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Jardine's Lookout
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English
Etymology
en William Jardine William Jardine (merchant) of the Jardine Matheson Jardine, Matheson & Company.
Proper noun
Jardine's Lookout
en hill district/Wan Chai sar/Hong Kong.
en August 18, 2011 Joyce Hor-Chung Lau Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War https://web.archive.org/web/20110825180905/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/arts/19iht-opium19.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/arts/19iht-opium19.html 25 August 2011 Books https://archive.ph/K3PqS Her Hong Kong hotel suite had a view of Jardine’s Lookout, which commemorates William Jardine, an opium agent and one of the founders of the powerful trading company known today as Jardine Matheson Holdings.
en 21 January 2025 Irene Chan Use step platforms, NGO says after Hong Kong worker dies following fall from wooden ladder w:Hong Kong Free Press https://archive.ph/7BYa9 https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/21/use-step-platforms-ngo-says-after-hong-kong-worker-dies-after-falling-from-wooden-ladder/ April 10, 2025 Hong Kong The 58-year-old male worker fell from a wooden ladder while installing an air-conditioner at a house on Jardine’s Lookout, the Labour Department said on Monday night. He was sent to hospital and later certified dead.
en residential area district/Wan Chai sar/Hong Kong.
en August 31, 2012 Alex Frew McMillan Joy Leung Umesh Desai Chinese home builder Agile's chairman arrested over indecent assault Daniel Magnowski w:Reuters https://archive.ph/CG40n April 22, 2024 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4E8JV2PT/ Markets Chen owns a home on Purves Road in the luxury district of Jardine's Lookout, which overlooks Happy Valley racecourse, local media reported.
Translations
hill in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 渣甸山
residential area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 渣甸山
Further reading
Jardine's Lookout