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Former Legislative Council Building & Former Supreme Court

Former Legislative Council Building and Former Supreme Court

Tour Code : C1716
Type : Historic sites , Views of the city
City / Province : Hongkong
Built in : 1900

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It is the home of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong. It housed the former Supreme Court from 1912 to 1983 and the Legislative Council from 1985 to 2011. As the Old Supreme Court, its exterior is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong.

Former Legislative Council Building and Former Supreme Court

  The Legislative Council Building of Hong Kong, also called the Former Supreme Court Building was the home of the former Supreme Court until 1985, when it was renamed and became home to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Members of the Council and the President have offices in this building. It is located in Central Hong Kong, along the eastern side of Statue Square, directly west of Chater Garden.

  The building was designed by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, the British architect responsible for the eastern facade of Buckingham Palace and the Cromwell Road frontage of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
  The construction of the Building started in 1900 and took 12 years to complete. The foundation stone, built into a column facing Statue Square, was laid in 1903. However, the construction process was delayed by the insufficient supply of suitable granite and masons and the death of the contractor. On 15 January 1912, the Building was opened by the then Governor Sir Frederick Lugard. In the following seven decades, the Building housed the Supreme Court of Hong Kong except in the period of Japanese occupation.
  During World War II, Japan occupied Hong Kong between December 1941 and August 1945, and the Building became the headquarters of the Hong Kong Military Police.
  In 1978, the construction work of the Mass Transit Railway led to cracks in the structure and the Building was closed for reinstatement works. On 24 May 1983, the Executive Council approved the exterior of the Building as historic interest. In 1984, the exterior of the Building was declared a monument, protected legally under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.
  For a time in the 1980s, the Supreme Court was moved to the Former French Mission Building, which was then used by the Victoria District Court. The Supreme Court of Hong Kong was moved to the Supreme Court Building, Hong Kong after 1985 and remained there until 1997. It is now renamed the High Court Building. Following the move to the Tamar site in 2011, the current building will revert to the home to the Court of Final Appeal.

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