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The Police Museum closes and refurbishes the serious crime exhibition hall to showcase Occupy Central and anti-amendments

2021-06-02T16:33:28.057Z


Before the renovation and activation of the Police Museum, it will open today (30th) on the last day and is expected to reopen in March next year. The police will spend millions of dollars to install new technology for the museum and add a "serious crime exhibition hall."


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Written by: Kong Fanxu

2021-05-30 19:23

Last update date: 2021-05-30 19:25

Before the renovation and activation of the Police Museum, it will open today (30th) on the last day and is expected to reopen in March next year.

The police will spend millions of dollars to install new technology for the museum and add a "serious crime exhibition hall". It will consider adding elements of Occupy Central in 2014. As for the anti-amendment legislation in 2019, the exhibits will not be displayed until the case is concluded.

The Director of the Police Museum Cheng Chun-tak said that more than 150 years of the 177-year history of the Police Force belonged to the British rule. "It can't be cut off" to ensure that British cultural relics, including the head specimens of the "Tiger of Sheung Shui", will be preserved.

The museum also revealed that there will be some unexposed cultural relics on display, such as the "street paper" issued by the police under the curfew a century ago.

The Police Museum will open on the last day of May 30 and will be refurbished. It is expected to reopen in March next year and will be visited by many citizens.

(Photo by Zhang Haowei)

The reception room will become the report room in the 1960s and 1970s

The Police Museum has recorded more than 1.7 million visits in the past 32 years.

Under the revitalization plan, a 55-level "Long Life Stairway" leading to the museum will be built into the footprint of the century, the additional murals will become a "check in" point, and the reception room at the entrance of the museum will be transformed into a police report room in the 1960s and 1970s Reception.

The museum will spend millions of dollars to purchase technology to cooperate with the exhibition, and convert old photos into video and digital photos. Some special exhibits will also be equipped with voice navigation and other functions.

The thematic exhibition hall will set up a TV wall to allow visitors to choose the photos they want to watch.

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Exhibits will be exhibited pending the conclusion of the anti-amendment turmoil case

A "virtual timeline" was added to the museum corridor to outline the history of the development of the police force in 177 years, and a Huaimian wall was added to detail the 369 police officers who died in service over the years and their true stories.

The museum has also added a serious crime exhibition hall, presenting major cases.

Superintendent Lin Yingcong, director of the Research Center of the Hong Kong Police College, revealed that he would consider adding the 2014 Occupy Central element, and the anti-amendment law controversy in 2019 is an incident in recent years and will take time to immerse. The exhibits can only be displayed after the relevant case is concluded.

Curator: Part of the history of the colonial era

Outsiders are concerned about the loss or loss of colonial exhibits. The director of the Police Museum, Cheng Chun-teh, said that the police force has more than 150 years of history in the British rule. "The colonial era is part of history. It may not be possible. It is not possible to cut off the detachment." There is now. About 80% of the exhibits are cultural relics before the reunification. "If there are more after 97, the front will be reduced." And the currently exhibited specimens of the tiger head in Sheung Shui, the anti-communist propaganda of the 1967 riots, and other important historical exhibits are expected to be retained. .

Will display the "street paper" under the curfew

The museum revealed that after the revitalization, it will display the "street paper" issued by the police force under the curfew, the ID card issued by the police force, and some precious photos.

The Police Museum is located at No. 27 Kam Road on the Peak. It was formerly the Old Wan Chai Gap Police Station and was completed in 1939.

After more than a year of restoration work started in 1987, it was officially opened to the public on November 25, 1988.

The usable actual area in the exhibition hall is approximately 2,700 square feet.

It was restored in 2009 and opened again in 2010.

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