| 词条 | Hiram's Highway |
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Hiram's Highway ({{zh|first=t|t=西貢公路|sl=sai1 gung3 gung1 lo6}}) is a road in Hong Kong connecting the town of Sai Kung to the Clear Water Bay Road at Ta Ku Ling. It also connects with Po Tung Road in the north. Unlike other roads in Hong Kong with the word "Highway" as part of their names, the Hiram's Highway is not a motorway. The highway's Chinese name literally means "Sai Kung Highway". It earned its English name from the officer in charge of the Royal Marines who upgraded a Japanese track in the immediate post Second World War years. Major John Wynne-Potts was nicknamed Hiram because he shared the name "Potts" with the "Hiram K. Potts" American brand of tinned sausages. An embellishment of the story suggests he was "addicted" to the sausages.[1][1] Japanese prisoners of war were deployed in the road's construction.[2] It was considered a reward to the people of Sai Kung for their resistance during the occupation.[3] A new straightened road, the New Hiram's Highway, near Nam Wai was opened recently{{when?|date=March 2019}} to provide an alternative route, bypassing a steep, twisty section of the original road. See also
Footnotes1. ^{{cite news|last1=Schoonakker|first1=Bonny|title=Slice of Life|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/594674/slice-life|accessdate=9 July 2014|publisher=South China Morning Post|date=29 May 2007}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Sinclair|first1=Kevin|title=Highway in a bigger mess than in the days of Hiram's|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/369554/highway-bigger-mess-days-hirams|accessdate=9 July 2014|publisher=South China Morning Post|date=23 January 2002}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Bray|first1=Denis|title=Hong Kong Metamorphosis|date=2001|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|location=Hong Kong|page=106|isbn= 9789622095502}} External links{{Commons category|Hiram's Highway}}
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