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Mount Austin Barracks and Residences at the Peak
Mount Austin Barracks was a British Army base in Hong Kong during British rule. It was acquired in 1897 and developed from the former Mount Austin Hotel (built in 1873). It is named after John Gardiner Austin, former Hong Kong Colonial Secretary. It…
Peak Hotel
山頂酒店，又名柯士甸酒店(Mount Austin Hotel)，是香港19世紀後期至20世紀前期一所主要酒店，位於太平山山頂，即現時山頂廣場的位置。山頂酒店由蘇格蘭商人亞歷山大·芬梨·史密夫（英語：A. F. Smith，即其後山頂纜車創辦人）開設，於1873年落成啟用，其主要競爭對手是位於山腳中環的香港大酒店。
Post Office, Hong Kong
Located at the junction of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road on the Hong Kong Island where World-Wide House is now situated, the old General Post Office (GPO) building was completed in 1911 and demolished in 1976. Throughout the years, it had been the…
