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==Residential area==
==Residential area==
Due to its scenic view and low population density, Jardine's Lookout is considered an affluent neighbourhood with the most expensive houses in Hong Kong. Residences situated there are amongst the most expensive of Hong Kong. The community mainly consists of highly-placed expatriates, government officials, and successful business people.
Due to its scenic view and low population density, Jardine's Lookout is considered an affluent neighbourhood with some of the most expensive houses in Hong Kong. The residents of this community include highly-placed expatriates, government officials and successful business people.


The residential area of Jardine’s Lookout comprise of thirteen roads named after famous British persons during Hong Kong’s colonial times. Although these roads are accessible from [[Tai Hang Road]], the mountain on the east of Cavendish Heights is Mount Butler instead of Jardine’s Lookout. Residential buildings such as Ronsdale Garden on Tai Hang Drive and Chun Fai Road are considered as the upper part of [[Tai Hang]], below Mount Butler instead of Jardine’s Lookout. Addresses with smaller road numbers than PetroChina Station, 137 Tai Hang Road, are part of Tai Hang and Mount Butler, not Jardine’s Lookout.[[File:Wong Nai Chung Reservoir 2017.jpg|thumb|Jardine's Lookout is the hill in the centre. [[Wong Nai Chung Reservoir]] is in the foreground.|alt=|left]]The area has large detached houses in private lots and more moderate townhouses. Low-rise and high-rise apartments make up the rest of the community. In 2011, the area had a population of 15,533.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Population Census – Fact Sheet for Wan Chai District Council Jardine's Lookout (B06)|url=http://www.census2011.gov.hk/en/district-profiles/ca/wan-chai/b06.html|publisher=[[Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong)|Census and Statistics Department]]|access-date=17 October 2012|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201704/http://www.census2011.gov.hk/en/district-profiles/ca/wan-chai/b06.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Houses in private lots include ones built in the 1950s which were in recent years sold to wealthy mainlanders. In 2015, [[Cheung Chung-kiu]], Chairman of [[C C Land|CC Land]], reportedly purchased 1 Purves Road for about HK$760 million, or around HK$ 100,000 per square foot.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-08|title=Jardine’s Lookout remains magnet for wealthy mainlanders|url=https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/business/topics/weekend-property/article/2110266/jardines-lookout-remains-magnet|access-date=2021-05-18|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518034256/https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/business/topics/weekend-property/article/2110266/jardines-lookout-remains-magnet|url-status=live}}</ref>In 2019, [[Joseph Lau|Joseph Lau Luen-hung]]’s residence at Goldsmith Road ranked the fifth as Hong Kong’s most expensive residential properties in rental value estimated by the Hong Kong Government, with an annual estimated rental value of HK$8.23 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong&#039;s most expensive homes in rental value terms EJINSIGHT - ejinsight.com|url=https://www.ejinsight.com/eji/article/id/2084026/20190318-Hong-Kongs-most-expensive-homes-in-rental-value-terms|access-date=2021-05-18|website=EJINSIGHT|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518034551/https://www.ejinsight.com/eji/article/id/2084026/20190318-Hong-Kongs-most-expensive-homes-in-rental-value-terms|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, this house was reportedly by [[Apple Daily]] to be worth HK$2.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-21 |title=【渣甸山大業主】大劉高士美道大屋 1億升至25億 ｜ 蘋果日報 |url=https://hk.appledaily.com/finance/20180615/65Y5EC5GAUAVUOT75WR2ZZLDLU/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621185150/https://hk.appledaily.com/finance/20180615/65Y5EC5GAUAVUOT75WR2ZZLDLU/ |archive-date=21 June 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Translating into HK$250,000 per sq. ft. based on internal floor area of around 10,000 square foot, its value surpasses all single houses in Hong Kong. In 2020, the site at 20 Perkins Road was sold for HK$850 million representing a 40 percent drop compared to previous market transactions. This price translated into over HK$82,000 per square foot compared to another site on Perkins Road in 2018 which changed hands at HK$145,000 per square foot.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Luxury Site Huge Price Drop|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/2/221867/Luxury-site-sees-huge-price-drop|url-status=live}}</ref>  
The residential area of Jardine’s Lookout comprise of thirteen roads named after famous British persons during Hong Kong’s colonial times. Although these roads are accessible from [[Tai Hang Road]], the mountain on the east of Cavendish Heights is Mount Butler instead of Jardine’s Lookout. Residential buildings such as Ronsdale Garden on Tai Hang Drive and Chun Fai Road are considered as the upper part of [[Tai Hang]], below Mount Butler instead of Jardine’s Lookout. Addresses with smaller road numbers than PetroChina Station, 137 Tai Hang Road, are part of Tai Hang and Mount Butler, not Jardine’s Lookout.[[File:Wong Nai Chung Reservoir 2017.jpg|thumb|Jardine's Lookout is the hill in the centre. [[Wong Nai Chung Reservoir]] is in the foreground.|alt=|left]]The area has large detached houses in private lots and more moderate townhouses. Low-rise and high-rise apartments make up the rest of the community. In 2011, the area had a population of 15,533.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Population Census – Fact Sheet for Wan Chai District Council Jardine's Lookout (B06)|url=http://www.census2011.gov.hk/en/district-profiles/ca/wan-chai/b06.html|publisher=[[Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong)|Census and Statistics Department]]|access-date=17 October 2012|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201704/http://www.census2011.gov.hk/en/district-profiles/ca/wan-chai/b06.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Houses in private lots include ones built in the 1950s which were in recent years sold to wealthy mainlanders. In 2015, [[Cheung Chung-kiu]], Chairman of [[C C Land|CC Land]], reportedly purchased 1 Purves Road for about HK$760 million, or around HK$ 100,000 per square foot.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-08|title=Jardine’s Lookout remains magnet for wealthy mainlanders|url=https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/business/topics/weekend-property/article/2110266/jardines-lookout-remains-magnet|access-date=2021-05-18|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518034256/https://www.scmp.com/special-reports/business/topics/weekend-property/article/2110266/jardines-lookout-remains-magnet|url-status=live}}</ref>In 2019, [[Joseph Lau|Joseph Lau Luen-hung]]’s residence at Goldsmith Road ranked the fifth as Hong Kong’s most expensive residential properties in rental value estimated by the Hong Kong Government, with an annual estimated rental value of HK$8.23 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong&#039;s most expensive homes in rental value terms EJINSIGHT - ejinsight.com|url=https://www.ejinsight.com/eji/article/id/2084026/20190318-Hong-Kongs-most-expensive-homes-in-rental-value-terms|access-date=2021-05-18|website=EJINSIGHT|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518034551/https://www.ejinsight.com/eji/article/id/2084026/20190318-Hong-Kongs-most-expensive-homes-in-rental-value-terms|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, this house was reportedly by [[Apple Daily]] to be worth HK$2.5 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-21 |title=【渣甸山大業主】大劉高士美道大屋 1億升至25億 ｜ 蘋果日報 |url=https://hk.appledaily.com/finance/20180615/65Y5EC5GAUAVUOT75WR2ZZLDLU/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621185150/https://hk.appledaily.com/finance/20180615/65Y5EC5GAUAVUOT75WR2ZZLDLU/ |archive-date=21 June 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Translating into HK$250,000 per sq. ft. based on internal floor area of around 10,000 square foot, its value surpasses all single houses in Hong Kong. In 2020, the site at 20 Perkins Road was sold for HK$850 million representing a 40 percent drop compared to previous market transactions. This price translated into over HK$82,000 per square foot compared to another site on Perkins Road in 2018 which changed hands at HK$145,000 per square foot.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Luxury Site Huge Price Drop|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/2/221867/Luxury-site-sees-huge-price-drop|url-status=live}}</ref>  

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Jardine's Lookout
渣甸山
Jardine’s Lookout from Victoria Harbour
Highest point
Elevation433 m (1,421 ft)
Coordinates22°16′5.772″N 114°11′32.784″E / 22.26827000°N 114.19244000°E / 22.26827000; 114.19244000
Geography
Jardine's Lookout is located in Hong Kong
Jardine's Lookout
Jardine's Lookout
Location of Jardine's Lookout in Hong Kong
Location Hong Kong
Jardine's Lookout
Chinese渣甸山
Literal meaningJardine Mountain
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhādiàn Shān
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzaa1 din1 saan1

Jardine's Lookout (Chinese: 渣甸山) is a mountain in Wan Chai District, Hong Kong with a height of 433 metres (1,421 ft).[1] It is located east of Happy Valley, south of Causeway Bay, and west of Braemar Hill and north of Tai Tam Country Park.

A low-density residential area also called Jardine's Lookout can be found on the north side of this mountain. The residential area of Jardine’s Lookout comprise of thirteen roads named after famous British persons during Hong Kong’s colonial times. Among them is a road called Black's Link, which is now mostly a hiking trail.

Jardine's Lookout is surrounded by several other hills including Mount Nicholson, Violet Hill and Mount Butler.

History

Jardine's Lookout is named after William Jardine, founder of Jardine Matheson. It was from here, in the days of the sailing ships, that a watch was kept for the first glimpse of the sails of the firm's clippers coming from India and London. As soon as a vessel was signaled, a fast whaleboat was sent out to collect Jardines' mails. The correspondence was rushed back to the office so that the directors could have the first possible information on the world's markets. (This practice saved the company on at least one occasion, in 1866, when it learned of the collapse of the discount house Overend, Gurney and Company, about one hour before others did, and quickly withdrew its balances at a local bank before anyone else had heard of the news.)

Jardine's Lookout was the sight of fierce conflict in the Battle of Hong Kong and particularly, the Battle of Wong Nai Chung Gap. The Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps and Middlesex Machine gunners manned two pillboxes and other areas defending the pass around Jardine's Catchwater, as well as Canadian Winnipeg Grenadiers defending the adjacent Mount Butler. Japanese forces, after landing on the North Shore of Hong Kong Island; used Sir Cecil's Ride and moved up to this pass midway up the lookout and were engaged by Commonwealth forces. The fighting was the preliminary conflict in the Battle of Wong Nai Chung Gap.

Jardine’s Lookout and Mount Butler are popular for hikers who can enjoy scenery of Victoria Harbour.[2] There are different routes to the top of the mountains and hikers often start near Hong Kong Parkview  through Wilson Trail.

Residential area

Due to its scenic view and low population density, Jardine's Lookout is considered an affluent neighbourhood with some of the most expensive houses in Hong Kong. The residents of this community include highly-placed expatriates, government officials and successful business people.

The residential area of Jardine’s Lookout comprise of thirteen roads named after famous British persons during Hong Kong’s colonial times. Although these roads are accessible from Tai Hang Road, the mountain on the east of Cavendish Heights is Mount Butler instead of Jardine’s Lookout. Residential buildings such as Ronsdale Garden on Tai Hang Drive and Chun Fai Road are considered as the upper part of Tai Hang, below Mount Butler instead of Jardine’s Lookout. Addresses with smaller road numbers than PetroChina Station, 137 Tai Hang Road, are part of Tai Hang and Mount Butler, not Jardine’s Lookout.

Jardine's Lookout is the hill in the centre. Wong Nai Chung Reservoir is in the foreground.

The area has large detached houses in private lots and more moderate townhouses. Low-rise and high-rise apartments make up the rest of the community. In 2011, the area had a population of 15,533.[3] Houses in private lots include ones built in the 1950s which were in recent years sold to wealthy mainlanders. In 2015, Cheung Chung-kiu, Chairman of CC Land, reportedly purchased 1 Purves Road for about HK$760 million, or around HK$ 100,000 per square foot.[4]In 2019, Joseph Lau Luen-hung’s residence at Goldsmith Road ranked the fifth as Hong Kong’s most expensive residential properties in rental value estimated by the Hong Kong Government, with an annual estimated rental value of HK$8.23 million.[5] In 2018, this house was reportedly by Apple Daily to be worth HK$2.5 billion.[6] Translating into HK$250,000 per sq. ft. based on internal floor area of around 10,000 square foot, its value surpasses all single houses in Hong Kong. In 2020, the site at 20 Perkins Road was sold for HK$850 million representing a 40 percent drop compared to previous market transactions. This price translated into over HK$82,000 per square foot compared to another site on Perkins Road in 2018 which changed hands at HK$145,000 per square foot.[7]  

Jardine’s Lookout has no hospitals, few public facilities, and very few local and overseas tourists. Only single detached houses can be built on private lots of most of the streets.[8][9]


Jardine's Lookout has a grocery store, deli, florists, post office and many small provisions stores. This community is conveniently linked with public transportation and well-equipped with facilities. Jardine's Lookout is only a 10-minute drive to Central and 5-minute drive to Causeway Bay, (given good traffic) where the Cross-Harbour Tunnel is located, making the travel to Kowloon easy.

Famous residents

In June 2016, the Government of Canada sold the official residence of the Consul General located at 6 Goldsmith Road.[10] In 2019, Citic Pacific purchased a redevelopment site at 135 Tai Hang Road in 2019 for HK$3.2 billion through a government land auction.[11]

Education

Located on Mt Butler Drive, the Lycée Français International Victor Segalen, a French international school, maintains its Jardine’s Lookout campus, housing primary school classes.[12]

Braemar Hill Nursery School is on Chun Fai Road, on the fringe of Jardine’s Lookout

Transport

There are taxis and buses that can bring residents to the main districts in Hong Kong.

Major Thoroughfares, Roads and Streets

See also

Names related to Jardine

References

  1. ^ Bernie Owen; Raynor Shaw (2007). Hong Kong Landscapes: Shaping the Barren Rock. Hong Kong University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-962-209-847-3. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ^ "JARDINE'S LOOKOUT HIKE IN HONG KONG". Journey Era. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ^ "2011 Population Census – Fact Sheet for Wan Chai District Council Jardine's Lookout (B06)". Census and Statistics Department. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Jardine's Lookout remains magnet for wealthy mainlanders". South China Morning Post. 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong's most expensive homes in rental value terms EJINSIGHT - ejinsight.com". EJINSIGHT. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "【渣甸山大業主】大劉高士美道大屋 1億升至25億 ｜ 蘋果日報". 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Luxury Site Huge Price Drop".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ am730. "香港哪一區最豪？". am730 (in Chinese). Retrieved 10 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ 周顯大師資料庫 (18 January 2017). "周顯: Harbour View豪宅 世界最貴". 周顯. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Canadian consulate sells luxury Hong Kong home, but not to fugitive Joseph Lau". South China Morning Post. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Citic Pacific wins Tai Hang luxury residential site for HK$3.2 billion". South China Morning Post. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Une éducation d'excellence pour tous". French International School (in French). 10 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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