This was one of the places that civilians were interred in early 1942, before they were moved to the Stanley Camp. I've made a guess at its location on Des Voeux Road based on the notes below, but if you know the address please leave a comment below. (Update: The correct location has been identified in the comments below.)
Notes by email from Barbara Anslow:
Timeline:
Thanks to Richard Wong for identifying the location:
159 Connaught Road Central, now Kai Tak Commercial Building (1973), just adjacent to Western Market.
moddsey wrote:
The Hotel that occupied 8-10 Ice House Road was called the Grand Carlton Hotel. It opened on 1 October 1908 and was under the management of the Kowloon Hotel. More info from the Hong Kong Telegraph dated 9 September 1908.
1867
"The best establishment is that of the Hotel d'Europe, situated in the Hollywood road, but this is frequently overcrowded on the arrival of the mail steamers from Europe or the North."
- The treaty ports of China and Japan: A complete guide to ...
Adam writes:
Caption on the eBay listing is:
Argyle Street on the left. Prince Hotel, where many Russian from Shanghai after 1949 lived there, at centre
The New Ritz Hotel was designed by Su Gin Djih who was the architect for a number of buildings in the 1950s and 1960s including the New Ambassador Hotel in TST. http://218.188.25.84/news_attach_file/41_04.pdf
according to 1958 Far Eastern Economic Review address was 893-899 King's Road.
11, Carnarvon Road, TST
1880s - Craigieburn (owner James Anderson)
(rented by the Governor for a few years in the 1890s because Mountain Lodge was not habitable.)
1902 - 1930s Craigieburn Hotel
Public Records Office - R.B.LS. 5 AND 17 - ERECTION OF FIVE-STOREY BUILDINGS ON "CRAIGIEBURN" SITE , 11.06.1920 - 04.11.1935
2000 -
22 Plantation Road - "Hillcrest"
24 Plantation Road - "Hillview Villas"
2000 map
2002 - 1 Plantation Road
