Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District,on the north shore of Hong Kong Island,across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui,the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula. The area was the heart of Victoria City,although that name is rarely used today.
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. It is a major tourist attraction offering views of Central,Victoria Harbour,Lamma Island and the surrounding islands.
Government House,located on Government Hill in Central,Hong Kong,is the official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. It was constructed in 1855 as a Colonial Renaissance-style building,but was significantly remodelled during the Japanese occupation,resulting in the current hybrid Japanese-neoclassical form.
The Peak Tram is a funicular railway in Hong Kong,which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. Running from Garden Road Admiralty to Victoria Peak via the Mid-Levels,it provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong. Operated since 1888,it was the first funicular railway in Asia.
Mid-Levels is an affluent residential area on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located between Victoria Peak and Central. Residents are predominantly more affluent Hong Kong locals and expatriate professionals.
The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence is a public museum in Hong Kong,located in a former coastal defence fort overlooking the Lei Yue Mun channel,near Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island. The fort was built by the British in 1887,intended to defend the eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour.
Lung Fu Shan Country Park,established 18 December 1998,is a country park in the Central and Western District of Hong Kong. It covers the densely vegetated slopes of Lung Fu Shan,and includes the disused Pinewood Battery as well as the Pinewood Garden picnic area,providing a scenic backdrop to the residential and commercial districts of Hong Kong Island.
Kornhill and Kornhill Gardens are apartment buildings on the northern slope of Mount Parker,in Quarry Bay,Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. Kornhill is a private housing estate and Kornhill Gardens is a Private Sector Participation Scheme estate. The total population is approximately 30,000.
The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is a resort built and owned by Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited,a joint venture of the Government of Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Company in Hong Kong on reclaimed land beside Penny's Bay,at the northeastern tip of Lantau Island,approximately two kilometres (1.2 mi) from Discovery Bay. It is the second Disney Resort in Asia and the first Disney Resort in China. Officially opened on 12 September 2005,the resort contains the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park,the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel,Disney's Hollywood Hotel,Disney Explorers Lodge and several retail,dining and entertainment facilities covering 1.3 square kilometres of the island.
Blackhead Point,also known as Tai Pau Mai indigenously,or by the names Tsim Sha Tsui Point and Signal Hill (訊號山),was a cape before any land reclamation took place in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It currently remains a small hill near the coast.
Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel is the second Disney hotel in the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in Penny's Bay,Lantau Island,Hong Kong. The theme of the hotel is of a Victorian style,and is located near Disneyland Harbour. The hotel is built on reclaimed land and opened on 12 September 2005.
Kennedy Road is a road in the Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. It is named after Arthur Kennedy,the seventh governor of Hong Kong.
Gate Lodge is a small house located at Mount Austin Road on Victoria Peak,Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. Gate Lodge was built between 1900 and 1902. It is in Renaissance style.
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. The Gate Lodge,which originally served as living quarters for the keeper of Mountain Lodge,is still extant.
Fanling Lodge is an official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong,which serves as a country house and occasionally hosts official functions. Built in 1934 as a summer residence for the then Governor of Hong Kong,Fanling Lodge was granted a Grade I historic building status in 2014,amid concerns about its inclusion within a new town development plan.
King George V Memorial Park,Hong Kong,is an urban park in Sai Ying Pun and one of the few parks in Hong Kong bearing the former colonial links to the territory's past.
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The Hong Kong Dragon Garden is an 8 hectares private heritage garden located at No. 32-42 Castle Peak Road,Tsing Lung Tau,in the backdrop of Sham Tseng in the west of the Tsuen Wan District in the New Territories of Hong Kong,founded by Lee Iu-cheung.
The Peak Lookout is a restaurant located in a heritage house at Victoria Gap,near the summit of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. It is housed in a 19th-century Grade II Historic Building. Originally known as the Old Peak Café,the restaurant has an open terrace overlooking Aberdeen,Pok Fu Lam Country Park and the South China Sea. The Peak Lookout at Terminal 1 of the Hong Kong International Airport opened in November 2012.
Quarry Bay Park is an urban park located in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong Island's Eastern District. It lies between the waterfront and the Tai Koo Shing housing estate,and covers around 9.79 hectares. The park is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.
