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Austin left Hong Kong in 1878, [9] and James Russell moved into the Austin Arms. [FL 55 & 56]: Both in Wong Nai Chung. [FL 57] The Eyrie: [10] In late 1875 Charles May, [11] the first head of the Hong Kong Police, Fire Brigade and Goal (retired) [12] applied for a lot at the very top of Mt. Austin and his bungalow was finished two years later ...
Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as Mount Austin , and locally as The Peak only generally. With an elevation of 552 metres (1,811 ft), it is the tallest hill on Hong Kong Island, and the 29th tallest in the territory of Hong Kong .
Victoria Peak Garden is a Victorian style garden near the summit of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. The former Mountain Lodge , an alternate residence for the Governor of Hong Kong , was located there, which has since been demolished, but the park remains as an attraction at the Peak.
Victoria Gap (Chinese: 爐峰峽) is an area and a mountain pass located between the summits of Victoria Peak (aka. Mount Austin) and Mount Gough , on Hong Kong Island , in Hong Kong . [ 1 ] It is the most touristic place within the area referred to as The Peak , which receives some seven million visitors every year.
Tai Ping Shan (太平山) is an alternative name to Victoria Peak, and literally means "Peace Hill".After the cession of Hong Kong Island from Qing China to the British in the 1840s, British forces made garrison here and later the government relocated all Chinese residents in Choong Wan to the area surrounding Tai Ping Shan Street.
Mountain Lodge was the former summer residence of the Governor of Hong Kong on Victoria Peak on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The second building was a two-storey Renaissance style home and was demolished in 1946. The site is now the Victoria Peak Garden, a public park.
There are 35 athletes from Hong Kong in the 2024 Paris Olympics. They are: Fencing. Daphne Chan. No Wai Hang. Vivian Kong (who made history as the first woman from Hong Kong to win a gold medal in ...
Robert Hotung (3rd right) with John Nance Garner (2nd right) at Ho Tung Gardens in 1935; wives Margaret (2nd left) and Clara (1st right) both in cheongsam Hotung (left) with George Bernard Shaw (right) in Hong Kong in 1933. According to the Peak Reservation Ordinance, only Europeans were allowed to live on Victoria Peak.