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Dragon Villa [1955- ]

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Submitted by David on Tue, 2013-07-02 21:16
Date Place completed: 
1955-01-01

41 Castle Peak Road.

Address & completion date from "Names of Buildings".

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Submitted by bburago on Mon, 2014-05-26 16:07.

The house is still there, but it is now completely blocked by trees and I can't catch a glimpse inside.

Dragon Villa

 

Submitted by bburago on Mon, 2014-05-26 16:59.

Dragon Villa

Submitted by Lawrence Tsui on Tue, 2014-05-27 00:14.

Purely speculating:  I do remember when I was a toddler living at Dunrose, Castle Peak (opposite today's Gold Coast Resort Hotel), we were at times taken to a nearby villa to swim in their pool.  The villa belonged to Tsang Yung, a top taxi operator.  He was the owner of a fleet of orange & black Kam Bean Taxi (Gold Edge Taxi?).  He pioneered using taxi meters in the late 1950s, as well as wireless radios in later years.  Their Kam Bean Building is located at Homantin. 

There were two small canons outside this (or possibly another villa) in the district.

Submitted by Dave W on Tue, 2014-05-27 10:37.

I may be wrong, but I have a feeling that Dragon Villa was leased to the Government in the 1970's and was used a a residential quarter for successive senior police officers.

Dave W

Submitted by bburago on Sat, 2014-08-23 23:48.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aCENE2R2bQ

Dragon Villa on 0:10

Enjoy :-)