aren't any official conclusions to the origin of the name, it is believed that the road was part of the property owned by a Mr Most of the people find Rednaxela Terrace in Cnetral interesting because of the spelling of the street name. Do you know how government named this place as "Rednaxela Terrace"?

Alexander, and 'Rednaxela' is an understandable transposition of the English name 'Alexander', since the Chinese language is written right to left. Most of the naming errors in Hong Kong are a result of incorrect or inaccurate translations or transliterations, so some believe the explanation of this unique example of right-to-left transposition error in Hong Kong under colonial bureaucrats inconceivable.

From December 1891 to June 1892, the Filipino revolutionary and national hero José Rizal lived with his family in Number 2 of Rednaxela Terrace, then working as an eye clinician in Hong Kong. The HK government erected a commemorative plaque in 2004 on the intersection of Rednaxela Terrace and Shelley Street to honour Rizal.