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Encyclopedia > Yau Ma Tei Police Station
Yau Ma Tei Police Station

Yau Ma Tei Police Station (油麻地警署) is a police station in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Its current buildings at the junction of Public Square Street and Canton Road was erected in 1925 after relocation from the junction of Public Square Street and Shanghai Street. A typical suburban police station in the United States (this one is in San Bruno, California). ... Yau Ma Tei, also Yaumatei, Yau Ma Ti or Yaumati (Chinese: 油麻地; pinyin: ), is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong district, in the south of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong. ... In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon refers to the urban area made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tates Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and... A garden in Public Square Street Public Square Street (眾坊街, formerly 公眾四方街) is a street in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Canton Road at dark, Tsim Sha Tsui. ... Shanghai Street (上海街) is a street passing through Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok in Kowloon, Hong Kong. ...


The colonial building is classified as "Grade III Historic Building" [1]. Nevertheless, part of the structure is under threat from the proposed 4 lane Central Kowloon Route. The staff quarters, constructed in the 1960s, is not listed.


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There is a traditional portico on both sides of Canton Road and Public Square Street;it is the highlight of the police station building.[3] Categories: Architectural elements | Stub ...


See also

The Old Stanley Police Station (舊赤柱警署) was constructed in 1859. ... As of March 26, 2004, there are 79 declared monuments in Hong Kong. ... The Central Police Station is located at Hollywood Road, in Central, Hong Kong. ... Sham Shui Po Police Station Sham Shui Po Police Station (深水埗警署) situates at the junction of Lai Chi Kok Road and Yen Chow Street, Sham Shui Po. ...

References

  1. ^ http://sc.info.gov.hk/gb/www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/study/latest/esb-096.htm
  2. ^ (December 17, 2006) "Road threatens staff quarters at historic police station". South China Morning Post. 
  3. ^ http://www.fso-tela.gov.hk/accessibility/eng/locations_details.cfm?Photo_Num=00004

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