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A building almost as old as the Colony it- self disappeared in the summer when the old Colonial Secretariat was demolished to make room for the main block of the new Central Government Offices, the first wing of which (bottom pic- ture) has been in use since the end of 1953.
Workmen excavating the site found the bronze circular piaque (at right) which commemorates the laying of the old building's foundation stone in 1847. The plaque covered a metal canister containing five contemporary coins. The inscription records that the foundation stone was laid on the 24th day of February 1847 by Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., the "Governor and Commander in Chief, Hong Kong, and Vice Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's plenipotentiary in China". The cost of the building “(being intended for Govern- ment offices)" was estimated at £14,300.3s. 10d.
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