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The following barracks still exist in Hong Kong now. [1] Central Barracks. Headquarters House; Chek Chue Barracks; Ching Yi To Barracks, formerly known as "Queen's Line" Western Barracks; Gun Club Hill Barracks; Kowloon East Barracks, formerly known as "Osborn Barracks" No. 1A Cornwall Street; Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks; Shek Kong Barracks ...
People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison headquarters. The Hong Kong Garrison reports to both the Southern Theater Command and Central Military Commission in Beijing, and informs Hong Kong Government of any actions within or around Hong Kong. Garrison Commanders. Lt. General Liu Zhenwu 1997–1999 (appointed 1994) Lt. General Xiong Ziren ...
A long-standing part of Hong Kong's military history, the Gun Club Hill Barracks arose out of the need to house soldiers on the Kowloon Peninsula following the cession of the area under the 1863 Treaty of Tientsin following the Second Opium War. The British were in need of additional military facilities and had begun scouting sites on the ...
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building [2] is the headquarters building of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison, located on Lung Wui Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong. It houses the Central Barracks. It is a 113-metre (371 ft) tall, 28-floor building located within the former HMS Tamar naval base.
The United Services Recreation Club (USRC) (Chinese: 三軍會; lit. 'three armed-forces club') is a club located on Gun Club Hill Barracks site at Gascoigne Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Originally it was a British colonial establishment but now is a property of the People's Liberation Army after they took over the barracks on 1 July 1997.
Ngong Shuen Chau Naval Base (Chinese: 昂船洲海軍基地) is part of the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison and small naval base on Stonecutters Island (Ngong Shuen Chau), Hong Kong. It is home to the South Sea Fleet Squadron #38081 and is a sub-base of the naval squadron of the South Sea Fleet. The area surrounding the base is off ...
The Royal Marines and Hong Kong: Over 150 Years from 1840 to 1997. Portsmouth: Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publication Number 19, 1997. Oxley, D.H. Victoria Barracks, 1842–1979. Hong Kong: British Forces Hong Kong, 1979. Parkinson, Jonathan. The Royal Navy, China Station: 1864 - 1941: As seen through the lives of the Commanders ...
Wellington Barracks, Hong Kong; Whitfield Barracks This page was last edited on 14 February 2017, at 04:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...