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MOUNT
CAMERON
MANSIONS
A general view of the development on top of Mount Cameron. The typical floor plan of the new Mount Cameron Mansions is given below.
A close up view of the building
from the west.
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LIVING, DINING
BEZ ROOM
BALCONY
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BED ROOM?
STORE ROOất
KITCHEN
TERRACE
**ING ROOM
FERRACE
DINING ROOM
KITCHEN
LIVING « DINING
TERRACE
LBED ROOM,
BED ROOM
KITCHEN
UNT BALCONY
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
side of it south-east and south-west respectively. The apartments are designed so as to be completely isolated from one another, and in- capable of being overlooked by the occupants of any other apartment. The main feature of the three
apartments is the living dining room combination which forms by far the
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HE top of Mount Cameron is one of the most conspicuous sites in the whole of the Colony of Hong Kong as it commands a view of practically the whole extent of the Harbour and can be seen from north, east and west for many miles. It was for this reason that this summit was chosen by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong for the site of a war memorial. At the time of the re-occupation by British Forces, this war memorial, a huge reinforced concrete tower, was well on its way to completion, and its demolition became the subject of a great deal of agitation by the public who con-
sidered that this evidence of Japanese presumption should not be allowed to remain a moment longer than was necessary to remind the people of Hong Kong of the indignities to which they had been subjected. So strenuous was this agitation that the Public Works Department had to give priority to this project and demolition work was started in January 1947 and completed in March, three months later.
The main part of the project is a most unusual Y-shaped building, containing three apartments on each floor. The main apartment faces north and the two wings on either
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The detail of the semi-circular terrace
in front of the building.
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