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The pub here changed its name from New Travellers Hotel to Criterion Hotel in 1914, as described at:

https://gwulo.com/node/15885

George Green ran the Criterion Hotel here in the 1900s. The Hotel was previously on Pottinger Street. He's mentioned in Government Notification No. 162 in 1914:

MAGISTRACY.

No. 162. - It is hereby notified that a meeting of the Licensing Board will be held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday 6th of May, 1914, at 2.15 p.m., for the purpose of considering the following applications under the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911:-

This place is mentioned in several jurors lists: 

• 1897-1900: Frederick Meltruish (spelled "Melhuish" in some years), Manager, Criterion Dining Saloon, 21 & 23 Pottinger Street.
• 1901-1902: Same manager & address, but the place is now called the Criterion Hotel.
• 1904: Marshall Lorenzo is listed as Manager.

A search for Criterion in HKGRO also turns up several mentions.

Timeline (see comments below for details):

• 1901-03: Queen's Hotel
• 1903-11: Occidental Hotel
• 1911-15: Royal George Hotel
• 1915-4?: Palace Hotel
• 194?: Building bombed & wrecked in WW2

Location is a guess, based on address of "17 Milestone", in the Hong Kong $ Directory for 1968.

If anyone knows which building on on the site now, please leave a comment and I'll adjust the marker.

Regards, David

Address: 30 Nathan Road. Notable Restaurant: Tokyo (Japanese)

Notes from Philk in 2008:

Here is a recent photo (taken by yours truly).

This was one of the hotels where the British, American & Dutch civilians were interned before they went to Stanley Camp.

The marker's position isn't accurate. I know from Barbara Anslow's diary that it was along Des Voeux Road, but I'm not sure exactly where.

Searches for Nanking Hotel in the HKPL's online newspaper collection, and in HKGRO, didn't return any results.

This was one of the hotels where civilians were interned by the Japanese before going to Stanley Camp. I'm not sure of the location yet, but probably in Sheung Wan like the other hotels used for this purpose.