Historic police buildings in Hong Kong explained

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 Station22.2183°N 114.2131°WBuilt in 1859, a declared monument. Now used as a Wellcome supermarket.
Central Police Station22.2817°N 114.1542°WBuilt in 1864, a declared monument
Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound22.2955°N 114.17°WBuilt 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.
22.2644°N 114.1552°W
Built in 1886. A Grade III Historic Building.
Old Aberdeen Police StationNo. 116 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen.
22.2477°N 114.1568°W
Built in 1891. A Grade II Historic Building.
Old Tai Po Police Station22.4464°N 114.1697°WBuilt in 1899. A declared monument.
22.4464°N 114.1697°Whttp://www.amo.gov.hk/en/trails_pingshan1.php?tid=11 Built in 1899. Now used as the 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)
No. 160 Po Lam Road South, Tiu Keng Leng
22.3092°N 114.2514°W
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.[1]
Old Tai O Police Station22.2532°N 113.8537°WBuilt in 1902, a Grade III Historic Building. Converted into a boutique hotel.
Old Sheung Shui Police Station
(舊上水警署)
22.5082°N 114.1254°WBuilt 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)
No. 4 Police Station Path, Cheung Chau.
22.2082°N 114.0306°W
Built in 1913. A Grade II Historic Building. Still used as a police station.
Lok Ma Chau Police StationNo. 100 Lok Ma Chau Road, Lok Ma Chau.
22.5115°N 114.0802°W
Built in 1915. A Grade II Historic Building. Still used as a police station.
Yau Ma Tei Police Station22.3097°N 114.1687°WBuilt in 1922, a Grade III Historic Building, closed and relocated in 2016
Sham Shui Po Police Station22.33°N 114.1591°WBuilt in 1924, a Grade III Historic Building
Former Sha Tin Police StationNo. 102 Sha Tin Tau Village
22.3741°N 114.1878°W
Built around 1924. Converted into the High Rock Christian Camp in 1980.[2] A Grade II Historic Building.
Old Kowloon Police Headquarters
22.3245°N 114.1688°WBuilt in 1925. Now part of the Mong Kok Police Station. Grade II Historic Building.[3]
Wan Chai Police Station22.2792°N 114.1753°WBuilt in 1932. A Grade III Historic Building.
Old Upper Levels Police StationNo. 1F High Street, Sai Ying Pun.
22.2854°N 114.1453°W
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 StationPing Che Road, Ta Kwu Ling.
22.5409°N 114.1488°W
Built in 1937. Still used as a police station. A Grade III Historic Building.
Former Wan Chai Gap Police Station22.2677°N 114.1692°WBuilt in 1939. Now housing the Hong Kong Police Museum.
Former Lau Fau Shan Police StationLau Fau Shan.22.469°N 113.9838°WBuilt in 1962. Used until 2002.[4] 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.[5] A Grade III Historic Building.

Demolished police stations

NamePhotographsLocationNotes/References
Old Sha Tin Police StationTung Lo Wan Hill Road, Sha Tin District
22.3795°N 114.1805°W
Demolished.
Built in 1950 and demolished in 2004. After being decommissioned as a police station, it housed the Regional Continuation Training Centre.[6] It is now the site of The Great Hill private housing estate.[7]
Au Tau Police StationAu Tau, Yuen Long District
22.4434°N 114.0453°W
Demolished.
Built in 1900 and demolished in 1942.[8]
Starling Inlet Police StationSha Tau Kok, North District
22.5376°N 114.211°W
Demolished.
Built in 1899 and demolished in 1942. The Sha Tau Kok Police Station now occupies the site.[9]

Historic police quarters

NamePhotographsLocationNotes/References
Old Police Bungalow Nos. 173 and 175 Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po
22.4475°N 114.1699°W
Built in 1909. The bungalow was the residence of four single police officers at the time when it was built. It is a Grade II historic building.
Hollywood Road Police R & F Married QuartersNo. 35 Aberdeen Street, Central.
22.2834°N 114.1518°W
Built in 1951.[10]

MacIntosh Forts

See main article: MacIntosh Forts.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Lau. Stuart . 23 November 2012. Memories of a haven for Nationalists . South China Morning Post. 9 January 2014 .
  2. http://highrock.stewards.org.hk/highrock_eng/about_highrock_eng.html 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
  4. http://gwulo.com/node/15308 Lau Fau Shan Police Station at gwulo.com
  5. News: 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
  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)
  9. https://gwulo.com/node/16196 Former Starling Inlet Police Station (1899-1942)
  10. 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