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Map of Western District and Peak Route Section B
Old Halls of The University of Hong Kong Main Building of The University of Hong Kong Hung Hing Ying Building of The University of Hong Kong Elliot Pumping Station and Filters with Staff Quarters Former Fung Ping Shan Museum(University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong) Tang Chi Ngong Building of The University of Hong Kong(Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole) King's College Kau Yan Church Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital(Western District Community Centre) Main Building of St. Stephen's Girls' Colleg Original Site of Diocesan Boys' School Old Lunatic Asylum (Chinese Block)(Eastern Street Methadone Clinic) Old Mental Hospital(Sai Ying Pun Community Complex) Former Upper Levels Police Station(South Wing of David Trench Rehabilitation Centre) St. Louis School Former Western Fire Station(Po Leung Kuk Chan Au Big Yan Home for the Elderly) Fok Hing Tong, Hong Kong Society for the Promotion of Virtue Lo Pan Temple

Former Western Fire Station (Po Leung Kuk Chan Au Big Yan Home for the Elderly)

12 Belcher’s Street

Former Western Fire Station

When it was opened in 1923 for use by the Sanitary Department, the building also housed a temporary fire sub-station manned by just 10 firefighters and one motor pump. It then became the Kennedy Town Fire Station and was renamed the Western Fire Station in 1937. It was converted into staff quarters for the Urban Services Department (USD) in 1950, while a primary school was run by the USD Staff General Association on the premises from 1951 to 1976. The building was taken over in 1986 by the Social Welfare Department, which converted it into a home for the elderly managed by the Po Leung Kuk. It is a very handsomely proportioned four-storey brick structure with a symmetrical façade and louvred windows.

* This building is not open to the public

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