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Above left: The former Lai Chi Kok Hospital will become the Jao Tsung-1 Academy, named after the renowned Chinese scholar and artist, Professor Jao Tsung-I. The new centre will aim to promote Chinese culture and history,

using a blend of environmental and urban design. The project is set for completion in 2012. Above: Located on Lantau Island, the former Tai O Police Station will be transformed

into a boutique hotel.

Left: The former Fong Yuen Study Hall on Ma Wan Island is set to become a tourist

and education centre with a fishermen's museum, offering eco-tours and Chinese cultural

and arts courses.

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Above: The Central Police Station Compound, which includes the former Central

Police Station, Central

Magistracy and Victoria Prison declared as monuments

in 1995, will be transformed into a heritage, arts and cultural attraction as part of Hong Kong's conservation and revitalisation programme. Right: Visitors attracted by the centuries-old photographs of Hong Kong's Central, Western and Wan Chai districts shown

at the 'Faces and Places: Heritage Photo Exhibition' at the former Central Police Station in September.