Current condition
In use
Date completed
(Day & Month are approximate.)
The timeline of the six pre-war buildings in today's Ma Hang Prison:
1939 - Built as storage huts under the pre-war Hong Kong Defence Scheme.
1942-1945 - Used as stables during the Japanese Occupation.
1947 - Taken over by the Prisons Department and called "Stanley Reformatory School".
1953 - Became known as "Stanley Training Centre".
1974 - Site converted into Ma Hang Prison
Source - Historic Building Appraisal of Ma Hang Prison:
https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/919_Appraisal_En.pdf
Photos that show this Place
1953
1950s
1963