Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to receive the highest level of protection. In

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

, declaring a monument requires consulting the

Antiquities Advisory Board The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monuments. The AAB was establish ...

, the approval of the

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as well as the publication of the notice on the ''

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''. As of February 2013, there were 101 declared monuments, of which 57 were owned by

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and the remaining 44 by private bodies.Report No. 60 of the Director of Audit
Chapter 1: "Conservation of monuments and historic buildings"
28 March 2013. As of 10 March 2022, there were 132 declared monuments in Hong Kong, with 56 listed on Hong Kong Island, 53 on New Territories, 14 on Kowloon, and 9 on the Outlying Islands. Under Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, some other buildings are classified as Grades I, II and

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historic buildings, and are not listed below.

Monument declaration and historic buildings grading system

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. On 26 November 2008, the Antiquities Advisory Board announced that the declaration of monuments would be related to the grading of historic buildings.

Proposed monuments

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. 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 King Yin Lei () is an historic mansion in the Mid-Levels area of Hong Kong. It is within the Wan Chai District. History and design The mansion was designed by British architect A.R. Fenton-Raven (Husband of Viola, father of Wynne (Ward) and Do ...

(subsequently declared in 2008) and

Ho Tung Gardens Ho Tung Gardens, also known by its Cantonese name 'Hiu Kok Yuen', was a villa on the Peak, Hong Kong. It was built by Robert Hotung and his wife Clara in 1927. They referred to it as "The Falls", but it later became known as Ho Tung Gardens. ...

(later demolished in 2013).

Hung Lau Hung Lau is a house built between 1905 and 1910 on former farmland in Pak Kok, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. It was used by the Revive China Society () as a base for revolutionary activities against the Qing dynasty. Nature and locale It is a Grade ...

was declared a proposed monument on 9 March 2017, and subsequently retained its Grade I status.

Monuments

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Outlying Islands

References

External links

Declared Monuments in Hong Kong on the Antiquities and Monuments Office website

Google Map with all locations
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