Old District Office North — Attraction in Hong Kong

The District Office (North) is just a stone’s throw away from the Old Tai Po Police Station as both are located on the former Flagstaff Hill on Wan Tau Kok Lane. Both are also declared monuments. Now the Law Ting Pong Scout Center, the District Office (North) has completed a series of long and faithful service as a government office. Although having quite a different appearance from the Old Tai Po Police Station, the two neighbouring structures do share a number of elements that are distinctly characteristic of that period of colonial buildings. First of all, a walk around of the whole building will reveal the veranda that does line all the extended area from the structure’s arched doors. Of course, the red bricks of this building really stands out as a colonial era architecture. Like the Staff Quarters Block of the Old Tai Po Police Station, these red bricks are very likely to have been shipped from Britain for the building’s construction. Perhaps my favorite features of the District Office (North) are the arched doorways alongside the veranda and the tall arched doors and the arched windows. They are classy...

The Old District Office North was erected around 1907 and was the earliest seat of the civil administration of the newly-leased New Territories. Administration and land registration of the northern part of the New Territories were carried out in this building. Until 1961, the building still housed a magistrate's court. It is now used by the New Territories Eastern Region Headquarters of the Scout Association of Hong...

It's a historical government building for administration tasks and land registration of the northern part of New Territories. Now it becomes the scout centre and does not open to public. I can only take photos of the appearance of the building. The typical colonial style structure of the building is popular for...