1929 "For Sale" - Barkers/Barker's Bungalow, Sai Wan (Chai Wan)

Fri, 04/21/2023 - 05:20

China Mail 30 April 1929.

Mention is made here of the Scout Training Camp at Pinewood Battery. In 1929, Barkers or Barker's Bungalow became available as a permanent camp for the training of Hong Kong Scouts. The site was purchased for $16,000 and contained an area of "64,000 sq. metres in the form of a headland at the north shore of today's Chai Wan and beautifully surrounded by sea on three sides against Mount Collinson."

Source: Early Days Of Hong Kong Scouting Part 23K

 

 

Date picture taken
30 Apr 1929