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Perowne Barracks

Coordinates: 22°22′27″N 113°59′32″E / 22.374151°N 113.992252°E / 22.374151; 113.992252
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Perowne Barracks
Hong Kong
Perowne Barracks Entrance
Perowne Barracks is located in Hong Kong
Perowne Barracks
Perowne Barracks
Location within Hong Kong
Coordinates22°22′27″N 113°59′32″E / 22.374151°N 113.992252°E / 22.374151; 113.992252
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1931; 93 years ago (1931)
Built forWar Office
In use1931-1994
Garrison information
OccupantsBrigade of Gurkhas

Perowne Barracks is a former British Army barracks in Hong Kong. The barracks are no longer in military use.

History

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The barracks, which were established as Tai Lam Military Camp in 1931, were subsequently renamed Perowne Barracks after Major General Lancelot Perowne, Major General of the Brigade of Gurkhas, who were based there.[1][2] The barracks closed in 1994 as part of the withdrawal of British military presence prior to the handover of sovereignty in 1997.[1] They were then used in the 1990s as living accommodation for the then-Lingnan College, as a training school for the Immigration Department and more recently by the Crossroads Foundation, a charity.[1]

The barracks were used until 2008 as the final checkpoint and finish line for the annual Trailwalker event along the MacLehose Trail. In 2009, the Trailwalker route changed to end in Tai Tong, Yuen Long, however this proved to be only a temporary move.[3] After the southern portion of the barracks facing Castle Peak Road was demolished and the new campus of Chu Hai College of Higher Education was constructed on the same site, it was re-established as the finish line of Trailwalker in 2019.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Historic Building Appraisal" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. Retrieved 7 August 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Half of site used by NGO Crossroads to be returned to gov’t for housing project, Hong Kong Free Press, by Kris Cheng, 14 September 2015
  3. ^ "2012 (31st anniversary)". Oxfam Trailwalker. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Oxfam Hong Kong - Oxfam Trailwalker 2019: New Finish Line and Experts Shared Training Tips at Briefing". Oxfam Hong Kong. 28 October 2019.