15 Observatory Road, Ground Floor, Koloon (sic) Hong Kong
This was the address listed on a Japanese POW card (findmypast.com) for the mother of George Kenneth Campbell Jr. one of the captured Hong Kong Volunteer sappers. He was 18
They were from Shanghai, likely coming down to HK in 1937 when the Japanese invaded
I looked up the address on the SCMP archives and found this advertisement that ran for a couple of years from 1936 to 1939
It then became a “private hotel, finally being requisitioned after the war by the government
I was so delighted to find a line drawing of the hotel that, for a lark, I checked into the current hotel for a night to enjoy one of only two rooms that have a nice view of the observatory
I enjoyed sharing my find with the desk manager who liked it, and he was also delighted to find the Mira Hotel on the Gwulo website
Photos that show this Place
Comments
Leysing Hall
For point of reference: The building at No. 15-No. 19 Observatory Road (south side) was known as "Leysing Hall"
No. 15 K.I.L. 671 s.O. & s.N. "Leysing Hall"
No. 17 K.I.L. 671 s.O. & s.N. "Leysing Hall"
No. 19 K.I.L. 671 s.O. & s.N. "Leysing Hall"
Source: 1938 Street Index page 263 (image 481)
So Royal Court Hotel (Nos. 15-17 Observatory Road) was within Leysing Hall