Kot Choy Properties Correction

On April 26th I posted about the properties held by Kot Choy in the mid-levels of Hong Kong in the area known as SoHo ( south of Hollywood Road ) The map shows the area with two Kot Choy property sections highlighted in yellow. One was IL 116 which was at Hollywood Road and the other and the other IL 119 on Shelley Street near Staunton. At this point I had mistakenly figured that the family address of 11 Shelley Street was close to Hollywood Road and I assumed it was in IL 114. I’ve now discovered that 11 Shelley was actually just south of Staunton so would have been in the IL 119 section and therefore a Kot Choy property as shown on the HK Land Registry.

The photo below is from a posting today on Facebook that shows Staunton’s Bar with the view looking south up the hill on Shelley Street. The Peak Cafe is at 11 Shelley. When my family lived at 11 Shelley Street I believe it was quite different, probably some sort of terraced houses or boarding house/commercial buildings. What exists there today was probably built after WW2, probably in the mid 1950s.

I’ve added a Google map of the area as it is today which clearly shows the locations of these two establishments as well as the street numbering.