Jardine's Lookout

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Named after William Jardine of the Jardine, Matheson & Company.

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Jardine's Lookout

  1. A hill in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
    • 2011 August 18, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 August 2011, Books‎[2]:
      Her Hong Kong hotel suite had a view of Jardine’s Lookout, which commemorates William Jardine, an opium agent and one of the founders of the powerful trading company known today as Jardine Matheson Holdings.
  2. A residential area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
    • 2012 August 31, Alex Frew McMillan, Joy Leung, Umesh Desai, “Chinese home builder Agile's chairman arrested over indecent assault”, in Daniel Magnowski, editor, Reuters[3], archived from the original on April 22, 2024, Markets:
      Chen owns a home on Purves Road in the luxury district of Jardine's Lookout, which overlooks Happy Valley racecourse, local media reported.

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