On 4 August 1855, British naval forces from the China Station defeated a pirate fleet at the Battle of Ty-ho Bay.

[3] The police station was built in 1902 with a main duty of combating piracy and smuggling prevalent in the neighbouring waters.

[4] During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, local resistance forces and triad members led by Wong Kei-tsai began a smuggling operation in the area bringing food and salt to Lantau from Mainland China.

[11] In the end, the government accepted the redevelopment proposal of the Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation to convert the building into a boutique hotel.

Legislator Fernando Cheung accused them of being a "one-man NGO" set up for business purposes rather than social service.