Mount Davis

English

Etymology

Named after Sir John Francis Davis, the 2nd Governor of British Hong Kong.

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Mount Davis

  1. A hill in Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong
    • 2013 July 11, “PRESS DIGEST - Hong Kong - July 12”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 17 May 2021, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS:
      The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a top American business school, is set to relocate its Singapore campus to Hong Kong next year after the government offered it a 17,000 sq ft heritage building on Mount Davis for a one-off premium of just HK$1,000 ($130).
    • 2023 September 14, James Lee, “Hong Kong urban planning NGO finds 173 alleged illegal structures at luxury houses”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 29 February 2024, Hong Kong:
      Villa Cecil on Mount Davis was found to have had a private pool partially on government land for over two decades.
  2. An area in Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong

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