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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.
Now housing the Hong Kong Police Museum. Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station Lau Fau Shan . 22°28′09″N 113°59′02″E / 22.469035°N 113.983795°E / 22.469035; 113.983795 ( Lau Fau Shan Police
The Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound, completed in 1884, is located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. From 1884 to 1996, the Compound served as the headquarters for the Marine Police, which moved to Sai Wan Ho in 1996 and became a branch in the Hong Kong Police Force. [clarification needed] [2] [3] [4]
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.
Operated by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, it took eight years and cost HK$3.8 billion, or about US$480M in 2018. [ 2 ] Tai Kwun, named after the historical colloquial name of the compound, [ 3 ] [ 6 ] is a mix of heritage and contemporary architecture, with 16 heritage buildings having been restored.
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. [1]
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested six people, including a former organizer of the city’s decades-long annual vigil that commemorated China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, for allegedly ...
In July 2022, for the flag raising ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the handover, the Hong Kong Police Force and all Hong Kong Disciplined Services, ceased to use the parade drills and English verbal commands inherited from their colonial past. Instead, the « goose step » of the People Liberation Army of the PRC was used. Officials ...