Roberts Block, Old Victoria Barracks
Old Victoria Barracks was one of the first British military compounds in Hong Kong. There were over thirty military buildings in the Barracks but most of them were demolished. The buildings which still exist –Roberts Block, Cassels Block, Montgomery Block, Rawlinson House and Wavell Block, together with the declared monument Flagstaff House – used to serve as residences and dormitories. During the Japanese Occupation (1941-1945), the buildings were used by the Japanese. In 1979, Victoria Barracks was handed back to the Hong Kong Government, and part of it was converted into the Hong Kong Park.
Luen Wo Market
Luen Wo Market was built in 1951 by the Luen Wo Land Investment Company Limited, which was formed by a group of local leaders and merchants in 1946.
When Luen Wo Market was inaugurated in 1951, it was the largest market built in the New Territories at that time. People went there to buy daily necessities including vegetables and fish. It became a thriving and important market centre with a bazaar of open-air stalls behind it and shop-houses in the surrounding streets. Luen Wo Market and Shek Wu Hui of the Liu Clan were once two major markets and landmarks in Sheung Shui.
The Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station
The Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station was built in 1962 to replace an earlier police station on the same site. Strategically located at the top of a small hill of Lau Fau Shan town, overlooking Ping Shan in the east and Deep Bay and Shenzhen in the west, it was an outpost and operational base of the Hong Kong police to keep a watch on illegal immigration, a function that it had fulfilled for decades. Moreover, the Lau Fau Shan Automatic Weather Station was operated there during the 1980s to meet the growing demands for regional meteorological data for engineering projects in areas under development. In 2000 the squad stationed in this police station was incorporated into the manpower of Tin Shui Wai Police Station and the site was vacant. The site was accorded as Grade 3 historic building in 2014.
Watervale House, Former Gordon Hard Camp
The Watervale House was built as a private residence around 1933. The land was granted to its first owner Mr. Octavius Arthur Smith by lot exchange on 12 June 1933, and the property was acquired by Feng Rui (1899-1936), a prominent public figure and agriculture specialist, in 1935. The ownership was later transferred to a merchant Hsieh Kuo-chu.
Fong Yuen Study Hall
Fong Yuen Study Hall, formerly the Chan Study Hall, was first built by the Chan clan of Tin Liu before the 1900s. The Chan Study Hall was rebuilt with Western influence and renamed as “Fong Yuen Study Hall”, literally meaning a nice place for study, in the 1920s to 30s. During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese Army invaded Ma Wan and troops were stationed in Fong Yuen Study Hall before they transferred to other stations. The study hall was then suspended and was reopened after the war.
