The old Roman Catholic cathedral—the first Catholic church in Hong Kong—was built in 1843 at the junction of
Pottinger Street and Wellington Street and was destroyed in a fire in 1859. It was rebuilt with iconic twin
steeples at its facade. However, space constraints led to a different site being selected in the 1880s; this was located above
Caine Road by the
Glenealy Ravine. When construction on the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was completed 1888, the old Wellington Street cathedral was demolished. Japanese
prostitutes constituted the majority of
Japanese residents of Hong Kong in the late 19th century, and there were 13 licensed Japanese brothels and 132 prostitutes in Hong Kong in 1901. These brothels were initially located in Central, mostly on
Hollywood Road,
Stanley Street and Wellington Street. They later moved to
Wan Chai. In the afternoon of 15 December 1941, during the
Battle of Hong Kong, a stick Japanese bombs hit the junction of
Old Bailey Street and
Caine Road, the junction of
Pottinger Street and
Hollywood Road, Wellington Street and the
Central Police Station. The bombing was part of a systematic bombardment of the
Hong Kong Island's north shore that was launched on that day. ==Features==