Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Declared monuments of Hong Kong

Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to be "protected". In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the as well as the publication of the notice in government gazette.

As of May 16, 2008, there are 84 declared monuments in Hong Kong. Under Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, some other buildings are classified as , and historic buildings, and are not listed below.

Statistics


There is no direct link between graded buildings and monuments. As of July 2007, 607 buildings have been graded , 54 of these, including five Grade I buildings, have been demolished. As of August 2007, of 151 buildings classified as Grade I, only 28 pre-war buildings have been declared monuments since 1980.

List of monuments

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