- Address:
- Upper Albert Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island
- Tel:
- +852 2878 3300
- Website:
-
www.ceo.gov.hk
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Government House
- Please select
- 1881 Heritage
- 7 Mallory Street
- Antiquities and Monuments Office
- Asia Society Hong Kong Center
- The Blue House Cluster
- Clock Tower
- Court of Final Appeal
- Duddell Street Steps & Gas Lamps
- Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware
- The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong
- Former French Mission Building
- Fringe Club
- Government House
- Green Hub
- Jao Tsung-I Academy
- Kamikaze Cave
- Lui Seng Chun
- Murray House
- Noon Day Gun
- The Pawn
- PMQ
- Tai Kwun
- Tai O Heritage Hotel
- The Peninsula
- SCAD Hong Kong
- St Andrew’s Church
- Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail
- University of Hong Kong
- Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre
- Western Market
- Yau Ma Tei Theatre
Located in Mid-Levels on Upper Albert Road, this colonial gem was the former official residence of 25 British governors of Hong Kong prior to the handover in 1997. Before Hong Kong’s architecture began scraping the sky, this location provided the building with sweeping harbour views.
Built between 1851 and 1855, the building originally had strong Georgian features but was extensively redesigned by engineer Siechi Fujimura during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War. The wartime renovations included a toning down of European features and the addition of a central tower.
In 2005, Government House reverted to its original role when it became home and office of the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The splendid gardens of lovely rhododendrons and azaleas are opened for public viewing on special occasions.