Look carefully up Pedder Street (the road that leads of to wards the top left) and you should be able to make out the Pedder Building. Look right and you can see the old General Post Office with its colonial facade. The GPO was knocked down and replaced by Worldwide House but strangely several of the old columns from the Post Office were preserved and hauled half way up Kwun Yam Shan (behind Kadoorie Farm) where they form part of some bizarre misplaced memorial - perhaps to remind everyone just how crap at preservation HK truly is.
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Hi Phil,
I am trying to figure out where exactly the columns from the old GPO have been moved. Does one need to go through Kadoorie Farm to see them? Thanks.
Hi Roger
Check out this photo on Panoramio:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19043857
The owner of the photo also has a snap of the nearby bend. I couldn't tell you if you can get in without going through the entrance because I have no idea of the paths that lead in from elsewhere. However, I recommend going to Kadoorie so you can try and grab a lift on the shuttle bus :-)
Hope this helps
Cheers, Phil
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