Victoria Barracks, Hong Kong
| Victoria Barracks | |
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| 域多利兵房 | |
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Victoria Barracks, c 1870
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 Victoria Barracks
Location within Hong Kong
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| Coordinates | 22°16′44″N 114°09′50″E / 22.279°N 114.164°ECoordinates: 22°16′44″N 114°09′50″E / 22.279°N 114.164°E |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site history | |
| Built | circa 1840 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1840-1979 |
The Victoria Barracks (Chinese: 域多利兵房) were a barracks in the Admiralty area of Central on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The barracks were constructed between the 1840s and 1874, and situated within the area bounded by Cotton Tree Drive, Kennedy Road and Queensway, Hong Kong. Together with Murray Barracks, Wellington Barracks and Admiralty Dock, the barracks formed a British military zone in Central. The barracks was named for Queen Victoria, monarch at the time of construction.
The barracks were one of the first British military compounds in Hong Kong and were used by the Japanese during the Japanese occupation (1941–1945). They underwent major restoration after World War II. Part of the land was returned to the Hong Kong Government in 1967; most of the rest was transferred to the government in 1979.
According to the Hong Kong Heritage Society, a Shinto-style arch was built and a pilau stone was erected by the Japanese Navy during the war. These Japanese structures still existed in the barracks in the late 1970s.
Part of the barracks were subsequently used as a branch office of the Immigration Department; illegal immigrants went to the Victoria Barracks office for registration to apply for Hong Kong Identity Cards in 1979.
In March 1977, the Governor of Hong Kong appointed the Victoria Barracks Planning Committee to advise him and the Executive Council on the planning of the area; in September in the same year, the committee published the Report to the Governor-in-Council on the Future Development of Victoria Barracks.
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