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The Central Police Station has undergone reconstruction to convert it and the former Central Magistracy to more public use; including food outlets, museums, and art galleries. By adaptive reuse, the renovated police station compound is intended to become a tourist destination with historical significance, a rarity amongst Hong Kong attractions.
Historic police stations include: / 22.21831; 114.213121 ( Old Stanley Police Station) Built in 1859, a declared monument. Now used as a Wellcome supermarket. / 22.28174; 114.154196 ( Central Police Station, Hong Kong) / 22.295479; 114.169994 ( Former Marine Police Headquarters) Built in 1884.
Tai Kwun. Tai Kwun, or the Former Central Police Station Compound (CPS Compound) includes three declared monuments in Central, Hong Kong: the former Central Police Station, the Former Central Magistracy, and the Victoria Prison. Surrounded by Hollywood Road, Arbuthnot Road, Chancery Lane and Old Bailey Street, the compound underwent a heritage ...
The Old Tai Po Police Station was listed as a Grade II historic building [4] from 1988 to 2021. [1] In 2008, it was part of the seven buildings of Batch I of the Hong Kong Government's Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme [5] seeking adaptive reuse of government-owned historic buildings.
Coordinates: 22.21831°N 114.213121°E. Old Stanley Police Station. Old Stanley Police interior stairs. The Old Stanley Police Station ( Chinese: 舊赤柱警署) was a police station constructed in 1859 in Stanley, Hong Kong Island. It is now the oldest remaining police station building in Hong Kong, and was declared a monument on 15 January 1984.
The Hong Kong Police was officially established by the colonial government on 1 May 1844, and the duties of the magistrate and head of police were separated. At the time of its establishment, the police force consisted of thirty-two men. The ethnic composition of the inaugural force consisted of mixed Chinese, European nationals or Indians. [1]
Hong Kong Police Museum. The Police Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of policing in Hong Kong. The museum is housed in the former Wan Chai Gap Police Station, located at 27 Coombe Road, Wan Chai Gap, The Peak. About 1,200 exhibits are displayed in the Museum and there is generally one rotating specialised exhibition display.
Entrance of old station (closed) Yau Ma Tei Police Station is a police station in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Its buildings at No. 627 Canton Road, at the junction of Public Square Street, were erected in 1922 [1] after relocation from the junction of Public Square Street and Shanghai Street. The station closed on 22 May 2016 (except for ...