Shau Kei Wan Police Station (1st Generation) [1872-????]
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Submitted by David on Wed, 2015-04-01 16:12
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
c.1872-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Position of marker is approximate, based on an old map of the area. (UKNA reference: WO 78/6009).
Date of completion from http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/781/eng/f02.htm
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Photos that show this place
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Position of marker
Probably the marker should be more to the east where today's Lei Ye Mun Holiday Village is situated (its on a hill) - see 1952 map on Gwulo.
Update: After checking old maps again, I now think the marker is quite ok, possibly the station was a bit more to the north. The older maps seem sometimes to be not too correct with these details.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4th MARCH, 1871
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon on the 20th instant, for the erection of Police Stations, and out buildings, at Sow-ki-wan, and Causeway Bay.
Plans and Specifications can be seen, and proper forms of Tender obtained, at the Surveyors General's Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender
By Command, J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th March; 1871.
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