[Multiple photos] Bonham Road Guan Xiao, Old Tai Po Police Station and Sha Tau Kok Hip Tian Temple are now listed as declared monuments

The Government today (16th) gazetted that the Antiquities Authority, the Secretary for Development, has listed the Bonham Road Government Primary School, Old Tai Po Police Station and Sha Tau Kok as statutory monuments in accordance with the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance. .

Bonham Road Government Primary School is listed as a declared monument.

The building has an E-shaped layout, the middle part is long and narrow, with attached wings at both ends.

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The Bonham Road Official School Building was completed before the war and was used as the headquarters of the Japanese military police.

The Bonham Road Government Primary School was built from 1940 to 1941. It was the old school building of the Luo Fuguo Teachers College. The college was established in 1939 and was the first full-time normal college in Hong Kong.

During the Japanese occupation, the school building was used as the headquarters of the Japanese military police.

After the reopening of Luo Fuguo Normal College, it moved to a new school building on Sassoon Road in 1962. The old school building was once used by the United College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The main building of the school building is made of concrete. It is a typical example of modern streamlined architecture in Hong Kong. It is characterized by the use of curves and horizontal lines, focusing on functions and minimal decoration.

In addition, the air-raid shelter in the main building has witnessed the history of Japanese invasion, which is quite rare among the existing historical buildings in Hong Kong.

The Italian critics, wooden doors, and wood or steel framed windows in the building all have historical value.

The old Tai Po Police Station is listed as a declared monument. The picture shows the front and veranda.

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The Old Tai Po Police Station has a history of more than 120 years

As for the old Tai Po Police Station, it was completed in 1899. It is the first police station and police headquarters in the New Territories, and it is also the oldest existing police station in the New Territories.

The Old Tai Po Police Station was the place where the British flag was hoisted in the New Territories for the first time on April 16, 1899, to witness the British colonial rule of the New Territories.

During the Japanese colonial period, because the police station was vacant, its doors, windows, wooden floors, or other usable items were looted by nearby residents.

The Old Tai Po Police Station consisted of three single-story "pragmatic" buildings, namely the main building, staff quarters and dining hall building.

The three buildings are connected by a flat and wide lawn.

The original building components, such as Dutch gables, decorative window arches and window sills, cast iron drains and rainwater buckets, and fireplaces, are roughly preserved; external components such as the security guard booth near the entrance and the octagonal water well, and the front yard of the main building The flagpoles, two forts, and the brick incinerator on the lawn are also well preserved.

Xietian Temple was included as a statutory monument.

The picture shows the front elevation of the main building of Xietian Palace.

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Sha Tau Kok Xietian Temple was used as a school building for Fude School

Sha Tau Kok Xietian Temple was rebuilt between 1894 and 1895 to replace the original Guandi Temple.

The Xietian Temple has important historical value to the economic development of Sha Tau Kok in the late 19th century, and it is also one of the few existing major temples related to Donghe Ruins.

Tung Wo Market was operated by the "Ten Treaties" of the Village Alliance, which dominated the Sha Tau Kok District's economy from the 1830s to the 1930s.

In the early 20th century, Xietian Temple was used as a school building for Fude Private School to provide education for children in Shan Tsui, and then used as a school until after 2015, the school reverted to its original name before the war, namely Fude Xueshe Primary School.

The temple is no longer used for teaching.

The shrines and cornices, three-leaf arches, and blue brick exterior walls in the building are all kept intact.

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