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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 Chief Executive as well as the publication of the notice in government gazette.^[1]

As of February 1 2008, there are 83 declared monuments in Hong Kong^[2]. Under Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, some other buildings are classified as Grades I, II and III historic buildings, and are not listed below.

1 Statistics
2 List of monuments
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Statistics

There is no direct link between graded buildings and monuments. As of July 2007, 607 buildings have been graded (since 1980), 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.^[3]

[edit] List of monuments

#	Name	Location	District	Notes/References
1	Rock Carving	Big Wave Bay, Hong Kong Island	Southern
2	Rock Carving	Kau Sai Chau	Sai Kung
3	Rock Carving	Tung Lung Island	Sai Kung
4	Rock Inscription	Joss House Bay	Sai Kung
5	Rock Carving	Shek Pik, Lantau Island	Islands	Thought to date back to the local Bronze Age, some 3000 years ago
6	Rock Carving	Po Toi Island	Islands
7	Tung Chung Fort	Tung Chung, Lantau Island	Islands
8	Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps	Central	Central and Western
9	Tung Lung Fort	Tung Lung Island	Sai Kung
10	Sam Tung Uk Village	Tsuen Wan	Tsuen Wan
11	Fan Lau Fort	Southwest corner of Lantau Island	Islands
12	Old District Office North	Tai Po	Tai Po
13	Sheung Yiu Village		Sai Kung
14	Rock Carving	Cheung Chau	Islands
15	Tin Hau Temple	Causeway Bay	Eastern
16	Rock Carving	Lung Ha Wan	Sai Kung
17	Island House	Yuen Chau Tsai	Tai Po
18	Site of Chinese Customs Station	Junk Island	Sai Kung
19	Man Wun Fung Ancestral Hall	San Tin	Yuen Long
20	Remains of Ancient Kiln	Wun Yiu Village	Tai Po
21	Stone Circle	Fan Lau, Lantau Island	Islands
22	Tung Chung Battery	Tung Chung, Lantau Island	Islands
23	Man Mo Temple	Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan	Central and Western
24	Hong Kong Observatory	Tsim Sha Tsui	Yau Tsim Mong
25	Old Stanley Police Station	Stanley	Southern
26	The Exterior of the Old Supreme Court	Central	Central and Western
27	The Exterior of the Main Building of the University of Hong Kong	Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island	Central and Western
28	Rock Inscription at Wong Chuk Hang	Hong Kong Island	Southern
29	Old Tai Po Market Railway Station	Tai Po	Tai Po
30	Liu Man Chek Tong Ancestral Hall	Sheung Shui	North
31	Old House, Hoi Pa Village	Tsuen Wan	Tsuen Wan
32	Tai Fu Tai Mansion	San Tin	Yuen Long
33	Kun Lung Gate Tower	Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling	North
34	Yeung Hau Temple	Ha Tsuen	Yuen Long
35	Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb	41 Tonkin Street, Cheung Sha Wan	Sham Shui Po
36	Flagstaff House	Cotton Tree Drive, Central	Central and Western
37	Former French Mission Building	Battery Path, Central	Central and Western
38	Law Uk Hakka House	14 Kut Shing Street, Chai Wan	Eastern
39	Old House	Wong Uk Village, Yuen Chau Kok	Sha Tin
40	Old Wanchai Post Office	Wan Chai	Wan Chai
41	Old Pathological Institute	Caine Lane, Sheung Wan	Central and Western
42	Western Market	Sheung Wan	Central and Western
43	Former Kowloon-Canton Railway Clock Tower	Tsim Sha Tsui	Yau Tsim Mong
44	Kang Yung Study Hall	Sha Tau Kok
45	Former Kowloon British School	Tsim Sha Tsui	Yau Tsim Mong
46	Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' College	Lyttelton Road, Mid-Levels
47	Yi Tai Study Hall	Kam Tin	Yuen Long
48	Enclosing Walls and Corner Watch Towers of Kun Lung Wai	Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling	North
49	The Helena May main building	Garden Road, Central	Central and Western
50	Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai	Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling	North
51	Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound	Tsim Sha Tsui	Yau Tsim Mong
52	Gate Lodge of the Former Mountain Lodge	the Peak
53	Central Police Station Compound	Hollywood Road, Central	Central and Western
54	Former Central Magistracy	Arbuthnot Road, Central	Central and Western
55	Victoria Prison Compound	Old Bailey Street, Central	Central and Western
56	The Exterior of University Hall, the University of Hong Kong	Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island	Central and Western
57	The Exterior of Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong Kong	Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island	Central and Western
58	The Exterior of Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong Kong	Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island	Central and Western
59	Government House	Upper Albert Road, Central	Central and Western
60	St. John's Cathedral	Garden Road, Central	Central and Western
61	I Shing Temple	Wang Chau	Yuen Long
62	Remnants of the South Gate of Kowloon Walled City	Kowloon Walled City Park	Kowloon City
63	Former Yamen Building of Kowloon Walled City	Kowloon Walled City Park	Kowloon City
64	Entrance Tower and Enclosing Walls of Lo Wai	Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling	North
65	Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall	Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling	North	Declared in November 1997
66	Cheung Shan Monastery	Ping Che, Fanling	North
67	King Law Ka Shuk	Tai Po Tau Tsuen	Tai Po
68	Cheung Ancestral Hall	Shan Ha Tsuen	Yuen Long
69	Fan Sin Temple	Sheung Wun Yiu	Tai Po
70	North and West Blocks of St. Joseph's College	Kennedy Road, Central	Central and Western
71	Waglan Lighthouse	Waglan Island, Po Toi Islands	Islands
72	Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse	Tang Lung Chau, Kap Shui Mun	Tsuen Wan
73	Tang Ancestral Hall	Ping Shan	Yuen Long
74	Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall	Ping Shan	Yuen Long
75	Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda	Ping Shan	Yuen Long
76	Hung Shing Temple	Kau Sai Chau	Sai Kung
77	Tin Hau Temple	Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling	North
78	Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall	Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui	North
79	The Morrisson Building, Hoh Fuk Tong Centre	28 Castle Peak Road, San Hui, Tuen Mun	Tuen Mun
80	Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse	Shek O, Hong Kong Island	Southern
81	Leung Ancestral Hall	Yuen Kong Tsuen, Pat Heung	Yuen Long
82	Chik Kwai Study Hall	Sheung Tsuen, Pat Heung	Yuen Long
83	Tang Ancestral Hall	Ha Tsuen	Yuen Long