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(Civil Service Newsletter, Nov2001, vol52) ¤¤¶¡¤º¶ Read Detailed Text (¾\¤º¶¥þ¤å)(¥t¶)
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The Pheonix of Murray House
Civil Service Newsletter
Editorial Board
ALONG the newly developed
waterfront at Stanley, the Phoenix has risen: Murray House, Hong
Kong's oldest colonial building has been resurrected - stone by
stone, pillar by pillar - after laying in mothballs for 18 years,
waiting for a new home.
The 158-year old building was put to rest in 1982 to make way for
the new Bank of China building in Central. The building, then
occupied by the Rating and Valuation Department, had fallen into
a state of disrepair when part of its roof collapsed during a
heavy rainstorm. In a joint effort with the Architectural
Services Department and the Housing Authority, every stone and
pillar was numbered, carefully chipped away and stored in a brick
shed near Tai Tam reservoir.
The grand, colonnaded Victorian-style building, named after Sir
George Murray, the Secretary for State for the Colonies between
1828 and 1830, was the administrative headquarters for the
British Army. Facing the sea and adjacent to the Cricket Club, it
was the forefront for Murray Barracks which was home for 200 army
personnel.
During World War II, it was taken over by the Japanese army and
used as its military police headquarters in 1944. The building
was returned to the British Army in 1945 and used as an officers'
mess until it was handed over to the Hong Kong government in
1961.
When doubts were raised about the structural stability of the
building, the Antiquities Advisory Board declared it a monument
worth preserving in 1978.
The demolition and reconstruction of a building became a new
challenge for the Architectural Services Department. It had to
consider how many stones and columns had to be kept in order to
preserve the building as close to its original state, the
demolition exercise itself, storage and the eventual rebuilding
of the structure. With the Housing Authority number of sites for
the new home were investigated in Central and Sai Kung. The
Housing Authority indicated it should be part of the Ma Hang
development project in Stanley, with a planned opening in 1992.
But setbacks in the development put the opening back to 2000.
Reconstruction started in 1997; the area at the end of Stanley
Main Street was cleared and the 4,000 granite stones and Doric
and Ionic columns were set back in place according to their
number sequence. A replica roof was made to simulate the original
timber roof trusses and the eight chimneys on the rooftop came
from another centuries-old building, the former mental hospital
in High Street, Sai Ying Pun.
In front of the building is the original flagpole of MHS Tamer,
the Royal Navy depot ship stationed in Hong Kong long before the
Japanese invasion. The ship was scuttled by its crew during the
Battle of Hong Kong.
Stone columns in the gardens of the building were taken from the
redevelopment of Shanghai Street, Yaumatei as a further reminder
of the cultural heritage of Hong Kong.
Local culture was taken into consideration when designing the
restructuring of Murray House in Stanley. An unobstructed fung
shui lane was preserved for the Tin Hau Temple to ensure its
entrance has direct access to the seafront and a pair of stone
lanterns accentuates the length of the lane from the temple.
The interior of Murray House is all new and the building now
houses a wide selection of restaurants and shops for the tourist
trade.
(Please also see photos at centre spread)
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Web Master's note: The centre spread has already been made into 4 trilingual (Chinese, English, Japanese ) display boards jointly by the Achitecture Dept and the HK Housing Authority, and set nicely at the Exhibition Lobby at the Ground Floor of the Murray House.
Read the detailed text of the Center Spread.
( Re-published here with kind permission , March 2002)
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