Old Stanley Police Station

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The Old Stanley Police Station (Chinese: 舊赤柱警署) was a police station constructed in Stanley on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong in 1859. It is now the oldest remaining police station building in Hong Kong.

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 grocery store.

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