Mount Parker

English + (Hong Kong) Mount Parker, Hong Kong Etymology en Sir William Parker Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone, Admiral of the Fleet Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy). Proper noun Mount Parker en peak district/Eastern sar/Hong Kong. en November 21, 1885 THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S REPORT ON THE TYTAM WATER-WORKS. The Hong Kong Daily Press 8710 https://archive.org/details/NPDP18851121/ Hongkong 2 https://archive.org/details/NPDP18851121/page/n1/ 6 The topographical examination of the island having exhausted the Southern districts, now passed along the northern slop from the valley above Causeway Bay as far as Mount Parker without any satisfactory results, and was finally brought to a close in the Tytam Valley, where the nearest approximation to the required conditions was found. en 1993-06-01 Jinbong Kim; Dwight P. Baker; J. Nelson Jennings Megachurch Accountability in Missions:: Critical Assessment through Global Case Studies William Carey Publishing 9780878086894 79 Church members climb up to “Jacob's Ladder” on Mount Parker at Hong Kong's Quarry Bay to pray for peace and harmony in the city. en February 16, 2003 Corrections w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230902134233/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/pageoneplus/corrections.html 02 September 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/pageoneplus/corrections.html 0362-4331 1645522 A picture caption on Feb. 2 with an article about hiking in Hong Kong misstated the location of the trail shown. It is on Mount Parker, overlooking Quarry Bay on the northeast side of the island - not on the Dragon's Back ridge on the D'Aguilar Peninsula to the southeast. en 2014 Kwong Chi Man; Tsoi Yiu Lun Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970 https://books.google.com/books?id=EphFBAAAQBAJ Hong Kong University Press 9789888208708 880565979 195 https://books.google.com/books?id=EphFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA195 The British positions at Mount Butler, Mount Parker, Braemar Hill and the urban area of North Point were all under heavy assault. en 2019-07-15 Philip Cracknell Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941 https://books.google.com/books?id=cPSiDwAAQBAJ Amberley Publishing Limited 9781445690506 1121093837 The battalion moved quickly inland, ascending the north-facing slopes of Mount Parker. There are still old stepped paths that lead up from that part of the Island shore to the heights of Mount Parker. en September 7, 2023 Meaghan Tobin Extreme rain in Hong Kong turns city streets into raging rivers w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20240228121958/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/07/hong-kong-rain-flooding-alert/ February 27, 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/07/hong-kong-rain-flooding-alert/ 0190-8286 2269358 Asia Rubble and water rushed down the side of Mount Parker near Chai Wan, where roads and parking garages sat under standing water. Huge rocks blocked roads in Shau Kei Wan. Translations peak in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 柏架山 Further reading Mount Parker