Old Stanley Police Station

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]

Old Stanley Police Station
Old Stanley Police interior stairs

The British Army, during the early years of the colonial era, used the station from time to time in conjunction with the police because of its strategic position as the most southerly outpost on Hong Kong Island. During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese Gendarmerie used the police station as a local headquarters and a mortuary was built onto the building.

After the war, the building reverted to its original use and served as a police station until 1974. Since then it has had a number of unrelated uses including a sub-office of the Southern District Office, a restaurant, and currently it is used as a Wellcome supermarket.

There have been various attempts to have the government discontinue its commercial use, and to use it for some official function. One recent suggestion was to use it as a branch of the Hong Kong Police Museum.

See also
  • Historic police station buildings in Hong Kong

References
  1. Environment Protection Department - List of Declared Monuments as on 1 January 1999 Archived 28 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  • "The Old Stanley Police Station".
  • "Old Stanley Police Station". Conservancy Association.


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