At last night's talk, a member of the audience had lived here, and explained the name.
Nothing to do with views of boats in the harbour, it comes from the old address for this building: 406, The Peak.
Say the number 4-0-6 in Cantonese and you get Sei-Ling-Luk, "Sailing Look"!
Sei-Ling-Lok
四零六
406
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Origin of the name "Sailing look"
At last night's talk, a member of the audience had lived here, and explained the name.
Nothing to do with views of boats in the harbour, it comes from the old address for this building: 406, The Peak.
Say the number 4-0-6 in Cantonese and you get Sei-Ling-Luk, "Sailing Look"!
Sei-Ling-Lok 四零六 406
Sei-Ling-Lok
四零六
406