Mount Davis en · PROPN
Etymology
Named after Sir John Francis Davis, the 2nd Governor of British Hong Kong.
Meanings
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A hill in Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Villa Cecil on Mount Davis was found to have had a private pool partially on government land for over two decades.
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 Feb 2024, Hong Kong: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).
2013 July 11, “PRESS DIGEST - Hong Kong - July 12”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 17 May 2021, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS:As mentioned, the 1st Middlesex occupied beach pill boxes extending along the west, south and eastern littoral from beneath Mount Davis in the West to Sau Kei Wan [Shau Kei Wan] Hill in the northeast. The Hong Kong Volunteers, mostly assigned to man weapons ranging from artillery to machine guns, together with various auxiliary units, supported these units.
2001, Dauril Alden, Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life : Soldier, Historian, Teacher, Collector, Traveller, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147:As part of the revitalization process, exterior heritage elements in The Hong Kong Jockey Club University of Chicago Heritage Campus such as the disused battery gun, the emplacement and ancillary structures have been made accessible to visitors, while the heritage trails on the Hong Kong campus were made to connect with the public hiking trail on Mount Davis.
2018 November 30, “University of Chicago opens Hong Kong campus”, in University of Chicago, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2018:
- An area of Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Translations (2)
yue 摩星嶺 /摩星岭 (area in Hong Kong) · yue 摩星嶺 /摩星岭 (hill in Hong Kong)