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Old Wan Chai Police Station
Old Wan Chai Police Station
Traditional Chinese	舊灣仔警署
Simplified Chinese	旧湾仔警署
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiù Wān Zǎi Jǐngshǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gauh wāan jái gíng chyúh
Jyutping	Gau6 waan1 zai2 ging2 cyu5
No. 2 Police Station
Traditional Chinese	二號差館
Simplified Chinese	二号差馆
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Èrhào Chāiguǎn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Yíh houh chāai gún
Jyutping	Ji6 hou6 caai1 gun2

Old Wan Chai Police Station
Old Wan Chai Police Station
舊灣仔警署
	Wan Chai Police Station in 2017, facing Gloucester Road.
General information
Classification	Grade III Historic Building
Location	Wan Chai
Address	123 Gloucester Road
Country	Hong Kong
Completed	1932; 93 years ago
Relocated	2010; 15 years ago

Old Wan Chai Police Station, also known as No. 2 Police Station or Eastern Police Station, is a building located at No. 123 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.^[1]

History

It was built in 1932 on land reclaimed under the Praya East Reclamation Scheme (1921–1929) and faced directly onto Victoria Harbour from the 1930s to the 1960s.^[1]

The police station was relocated to Arsenal House Lower Block at 1 Arsenal Street, Wan Chai, in 2010.^[2]

Conservation

Previously a Grade III Historic Building, the building became a Grade II Historic Building in December 2009.^[3] In 2011, the Development Bureau announced that the former Wan Chai Police Station cum Wan Chai Police Married Quarters site will be partly preserved and partly redeveloped for business and commercial uses.^[4]