Government Hill
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Government Hill (政府山) is the hill in Central of Hong Kong, bounded by upper section of Upper Albert Road on the south, Queen's Road Central north, Garden Road east, and Glenealy west of Hong Kong Island.
The hill is the administrative centre of Hong Kong. The Government House, the residence of the colonial governor and the chief executive and blocks of the Central Government Offices (Government Headquarters) occupies large portion of the hill. The layout was designed during the early colonial Hong Kong by British.
St. John's Cathedral of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, the Anglican Church in Hong Kong, are also on the Government Hill. At its adjacent is the Court of Final Appeal inside the Former French Mission Building with Battery Path leading to Queen's Road Central.
Beside the already crowded central business district, the hill is free from skyscrapers and preserved many century-old trees. Higher hill in the south is Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
As of 2006, the Hong Kong Government finally had the approval from Legislative Council of Hong Kong to move the Central Government Offices from the hill to former Tamar Site. The future use of Government Hill is not yet decided. It thus arouses much concern from Hong Kong society.
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