Central Ordnance Munitions Depot
Bunker, munitions dump in Shouson Hill, Hong Kong / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Central Ordnance Munitions Depot was constructed in the late 1930s by British for the World War II to combat the Japanese Invasion as well as to store arms and ammunition for the defence of Hong Kong. The British used "Little Hong Kong", name for the fishing village town of Aberdeen, as a "code name" to refer to the military site and therefore confuse Japanese spies in the local community before the Japanese invasion.[1]
Central Ordnance Munitions Depot | |
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壽臣山軍火庫 | |
Alternative names | "Little Hong Kong" Central Ordnance (Munitions) Depot |
General information | |
Type | bunker, munitions dump |
Location | Shouson Hill, Hong Kong |
Current tenants | Crown Wine Cellars |
Completed | 1937 |
Renovated | March 2004 |
Renovation cost | HK$30 million |
Landlord | Government of Hong Kong |
Renovating team | |
Awards and prizes | 2007 Award of Merit of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation |
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Traditional Chinese | 壽臣山軍火庫 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 寿臣山军火库 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Shouson Hill Arsenal | ||||||||||||
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Following a successful proposal made to the Government of Hong Kong for a commercial adaptive reuse of the underground bunkers in 2002, the Central Ordnance Munitions Depot has been renovated to become wine cellars. This revitalisation project won one of the four Awards of Merit of the 2007 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation.[2]