Royden Court military quarters [c.1964-c.1999]

Submitted by annelisec on
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished
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129, Repulse Bay Road.

Four towers, arranged in a curve.

Later place(s) at this location
The Lily, Repulse Bay [2003- ]

Photos that show this Place

1961 - Roydon Court
1961
repulse bay beach
c.1963
1978 - Repulse Bay
1978
See more photos of this place

Comments

Graeme wrote:

I was born in BMH Bowen Road in 1960. Me and my parents went back to HK in March 2008 for the first time since leaving in 1962. To find the hospital still there was astounding. My Father (a doctor in the RAMC) was overcome. However, for those two short years we lived in Flat B2 Royden Court Repulse Bay. When we visited in 2008 we had great difficulty locating that block of flats. We thought we were in the right place, but the flats there looked too new. We were directed to a Royden Court which seemed much too far to the East. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Moddsey replied:
There is a facebook group of folks  who lived at Royden Court: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=26834537641
According to the website, the former 12-storey building has been knocked down and replaced with a concave structure.

Annelise replied:

Military sites to be handed over to the Hong Kong Government for disposal, Hong Kong Island

2. Royden Court military quarters, Repulse Bay (see appended Plan 2)

No. 32218

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and CHINA

Exchange of notes constituting an agreement on the arrangements for the future use of the military sites in Hong Kong (with annexes). Beijing, 11 November 1994

Hello

My family of 5 girls lived in the B2 flat in Royden Court from 1962 until 1966.  I have attached a photo of the block which shows our/your flat.The 5 of us lived in the large master bedroom with ensuite and the amazing view of the bay.  It was a great place to live and play and most afternoons were spent on Repulse Bay beach.  My mother would put a red towell out on the balcony which we could see from the beach which told us it was time to come home!

Regards Veronica

The aerial photos taken in early 1963 (https://www.hkmaps.hk/map.html?1963.2) show the southern three blocks complete, and a construction site where the northern fourth block is being built.

The map from 1964 (https://www.hkmaps.hk/map.html?1964) shows all four blocks.

In the 1998 map (https://www.hkmaps.hk/map.html?1998) the four blocks are still standing.

But the 1999 map (https://www.hkmaps.hk/map.html?1999) just shows an open area with the caption 'WIP Oct 1999'.