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Historic police buildings in Hong Kong

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Several police buildings in Hong Kong are listed as historic monuments. While some of them are still serving their initial purpose, most of them have been decommissioned and have been redeveloped or are awaiting redevelopment.

Historic police stations

Historic police stations include:

NamePhotographsLocationNotes/References
Old Stanley Police Station[[File:Old Stanley Police Station.jpgcentre200px]]Built in 1859, a declared monument. Now used as a Wellcome supermarket.
Central Police Station[[File:Barrack Block Central Police Station 201012.JPGcentre200px]]Built in 1864, a declared monument
Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound[[File:1881 Heritage Overview 201108.jpgcentre200px]]Built in 1884. Now a heritage hotel with food and beverage outlets, and retail facilities. A declared monument.
Peak Police StationNo. 92 Peak Road, The Peak.
Built in 1886. A Grade III Historic Building.
Old Aberdeen Police Station[[File:HK TheWarehouseTeenageClub.JPGcentre200px]]No. 116 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen.
Built in 1891. A Grade II Historic Building.
Old Tai Po Police Station[[File:Green hub main building 2015.jpgcentre200px]]Built in 1899. A declared monument.
[[File:Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery 12.JPGcentre200px]]Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery]] cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre. A Grade II Historic Building.
Former Tiu Keng Leng Police Station aka. Rennie's Mill Police Station
(舊調景嶺警署)[[File:Former Rennie's Mill Police Station 2012.JPGcentre200px]]No. 160 Po Lam Road South, Tiu Keng Leng
Built in 1900. Closed in 1941. Since 1999, it was partially used by the Po Yin Fat Yuen, a monastery founded in 1956, after the original monastery building was torn down with the clearance of the nearby squatter area in 1996. Its function as a monastery ceased in 2015.
Old Tai O Police Station[[File:Old Tai O Police Station 201302.JPGcentre200px]]Built in 1902, a Grade III Historic Building. Converted into a boutique hotel.
Old Sheung Shui Police Station
(舊上水警署)[[File:HK Old SheungShuiPoliceStation 2009.JPGcentre200px]]Built in 1902. Now housing a Junior Police Corps (JPC) Club House. It is a Grade III historic building.
Cheung Chau Police Station
(長洲警署)[[File:Cheung Chau Police Station 2009.JPGcentre200px]]No. 4 Police Station Path, Cheung Chau.
Built in 1913. A Grade II Historic Building. Still used as a police station.
Lok Ma Chau Police Station[[File:Lok Ma Chau Police Station.JPGcentre200px]]No. 100 Lok Ma Chau Road, Lok Ma Chau.
Built in 1915. A Grade II Historic Building. Still used as a police station.
Yau Ma Tei Police Station[[File:2013-08 hk zvd 116.JPGcentre200px]]Built in 1922, a Grade III Historic Building, closed and relocated in 2016
Sham Shui Po Police Station[[File:ShumShuiPoPoliceStation Front.jpgcentre200px]]Built in 1924, a Grade III Historic Building
Former Sha Tin Police Station[[File:HK HighRockChristianCamp.JPGcentre200px]]No. 102 Sha Tin Tau Village
Built around 1924. Converted into the High Rock Christian Camp in 1980. A Grade II Historic Building.
Old Kowloon Police Headquarters
[[File:HK Prince Edward Mongkok Police Station Gate.JPGcentre200px]]Built in 1925. Now part of the Mong Kok Police Station. Grade II Historic Building.
Wan Chai Police Station[[File:Old Wan Chai Police Station 01.jpgcentre200px]]Built in 1932. A Grade III Historic Building.
Old Upper Levels Police Station[[File:HK High Street Crime Wing HK Island Reg HQ 1.jpgcentre200px]]No. 1F High Street, Sai Ying Pun.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140106054807/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Monument/en/trails_west1.php?tid=21 Built in 1934-1935. It was later used as the Crime Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters. Now part of the David Trench Rehabilitation Centre. A Grade III Historic Building.
Ta Kwu Ling Police Station[[File:Ta Kwu Ling Police Station.JPGcentre200px]]Ping Che Road, Ta Kwu Ling.
Built in 1937. Still used as a police station. A Grade III Historic Building.
Former Wan Chai Gap Police Station[[File:Hk police museum outlook2012.JPGcentre200px]]Built in 1939. Now housing the Hong Kong Police Museum.
Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station[[File:Lau Fau Shan Police Station.JPGcentre200px]]Lau Fau Shan.Built in 1962. Used until 2002. Awaiting adaptive reuse. It has been proposed to be converted into a restaurant with exhibition space to reminisce the history of the oyster farming industry of Lau Fau Shan. A Grade III Historic Building.

Demolished police stations

NamePhotographsLocationNotes/References
Old Sha Tin Police Station[[File:Old Sha Tin Police Station plaque at The Great Hill.jpgcentre200px]]Tung Lo Wan Hill Road, Sha Tin District
Demolished.
Au Tau Police Station[[File:Au Tau police station, New Territories, Hong Kong, ca.1901.jpgcentre200px]]Au Tau, Yuen Long District
Demolished.
Starling Inlet Police Station[[File:CO 1069-451-01.jpgcentre200px]]Sha Tau Kok, North District
Demolished.

Historic police quarters

NamePhotographsLocationNotes/References
Old Police Bungalow[[File:Old Police Bungalow No 173 Kwong Fuk Road.JPGcentre135px]]Nos. 173 and 175 Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po
Built in 1909. The bungalow was the residence of four single police officers at the time when it was built. In 1991, the bungalow was taken over by the Norwegian International School as a kindergarten. The detached servants' quarters (pictured) and stable building were believed to have been built at the same time as the bungalow. It is a Grade II historic building.
Hollywood Road Police R & F Married Quarters[[File:HK SW Hollywood Road Polic Qtrs 1.JPGcentre200px]]No. 35 Aberdeen Street, Central.
Built in 1951.

MacIntosh Forts

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References

References

  1. Lau, Stuart. (23 November 2012). "Memories of a haven for Nationalists". [[South China Morning Post]].
  2. "High Rock Centre: Former's High Rock and Today's High Rock".
  3. [http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/AAB-SM-chi.pdf List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-06-18 (as of 27 December 2013))
  4. [http://gwulo.com/node/15308 Lau Fau Shan Police Station at gwulo.com]
  5. Ng, June. (Mar 25, 2010). "Fishy Business". HK Magazine.
  6. [http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr01-02/english/fc/pwsc/papers/p02-9e.pdf Item for Public Works Subcommittee of Finance Committee], 17 April 2002
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140110012518/http://orientalsweetlips.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/the-great-hill-former-site-of-old-shatin-police-station/ "The Great Hill – former site of Old Shatin Police Station"]
  8. [https://gwulo.com/node/16191 Former Au Tau Police Station (1900-1942)] at gwulo.com
  9. [https://gwulo.com/node/16196 Former Starling Inlet Police Station (1899-1942)] at gwulo.com
  10. "Historic Building Appraisal. Old Police Bungalow". [[Antiquities Advisory Board]].
  11. [http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/PMQ-HIA-vol_01-BHIA.pdf Consultancy for Heritage Impact Assessment for Transformation of the Former Police Married Quarters Site on Hollywood Road into a Creative Industries Landmark]. Volume 1 - Built Heritage Impact Assessment. [[Architectural Services Department]]. March 2011
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