Battery Path , Government Hill, CentralThe Government Hill is a hill in Central, 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 has been the administrative centre of Hong Kong since the early days of British colonial rule, and has remained so after the transfer of sovereignty . The Government House , residence of chief executive and colonial governor , and the Former Central Government Offices (Government Headquarters), occupied large portion of the hill.
St. John's Cathedral of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui , the Anglican Church in Hong Kong, is also on the Government Hill. Adjacent to it 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 up the hill in the south is Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens .
In 2011, an application was made to the Town Planning Board to rezone the area as a Historic site, and cap the building heights to the height of the existing buildings.[ 1]
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22°16′44″N 114°09′34″E / 22.27889°N 114.15944°E / 22.27889; 114.15944
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