Declared monuments of Hong Kong
Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to receive the highest level of protection. In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as the publication of the notice on the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
As of February 2013, there were 101 declared monuments, of which 57 were owned by the Government and the remaining 44 by private bodies. As of 10 March 2022, there were 132 declared monuments in Hong Kong, with 56 listed on Hong Kong Island, 53 on New Territories, 14 on Kowloon, and 9 on the Outlying Islands. Under Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, some other buildings are classified as Grades I, II and III historic buildings, and are not listed below.
Monument declaration and historic buildings grading system
There was no direct link between graded buildings and monuments. As of July 2007, 607 buildings had been graded (since 1980), 54 of these, including five Grade I buildings, had been demolished. As of August 2007, of 151 buildings classified as Grade I, only 28 pre-war buildings have been declared monuments since 1980.
On 26 November 2008, the Antiquities Advisory Board announced that the declaration of monuments would be related to the grading of historic buildings.
Proposed monuments
The Antiquities Authority (the Secretary for Development) may declare a building facing a demolition risk a proposed monument, thus providing the building with immediate protection against demolition. A Declaration of "proposed" status is valid for twelve months and may be extended. However the affected owner may object to the "proposed" status. Five buildings were declared proposed monuments between 1982 and 2012: Ohel Leah Synagogue (later Grade I in 1990), Morrison Building (subsequently declared in 2004), Jessville (later Grade III), King Yin Lei (subsequently declared in 2008) and Ho Tung Gardens (later demolished in 2013). Hung Lau was declared a proposed monument on 9 March 2017, and subsequently retained its Grade I status.
Monuments
Hong Kong Island
#ID | Name | Photograph | Declaration date | Location | Description | Coordinates | Ref(s) |
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M0001 | Rock Carving at Big Wave Bay |
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13 October 1978 | Big Wave Bay | 22°14′46″N 114°14′56″E | ||
M0008 | Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps |
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31 August 1979 | Central | 22°16′47″N 114°09′24″E | ||
M0015 | Tin Hau Temple |
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26 March 1982 | Causeway Bay | 22°16′56″N 114°11′34″E | ||
M0025 | Old Stanley Police Station |
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15 June 1984 | Stanley | Now used as a ParknShop supermarket. | 22°13′06″N 114°12′47″E | |
M0026 | The Exterior of the Old Supreme Court |
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15 June 1984 | Central | Served as the Legislative Council Building from 1985–2011. | 22°16′52″N 114°09′36″E | |
M0027 | The Exterior of the Main Building, the University of Hong Kong |
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15 June 1984 | Mid-Levels | 22°17′03″N 114°08′16″E | ||
M0028 | Rock Carvings at Wong Chuk Hang |
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15 June 1984 | Wong Chuk Hang | 22°15′09″N 114°10′29″E | ||
M0036 | Flagstaff House |
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14 September 1989 | Central | 22°16′43″N 114°09′45″E | ||
M0037 | Former French Mission Building |
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14 September 1989 | Central | 22°16′46″N 114°09′35″E | ||
M0038 | Law Uk Hakka House |
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10 November 1989 | Chai Wan | 22°15′51″N 114°14′08″E | ||
M0040 | Old Wan Chai Post Office |
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18 May 1990 | Wan Chai | Currently used by the Environmental Protection Department | 22°16′28″N 114°10′24″E | |
M0041 | Old Pathological Institute |
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29 June 1990 | Mid-Levels | 22°17′00″N 114°08′55″E | ||
M0042 | Western Market |
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26 June 1990 | Sheung Wan | 22°17′14″N 114°09′01″E | ||
M0046 | Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' College |
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28 February 1992 | Mid-Levels | 22°17′01″N 114°08′38″E | ||
M0049 | The Helena May main building |
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8 October 1993 | Central | 22°16′39″N 114°09′31″E | ||
M0052 | Gate Lodge of the Former Mountain Lodge |
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31 March 1995 | Victoria Peak | 22°16′28″N 114°08′45″E | ||
M0053 | Central Police Station Compound |
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8 September 1995 | Central | 22°16′54″N 114°09′15″E | ||
M0054 | Former Central Magistracy |
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8 September 1995 | Central | 22°16′52″N 114°09′16″E | ||
M0055 | Victoria Prison Compound |
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8 September 1995 | Central | 22°16′51″N 114°09′14″E | ||
M0056 | The Exterior of University Hall, the University of Hong Kong |
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15 September 1995 | Pok Fu Lam | 22°15′48″N 114°08′07″E | ||
M0057 | The Exterior of Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong Kong |
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15 September 1995 | Mid-Levels | 22°17′04″N 114°08′16″E | ||
M0058 | The Exterior of Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong Kong |
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15 September 1995 | Mid-Levels | 22°17′01″N 114°08′24″E | ||
M0059 | Government House |
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29 September 1995 | Central | 22°16′43″N 114°09′27″E | ||
M0060 | St. John's Cathedral |
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5 January 1996 | Central | 22°16′44″N 114°09′34″E | ||
M0070 | North and West Blocks of St. Joseph's College |
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18 August 2000 | Central | 22°16′36″N 114°09′31″E | ||
M0080 | Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse |
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3 March 2006 | Shek O | 22°12′33″N 114°15′33″E | ||
M0085 | King Yin Lei |
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11 July 2008 | Mid-Levels | 22°16′00″N 114°10′51″E | ||
M0086 | Green Island Lighthouse Compound |
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7 November 2008 | Green Island | 22°17′01″N 114°06′41″E | ||
M0087 | 6 Historic Structures of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir |
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18 September 2009 | Pok Fu Lam | 22°15′54″N 114°08′14″E | ||
M0088 | 22 Historic Structures of Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs |
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18 September 2009 | Tai Tam Country Park | 22°16′N 114°13′E | ||
M0089 | 3 Historic Structures of Wong Nai Chung Reservoir |
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18 September 2009 | Wong Nai Chung | 22°15′24″N 114°11′43″E | ||
M0090 | 4 Historic Structures of Aberdeen Reservoir |
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18 September 2009 | Aberdeen | 22°15′25″N 114°09′48″E | ||
M0096 | Man Mo Temple Compound |
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12 November 2010 | Sheung Wan | 22°17′02″N 114°09′01″E | ||
M0098 | Kom Tong Hall |
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12 November 2010 | Mid-Levels | 22°16′55″N 114°09′04″E | ||
M0100 | School House of St. Stephen's College |
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2 December 2011 | Stanley | 22°12′57″N 114°12′56″E | ||
M0101 | King's College |
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2 December 2011 | Mid-Levels | 22°17′04″N 114°08′25″E | ||
M0102 | The Cenotaph |
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22 November 2013 | Central | 22°16′54″N 114°09′38″E | ||
M0103 | Béthanie |
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22 November 2013 | Pok Fu Lam | 22°15′44″N 114°08′07″E | ||
M0106 | Lin Fa Temple |
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Causeway Bay | 22°16′47″N 114°11′35″E | |||
M0107 | Hung Shing Temple |
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Ap Lei Chau | 22°14′41″N 114°09′21″E | |||
M0110 | The Race Course Fire Memorial |
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So Kon Po | Erected in 1922 to pay respect to those who died in the Happy Valley Racecourse fire, which broke out on 26 February 1918. | 22°16′22″N 114°11′24″E | ||
M0111 | The facade of the Old Mental Hospital |
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Sai Ying Pun | 22°17′06″N 114°08′39″E | |||
M0112 | Block 7 of the old Lei Yue Mun Barracks |
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Chai Wan | 22°16′48″N 114°13′58″E | |||
M0113 | Block 10 of the old Lei Yue Mun Barracks |
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Chai Wan | 22°16′46″N 114°13′58″E | |||
M0114 | Block 25 of the old Lei Yue Mun Barracks |
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Chai Wan | 22°16′37″N 114°13′59″E | |||
M0115 | Tung Lin Kok Yuen |
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Happy Valley | Buddhist nunnery and educational institution | 22°16′01″N 114°11′08″E | ||
M0118 | The Exterior of Fung Ping Shan Building, the University of Hong Kong |
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Mid-Levels | ||||
M0119 | The Exterior of Eliot Hall, the University of Hong Kong |
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Mid-Levels | ||||
M0120 | The Exterior of May Hall, the University of Hong Kong |
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Mid-Levels | ||||
M0121 | Rock Carving at Cape Collinson, Chai Wan |
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Cape Collinson | 22°15′44″N 114°15′24″E | |||
M0122 | Yuk Hui Temple, Wan Chai |
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Wan Chai | ||||
M0124 | The Masonry Bridge of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir |
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22 May 2020 | Pok Fu Lam | This masonry bridge is not part of the 4 masonry bridges identified in the 6 Historic Structures of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir (M0087). | ||
M0125 | Tung Wah Coffin Home |
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22 May 2020 | Sandy Bay | |||
M0127 | Bonham Road Government Primary School |
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16 July 2021 | Sai Ying Pun | |||
M0130 | Jamia Mosque (Hong Kong) |
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10 March 2022 | Mid-Levels | |||
M0132 | Hong Kong City Hall |
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10 March 2022 | Central, Hong Kong |
Kowloon
#ID | Name | Photograph | Declaration date | Location | Description | Coordinates | Ref(s) |
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M0024 | Hong Kong Observatory |
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15 June 1984 | Tsim Sha Tsui | The declared monument in the Hong Kong Observatory compound is the historical building, built in 1883. | 22°18′08″N 114°10′27″E | |
M0035 | Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb |
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18 November 1988 | Cheung Sha Wan | 22°20′17″N 114°09′36″E | ||
M0043 | Former Kowloon-Canton Railway Clock Tower |
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13 July 1990 | Tsim Sha Tsui | 22°17′37″N 114°10′10″E | ||
M0045 | Former Kowloon British School |
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19 July 1991 | Tsim Sha Tsui | Now houses the Antiquities and Monuments Office. | 22°18′06″N 114°10′20″E | |
M0051 | Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound |
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23 December 1994 | Tsim Sha Tsui | 22°17′44″N 114°10′12″E | ||
M0062 | Remnants of the South Gate of Kowloon Walled City |
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4 October 1996 | Kowloon City | 22°19′54″N 114°11′27″E | ||
M0063 | Former Yamen Building of Kowloon Walled City |
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4 October 1996 | Kowloon City | 22°19′56″N 114°11′26″E | ||
M0084 | Maryknoll Convent School |
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16 May 2008 | Kowloon Tong | 22°19′39″N 114°10′45″E | ||
M0095 | Tung Wah Museum |
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12 November 2010 | Yau Ma Tei | 22°18′54″N 114°10′19″E | ||
M0108 | Hau Wong Temple, Kowloon City |
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Kowloon City | 22°19′58″N 114°11′15″E | |||
M0109 | The Signal Tower |
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Signal Hill Garden at Blackhead Point, Tsim Sha Tsui | 22°17′46″N 114°10′28″E | |||
M0116 | Kowloon Union Church |
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13 October 2017 | Jordan Road, Yau Ma Tei | 22°18′20″N 114°10′22″E | ||
M0126 | Tin Hau Temple and the adjoining buildings |
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22 May 2020 | Yau Ma Tei | |||
M0131 | Lui Seng Chun |
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10 March 2022 | Mong Kok |
New Territories
#ID | Name | Photograph | Declaration date | Location | Description | Coordinates | Ref(s) |
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M0002 | Rock Carving at Kau Sai Chau |
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26 January 1979 | Sai Kung | 22°21′35″N 114°18′51″E | ||
M0003 | Rock Carving at Tung Lung Chau |
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26 January 1979 | Sai Kung | 22°14′57″N 114°17′23″E | ||
M0004 | Rock Inscription at Joss House Bay |
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26 January 1979 | Sai Kung | 22°16′00″N 114°17′00″E | ||
M0009 | Tung Lung Fort |
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25 July 1980 | Tung Lung Chau | 22°15′18″N 114°17′49″E | ||
M0010 | Sam Tung Uk Village |
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13 March 1981 | Tsuen Wan | 22°22′19″N 114°07′13″E | ||
M0012 | Old District Office North |
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13 November 1981 | Tai Po | Now the New Territories Eastern Region Headquarters of The Scout Association of Hong Kong. | 22°26′45″N 114°10′14″E | |
M0013 | Sheung Yiu Village |
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13 November 1981 | Sai Kung | 22°23′33″N 114°19′18″E | ||
M0016 | Rock Carving at Lung Ha Wan |
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4 March 1983 | Sai Kung | 22°18′36″N 114°17′56″E | ||
M0017 | Island House |
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4 March 1983 | Yuen Chau Tsai | 22°26′45″N 114°10′44″E | ||
M0018 | Site of Chinese Customs Station |
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4 March 1983 | Fat Tong Chau | 22°16′49″N 114°16′02″E | ||
M0019 | Man Lun Fung Ancestral Hall |
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4 March 1983 | Fan Tin Tsuen, San Tin | 22°29′59″N 114°04′28″E | ||
M0020 | Remains of Pottery Kiln |
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15 April 1983 | Wun Yiu Village | |||
M0023 | Man Mo Temple |
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11 May 1984 | Tai Po | 22°26′56″N 114°09′52″E | ||
M0029 | Old Tai Po Market Railway Station |
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23 November 1984 | Tai Po | 22°26′51″N 114°09′52″E | ||
M0030 | Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall |
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18 January 1985 | Mun Hau Tsuen, Sheung Shui | 22°30′38″N 114°07′27″E | ||
M0031 | Old House, Hoi Pa Village |
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25 July 1986 | Tsuen Wan | |||
M0032 | Tai Fu Tai Mansion |
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10 July 1987 | San Tin | |||
M0033 | Kun Lung Gate Tower |
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11 March 1988 | Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling | |||
M0034 | Yeung Hau Temple |
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18 November 1988 | Tung Tau Tsuen, Ha Tsuen | 22°27′13″N 113°59′35″E | ||
M0039 | Old House, Wong Uk Village |
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22 December 1989 | Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin | 22°22′58″N 114°11′50″E | ||
M0044 | Kang Yung Study Hall |
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26 April 1991 | Sheung Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok | |||
M0047 | Yi Tai Study Hall |
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26 June 1992 | Shui Tau Tsuen, Kam Tin | |||
M0048 | Enclosing Walls and Corner Watch Towers of Kun Lung Wai |
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8 April 1993 | Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling | |||
M0050 | Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai |
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25 November 1994 | Ma Wat Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling | 22°29′56″N 114°09′00″E | ||
M0061 | I Shing Temple |
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14 June 1996 | Tung Tau Wai, Wang Chau, Yuen Long | 22°27′16″N 114°01′40″E | ||
M0064 | Entrance Tower and Enclosing Walls of Lo Wai |
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31 January 1997 | Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling | |||
M0065 | Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall |
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7 November 1997 | Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling | |||
M0066 | Cheung Shan Monastery |
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31 December 1997 | Ping Che, Fanling | 22°31′45″N 114°10′32″E | ||
M0067 | King Law Ka Shuk |
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21 July 1998 | Tai Po Tau Tsuen, Tai Po | |||
M0068 | Cheung Ancestral Hall |
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30 December 1999 | Shan Ha Tsuen, Ping Shan, Yuen Long | 22°25′56″N 114°00′59″E | ||
M0069 | Fan Sin Temple |
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Sheung Wun Yiu, Tai Po | 22°26′13″N 114°09′50″E | |||
M0072 | Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse |
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Tang Lung Chau, Kap Shui Mun, Tsuen Wan | ||||
M0073 | Tang Ancestral Hall |
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14 December 2001 | Ping Shan. Part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail, Yuen Long | |||
M0074 | Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall |
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14 December 2001 | Ping Shan. Part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail, Yuen Long | |||
M0075 | Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda |
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14 December 2001 | Ping Shan. Part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail, Yuen Long | 22°26′56″N 114°00′22″E | ||
M0076 | Hung Shing Temple |
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15 November 2002 | Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung | |||
M0077 | Tin Hau Temple |
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Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, North | ||||
M0078 | Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall |
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Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui, North | ||||
M0079 | The Morrison Building, Hoh Fuk Tong Centre |
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26 March 2004 | 28 Castle Peak Road, San Hui, Tuen Mun, Tuen Mun | 22°23′48″N 113°58′43″E | ||
M0081 | Leung Ancestral Hall |
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12 January 2007 | Yuen Kong Tsuen, Pat Heung, Yuen Long | |||
M0082 | Chik Kwai Study Hall |
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29 June 2007 | Sheung Tsuen, Pat Heung, Yuen Long | |||
M0083 | Tang Ancestral Hall |
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1 February 2008 | Ha Tsuen Shi, Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long | |||
M0091 | 5 Historic Structures of Kowloon Reservoir |
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18 September 2009 | Golden Hill Road, Kam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin | |||
M0092 | Memorial Stone of Shing Mun Reservoir |
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18 September 2009 | Kwai Tsing | 22°23′10″N 114°08′50″E | ||
M0093 | Residence of Ip Ting-sz |
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Lin Ma Hang Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok, North | ||||
M0094 | Yan Tun Kong Study Hall |
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Hang Tau Tsuen, Ping Shan, Yuen Long, Yuen Long | ||||
M0097 | Tang Kwong U Ancestral Hall |
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No. 32 Shui Tau, Pak Wai Tsuen, Kam Tin, Yuen Long | ||||
M0099 | Fortified Structure at No. 55 Ha Pak Nai, Yuen Long |
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No. 55 Ha Pak Nai, Yuen Long | ||||
M0104 | Fat Tat Tong |
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Ha Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok | ||||
M0105 | Tat Tak Communal Hall |
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North-west of Sheung Cheung Wai, Ping Shan | In the area covered by the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. | |||
M0123 | Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall |
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Kam Tsin, Sheung Shui | ||||
M0128 | Old Tai Po Police Station |
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16 July 2021 | Tai Po | |||
M0129 | Hip Tin Temple |
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16 July 2021 | Shan Tsui, Sha Tau Kok |
Outlying Islands
#ID | Name | Photograph | Declaration date | Location | Description | Coordinates | Ref(s) |
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M0005 | Rock Carving at Shek Pik |
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27 April 1979 | Shek Pik, Lantau Island | Thought to date back to the local Bronze Age, some 3000 years ago. | ||
M0006 | Rock Carvings on Po Toi |
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27 April 1979 | Po Toi Island | |||
M0007 | Tung Chung Fort |
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24 August 1979 | Tung Chung, Lantau Island | |||
M0011 | Fan Lau Fort |
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13 November 1981 | Fan Lau, Lantau Island | 22°11′54″N 113°51′05″E | ||
M0014 | Rock Carvings on Cheung Chau |
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22 January 1982 | Cheung Chau | |||
M0021 | Stone Circle at Fan Lau |
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15 April 1983 | Fan Lau, Lantau Island | |||
M0022 | Tung Chung Battery |
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11 November 1983 | Tung Chung, Lantau Island | |||
M0071 | Waglan Lighthouse |
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11 November 1983 | Waglan Island | |||
M0117 | Yeung Hau Temple, Tai O |
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Tai O, Lantau Island | 22°15′33″N 113°51′46″E |