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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 ...
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.
After its entry into Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Garrison abide by the Basic Law and the Garrison Law, actively organizing military training. According to the Garrison Law, the Garrison established working contacts with the Hong Kong Government , and opened the barracks on Stonecutters Island and Stanley to the public to promote Hong Kong people's ...
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 ...
Wellington Barracks (Chinese: 威靈頓兵房; Jyutping: wai1 ling4 deon6 bing1 fong4) was a military barracks located to the east of Garden Road in Admiralty, Hong Kong.One of many military complexes constructed by the British Army in the area, the land was returned to the Hong Kong government in the 1970s and gradually reverted to civilian use.
Stanley Fort is a military installation on the south side of Hong Kong Island. Built originally to serve the British Armed Forces, it now houses the Hong Kong garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force. It has also been used as Kai Chi Children's Centre and the Aberdeen Rehabilitation Centre. [1]
The military facility was named for Canadian Army Company Sergeant Major John Robert Osborn of the Winnipeg Grenadiers. Osborn was a British-born Canadian who died defending Hong Kong in 1941. He was awarded the Victoria Cross [2] and a barracks in Hong Kong was named in his honour in 1945 after the
List of army barracks in Hong Kong; G. ... Wellington Barracks, Hong Kong; Whitfield Barracks This page was last edited on 14 February 2017, at 04:10 (UTC ...