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Re: The hill should be Nam Long Shan
Re: Development half way below the peak
Shouson Hill
Not only are they houses half way below, but I think I see detached houses on sizable lots at the bottom of the hill. It is difficult to be sure, but if those indeed are mansions, I think that makes Shouson Hill more likely.
I don't think that many houses so far below would be visible from Mount Cameron / Middle Gap
Re: On 2nd thought, more likely closer to Wong Nei Chung Gap
No.4 Repulse Bay Road
Doug's photo is one of an interesting series that he took across the Deep Water Bay Valley. I guess he took them on the same day. This. I believe, is the one taken from the furthest point north, at Wong Nei Chung Gap Road just after it crosses the Gap and is about to descend towards Aberdeen.Going south along Repulse Bay Road from here, others in the set are at;
www.gwulo.com/atom/15396
www.gwulo.com/atom/15397
www.gwulo.com/atom/15398
www.gwulo.com/atom/15405
www.gwulo.com/atom/15403
www.gwulo.com/atom/15400
On reaching the coast (assuming he walked downhill) he seems to have visited both Deep Water and Repulse Bays, taking www.gwulo.com/atom/15401 and www.gwulo.com/atom/15402 .
Returning to this photo. Tree cover prevents a similar pic being taken from the same spot today, but a similar, higher, viewpoint can be obtained from the Wong Nei Chung Reservoir dam wall.
The white house on the left in both photos is at No.4 Repulse Bay Road. Previously the house here was called Holmesdale (www.gwulo.com/node/13911), but I don't know if todays building is the same or has been rebuilt.
#4 Repulse Bay Road
No. 4 Repulse Bay
Looks like a match. Thanks for the effort, gw. The present house was constructed in 1987.
tngan, I didn't find a directory entry for No. 4 Repulse Bay and Dr. Shiu from the 1960s. When I was searching for the address of the Hongkong Telephone Company's old house (No. 37), I found that quite a few houses in Repulse Bay were owned by doctors in the 1950s and early-1960s.
Re: #4 Repulse Bay
Dr Shiu
Hello, tngan. Even though I didn't find him in the directory, I think there is still a good chance Dr. Shiu was resident at the address at some point. The Hong Kong $ Directories I often check for old addresses covered mainly foreigners that were in the civil service and major companies.
If Dr. Shiu retired (and possibly immigrated) in the 1980s, he may well have sold the property to the owner that redeveloped in '87. The current house was then sold again in '97.
#4 Repulse Bay Road and the Ho's