The
Government Hill is a hill in Central
, Hong Kong Island,
Hong
Kong
, bounded by upper section of Upper Albert Road on the south, Queen's Road
Central
north, Garden
Road east, and Glenealy west of
Hong Kong Island.
The hill has been the administrative centre of Hong Kong since the
early days of British colonial rule, and has remained so after the
transfer of
sovereignty.
The Government House
, residence of chief executive and colonial
governor, and the Central
Government Offices
(Government Headquarters), occupies large portion
of the hill.
St. John's
Cathedral
of the Hong
Kong Sheng Kung Hui, the Anglican
Church in Hong Kong, is also on the Government Hill.
Adjacent
to it is the Court of Final Appeal
, inside the Former French
Mission Building
, with Battery Path
leading to Queen's Road Central.
Beside the already crowded
central business district, the
hill is free from
skyscrapers and
preserved many century-old trees.
Higher up the hill in the south is
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical
Gardens
.
, the Hong Kong Government has finally obtained the approval of the Legislative Council
to move its headquarters from the Central Government Offices on the hill to a new headquarters complex on the former Tamar site
. The future use of Government Hill is not yet decided. It thus arouses much concern from Hong Kong society.
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