Blackhead Point, also known as Tai Pau Mai (Chinese: 大包米) or Signal Hill (訊號山), is a cape before any reclamation in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was named after a German businessman in Hong Kong named Friedrich Johan Berthold Schwarzkopf, who naturalised as a British citizen and anglicised his name as Blackhead. A cape is an article of clothing, and can be used to describe any sleeveless outer garment, such as a poncho, but usually it is a long garment that covers only the back half of the wearer, fastening about the neck of the wearer. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... The Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui is a famous landmark of Hong Kong. ... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: JiÇ”lóng; lit. ... To anglicise (or in North American English anglicize) is to adapt a foreign word into the English language, often modifying its form to correspond to standard English French demoiselle, meaning little lady. Another common type of anglicisation is the inclusion of a foreign article as part of a noun (eg. ...

It was where typhoon signals were hoisted in Hong Kong because it is the highest hill near the middle of Victoria Harbour. It remains as a small hill near the coast. From 1908 to 1933, the time ball tower of the Hong Kong Observatory was located on the hill. Victoria Harbour Part of the harbour being engulfed by reclamation off the shore of Central. ... Hong Kong Observatory (Chinese: 香港天文台; Yale: hēung góng tīn màhn tòih, Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 tin1 man4 toi4; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Tiānwén Tái), known as the Royal Observatory (Chinese: 皇家香港天文台) before 1997, is a department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special...

External links

• Details from Hong Kong Tourism Board website
• THE GERMAN SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG 1846-1918, by CARL T. SMITH (pdf format)