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Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to be protected. In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the Chief Executive as well as the publication of the notice in government gazette.[1]

As of March 3, 2006, there are 80 declared monuments in Hong Kong[2]. Under Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, some other buildings are classified as Grades I, II and III historic buildings, and are not listed below.

They are:

  1. Rock Carving at Big Wave Bay, Hong Kong Island
  2. Rock Carving on Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung
  3. Rock Carving on Tung Lung Island, Sai Kung
  4. Rock Inscription at Joss House Bay, Sai Kung
  5. Rock Carving at Shek Pik, Lantau Island - thought to date back to the local Bronze Age, some 3000 years ago
  6. Rock Carving on Po Toi Island
  7. Tung Chung Fort, Lantau Island
  8. Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps, Central
  9. Tung Lung Fort, Tung Lung Island, Sai Kung
  10. Sam Tung Uk Village, Tsuen Wan
  11. Fan Lau Fort, Lantau Island
  12. Old District Office North, Tai Po
  13. Sheung Yiu Village, Sai Kung
  14. Rock Carving on Cheung Chau
  15. Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay
  16. Rock Carving at Lung Ha Wan, Sai Kung
  17. Island House, Yuen Chau Tsai, Tai Po
  18. Site of Chinese Customs Station, Junk Island, Sai Kung
  19. Man Wun Fung Ancestral Hall, San Tin, Yuen Long
  20. Remains of Ancient Kiln, Wun Yiu Village, Tai Po
  21. Stone Circle, Fan Lau, Lantau Island
  22. Tung Chung Battery, Lantau Island
  23. Man Mo Temple, Tai Po
  24. Hong Kong Observatory, Tsim Sha Tsui
  25. Old Stanley Police Station, Stanley
  26. The Exterior of the Old Supreme Court, Central
  27. The Exterior of the Main Building of the University of Hong Kong
  28. Rock Inscription at Wong Chuk Hang
  29. Old Tai Po Market Railway Station
  30. Liu Man Chek Tong Ancestral Hall, Sheung Shui
  31. Old House, Hoi Pa Village, Tsuen Wan
  32. Tai Fu Tai Mansion, San Tin, Yuen Long
  33. Kun Lung Gate Tower, Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling
  34. Yeung Hau Temple, Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long
  35. Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb, Sham Shui Po
  36. Flagstaff House, Cotton Tree Drive, Central
  37. Former French Mission Building, Battery Path, Central
  38. Law Uk Hakka House, Chai Wan
  39. Old House, Wong Uk Village, Sha Tin
  40. Old Wanchai Post Office, Wanchai
  41. Old Pathological Institute, Caine Lane, Sheung Wan
  42. Western Market, Sheung Wan
  43. Former Kowloon-Canton Railway Clock Tower, Tsim Sha Tsui
  44. Kang Yung Study Hall, Sha Tau Kok
  45. Former Kowloon British School, Tsim Sha Tsui
  46. Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' College, Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels
  47. Yi Tai Study Hall, Kam Tin, Yuen Long
  48. Enclosing Walls and Corner Watch Towers of Kun Lung Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling
  49. The Exterior of the Main Building, the Helena May, Garden Road, Central
  50. Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling
  51. Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound, Tsim Sha Tsui
  52. Gate Lodge of the Former Mountain Lodge, the Peak
  53. Central Police Station Compound, Hollywood Road, Central
  54. Former Central Magistracy, Arbuthnot Road, Central
  55. Victoria Prison Compound, Old Bailey Street, Central
  56. The Exterior of University Hall, the University of Hong Kong
  57. The Exterior of Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong Kong
  58. The Exterior of Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong Kong
  59. Government House, Upper Albert Road, Central
  60. St. John's Cathedral, Garden Road, Central
  61. I Shing Temple, Wang Chau, Yuen Long
  62. Remnants of the South Gate of Kowloon Walled City, Kowloon Walled City Park
  63. Former Yamen Building of Kowloon Walled City, Kowloon Walled City Park
  64. Entrance Tower and Enclosing Walls of Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling
  65. Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall, Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling
  66. Cheung Shan Monastery, Ping Che, Fanling
  67. King Law Ka Shuk, Tai Po Tau Tsuen, Tai Po
  68. Cheung Ancestral Hall, Shan Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long
  69. Fan Sin Temple, Sheung Wun Yiu, Tai Po
  70. North and West Blocks of St. Joseph's College, Kennedy Road, Central
  71. Waglan Lighthouse, Waglan Island
  72. Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse, Tang Lung Chau, Kap Shui Mun, Tsuen Wan
  73. Tang Ancestral Hall, Ping Shan, Yuen Long
  74. Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall, Ping Shan, Yuen Long
  75. Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda, Ping Shan, Yuen Long
  76. Hung Shing Temple, Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung
  77. Tin Hau Temple, Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling
  78. Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall, Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui
  79. The Morrisson Building, Hoh Fuk Tong Centre, Tuen Mun
  80. Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse, Hong Kong Island

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Leisure and Cultural Services Department - Antiquities and Monuments Office
  2. ^ list

[edit] External links

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