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While the property is known by the name of 'Ho Tung Gardens' in Chinese
(何東花園) after its original owner, the property's alternative given
Chinese name is "Hiu Kok Yuen" (曉覺園) – an amalgam of names of Ho
and his second wife, Clara. Hotung's alternative Chinese name Hiu-sang
(何曉生); his wife was Cheung Lin-kok (何張蓮覺). Sir Robert Ho Tung was the first non-European to receive permission from government to reside in the Peak area, and Ho Tung Gardens symbolises the rising status of the Chinese community.
Ho Tung Gardens (HTG), built in 1927, was a villa at 27 Peak Road, Hong Kong (香港山頂道75號). It was declared a Grade 1 historic site by the Antiquities Advisory Board.
Invoking the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance for the fourth time in
history, it was declared a "proposed historical monument" by the
Government of Hong Kong in 2011.
Ho Tung Gardens (HTG) was constructed between 1927 and 1938. The 2-storey main building was built in 1927, while the rest was completed in 1938. There are three buildings in the Gardens, namely the main residence, a servants' quarters and a garage.
The main residence is built in Chinese Renaissance style.
The square tower with Chinese tiled roof and arched windows.
A pavilion and a 5-storey hexagonal pagoda can be found on the extensive garden.
According to the Peak Reservation Ordinance, only Europeans were allowed to live on Victoria Peak.
Hotung, who was half-European and half-Chinese, was already living on
the Peak when the law was enacted. Ho never lived in HTC.
Some parts of HTG had been damaged by Japanese in World War II, they were later modified and renovated thereafter in 1946.
Hotung's son, Robert, lived on the property between the 1960s and 1990s,
and ownership passed onto granddaughter Ho Min-kwan in 2003.
The Garden features a swimming pool, a tennis court, pavillions and a pagoda.
Ms. Ho Min-kwan does not accept the compensation of HK$3 billion, but requests HK$7 billion. The government believed that "not
everyone would agree with spending billions of dollars of public money
on private heritage sites. The policy of protecting HTG failed.
1) The above photos are collected from the internet, and should be owned by Oriental Daily, Apple Daily, www.singpao.com, and others.
2) For more information in English and Chinese languages, please click http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9B%89%E8%A6%BA%E5%9C%92.
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