Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to receive the highest level of protection. In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as the publication of the notice on the Hong Kong Government Gazette . [1]
As of December 2024, there are 136 declared monuments in Hong Kong, with 58 listed on Hong Kong Island, 55 on New Territories, 14 on Kowloon, and 9 on the Outlying Islands. [2]
Under Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, some other buildings are classified as Grades I, II and III historic buildings, and are not listed below.
There was no direct link between graded buildings and monuments. As of July 2007, 607 buildings had been graded (since 1980), 54 of these, including five Grade I buildings, had been demolished. As of August 2007, of 151 buildings classified as Grade I, only 28 pre-war buildings have been declared monuments since 1980. [3]
On 26 November 2008, the Antiquities Advisory Board announced that the declaration of monuments would be related to the grading of historic buildings. [4]
The Antiquities Authority (the Secretary for Development) may declare a building facing a demolition risk a proposed monument, thus providing the building with immediate protection against demolition. A Declaration of "proposed" status is valid for twelve months and may be extended. However the affected owner may object to the "proposed" status. [5] Five buildings were declared proposed monuments between 1982 and 2012: Ohel Leah Synagogue (later Grade I in 1990), Morrison Building (subsequently declared in 2004), Jessville (later Grade III), King Yin Lei (subsequently declared in 2008) and Ho Tung Gardens (later demolished in 2013). [6] Hung Lau was declared a proposed monument on 9 March 2017, and subsequently retained its Grade I status.
#ID | Name | Photograph | Declaration date | Location | Description | Coordinates | Ref(s) |
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M0005 | Rock Carving at Shek Pik | 27 April 1979 | Shek Pik, Lantau Island | Thought to date back to the local Bronze Age, some 3000 years ago. | [7] [138] | ||
M0006 | Rock Carvings on Po Toi | 27 April 1979 | Po Toi Island | [7] [139] | |||
M0007 | Tung Chung Fort | 24 August 1979 | Tung Chung, Lantau Island | [7] [140] | |||
M0011 | Fan Lau Fort | 13 November 1981 | Fan Lau, Lantau Island | 22°11′54″N113°51′05″E / 22.19845°N 113.85128056°E | [7] [141] | ||
M0014 | Rock Carvings on Cheung Chau | 22 January 1982 | Cheung Chau | [7] [142] | |||
M0021 | Stone Circle at Fan Lau | 15 April 1983 | Fan Lau, Lantau Island | [7] [143] | |||
M0022 | Tung Chung Battery | 11 November 1983 | Tung Chung, Lantau Island | [7] [144] | |||
M0071 | Waglan Lighthouse | 11 November 1983 | Waglan Island | [7] [145] | |||
M0117 | Yeung Hau Temple, Tai O | Tai O, Lantau Island | 22°15′33″N113°51′46″E / 22.259088°N 113.86275°E | ||||
M0136 | Residence of Tang Pak Kau, Yuen Long | 10 October 2024 | Kam Tin, Yuen Long |
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