The Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound, completed in 1884, is located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
[clarification needed][2][3][4] The compound is a declared monument since 1994 as it is one of the four oldest surviving government buildings in Hong Kong.
[5][6] The Compound and the Old Kowloon Fire Station have been re-developed into a heritage hotel with food and beverage outlets and retail facilities in a project headed by architect Daniel Lin of A+T Design, opened in 2009.
[4] The main building was originally constructed on the waterfront, and had a dedicated slip prior to the reclamation of land to create Salisbury Road.
[8] In the 1970s, the compound lost a large part of its gardens, when the slope to the east was levelled to make way for the construction of Kowloon Park Drive.
[12] The Government announced on 23 May 2003 that Flying Snow Limited, a subsidiary of Cheung Kong Holdings, had won the 50-year land grant at a tendered price of HK$352.8 million, out of six competitive proposals.
[15] The original Marine Police Headquarters comprises the Main Building, Stable Block and Signal Tower.