Perowne Barracks is a former
British Army barracks in
Hong Kong. The barracks are no longer in military use.
History
The barracks, which were established as Tai Lam Military Camp in 1931, were subsequently renamed Perowne Barracks after
Major General Lancelot Perowne, Major General of the
Brigade of Gurkhas
The Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. The brigade draws its heritage from Gurkha units that originally served in the British Indian Army ...
, who were based there.
The barracks closed in 1994 as part of the withdrawal of British military presence prior to the
handover of sovereignty in 1997.
[ They were then used in the 1990s as living accommodation for Lingnan College, as a training school for the Immigration Department and more recently by the Crossroads Foundation, a charity.][
The barracks were used until 2008 as the final checkpoint and finish line for the annual Trailwalker event along the MacLehose Trail. In 2009, the Trailwalker route changed to end in Tai Tong, Yuen Long, however this proved to be only a temporary move. After the southern portion of the barracks facing Castle Peak Road was demolished and the new campus of ]Chu Hai College of Higher Education
Chu Hai College of Higher Education is a private degree-granting institute in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. At present, Chu Hai College is recognised as an Approved Post Secondary College under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap 320).Chu Hai Colle ...
was constructed on the same site, it was re-established as the finish line of Trailwalker in 2019.
References
Installations of the British Army
Military of Hong Kong under British rule
Barracks in Hong Kong
So Kwun Wat
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