government hill

Example Sentences

• "The western part of the island is likewise divided from the centre by two ravines, both running from the same eminence - the one to the south terminating in a small undulating piece of country, on which the village of Pok-foo-lum is situated; other to the north, where it spreads out and forms Government Hill and the small flat beneath."
• "The buildings, erected around 1843, housed the first government offices on the 'Government Hill', between Lower Albert Road, seen on the right, and Battery Path below."
• "Hong Kong people deserve a better-protected Government Hill. It will be very sad if this valuable site is to become a 'Developer's Hill'."
• "Following the relocation of Central Government Offices from Government Hill in Central, the 1,000-square-metre site became the focal point of protests against the national education curriculum and the government’s denial of a free-to-air licence to broadcaster HKTV."
• "The west wing of “Government Hill” was proposed to be demolished to give way to high-rise office buildings.The protesters thought that no matter how dull it was, the “Government Hill” had witnessed a piece of Hong Kong history after the war and should be preserved totally."
• "Although it appears to be a self-contained enclave in the central business district, Government Hill has not been totally cocooned from change.[…] If the new CGO blocks had been typical high-rise, they would have destroyed the character of Government Hill. A popular feature of the CGO compound was accessibility."