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Tai Lam Camp [????-c.1960]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 07/05/2016 - 16:18

Described in the 1950 Military Installations Closed Areas document as "The military camp known as Tai Lam Camp near So Kun Wat including Officer’s Mess at point 362083. The former being bounded by a wire fence."

The camp is clearly shown on the 1952 map.

It was closed in the early 1960s and the newer Perowne Barracks was built on this site.

R.A.S.C. Anchorage, Shamshuipo [????-????]

Submitted by Tymon Mellor on Wed, 06/01/2016 - 12:33

Described in the 1950 Military Installations Closed Areas document as "The area enclosed by a line joining points 540046, 538044, 543042, 544043 and bounded on the South-West by a line of sixteen buoys extending be­tween point 533044 and 543042; on the North-East by the quay­side and the old Shamshuipo Typhoon anchorage break­water. The area is demarcated on the South-West by two Dan buoys each carrying a red flag and on the North-East by a pole bearing a red flag on the Shamshuipo breakwater and a red marker on the quay."