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The Western District Police Quarters will be rebuilt by the end of the year. It is proposed to borrow the Sheung Wan waterfront site for five years to park police cars and store emergency equipment.

2022-05-18T07:09:07.350Z


The Junior Police Officers Quarters next to the Western Police Station, which has been vacant for 16 years, will be demolished in the fourth quarter of this year and rebuilt into three new quarters together with the Inspector-level Quarters, providing a total of 540 units and adding facilities such as the Police Public Relations Branch.


The Junior Police Officers Quarters next to the Western Police Station, which has been vacant for 16 years, will be demolished in the fourth quarter of this year, and together with the inspector-level quarters will be rebuilt into 3 new quarters, providing a total of 540 units. At the same time, facilities such as the Police Public Relations Branch will be added. The funds involved are 2.02 billion yuan, and the target is to be completed within seven years.


The Police Department stated that in order to cooperate with the redevelopment project, it is planned to borrow an open space at West Fire Street in Sheung Wan to store emergency equipment and park police cars to maintain the daily operation of the Western District Police Station. The lease period is expected to be at least five years, or as soon as 2027. The land can be returned.


The Temporary Government Allotment of West Fire Street in Sheung Wan to be borrowed by the Police Station covers an area of ​​394 square meters and is located on the Central and Western District Waterfront Promenade (Sheung Wan Section).

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According to the document submitted by the Police Department to the Harbourfront Affairs Committee recently, the proposed temporary government land at West Fire Street in Sheung Wan covers an area of ​​394 square meters. The street also houses the Sheung Wan Fire Station and the Central Police District Headquarters.

The site is currently fenced off with barbed wire.

According to the document, the reconstruction project of the Western District Police Quarters will be rebuilt at the original site of the Western District Police Station, covering an area of ​​3,672 square meters. The project will occupy three-quarters of the land of the police station, leaving the police station with no additional space for police station facilities, emergency facilities and parking. Police cars, etc., describe "a major shortfall of operational area, so we have to find another land to solve the problem.

The document continued that the location is adjacent to the Western District Police Station, only five minutes away by car.

The demolition and reconstruction project of the police quarters in the Western District will start in the fourth quarter of this year, and the target is to be completed within seven years. That is, the current five-year lease of the vacant site at Fire Street West in Sheung Wan will expire before the completion of the project, the Police Department said. With the written consent of the Lands Officer, there will be an opportunity to extend the tenancy period.

The Hong Kong government plans to rebuild the police quarters in the Western District with 540 units, fire 600 million, and 132 quarters. The police rent the parking lot next to the Aberdeen Police Station. The Housing Planning Department has no objection. It is expected to pass through the Police Quarters in the Western District of the Town Planning Board. Since 2006, the Police Force has been emptied and applied for the reconstruction of 3 buildings to provide 540 housing places. 

Source: hk1

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