[ Travel ] Hong Kong UNESCO Awarded Tai O Heritage Hotel 大澳文物酒店

If I know there is such a beautiful heritage building in Tai O, I will surely make sure I will put up a night here.
Here I found the history of this beautiful building from Tai O Heritage Hotel's webpage:
"It all traces back to 1902, when a permanent marine police station was built on the small hill next to Tai O Ferry Pier, to reinforce the police forces on Lantau Island. As one of the earliest police depot on the outlying islands of Hong Kong, the Old Tai O Police Station was established to combat pirates prevalent in the neighbouring waters. The police also had a community role in to resolving family disputes and arguments between villagers.
Marine police officers patrolled within the community by means of sampan. Due to the declining crime rates, the police station ceased to operate and functioned as a patrol post from 1996 to 2002.
Its restoration came in 2009, when Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation was selected to undertake its revitalisation under Batch I of the Development Bureau’s Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme. This involved its conversion into a nine-room boutique hotel, the Tai O Heritage Hotel. In 2009, it was graded as a Grade II historic building by the Antiquities Advisory Board, and in 2013 conferred the prestigious UNESCO Award of Merit for Cultural Heritage Conservation."
"从1902年说起。旧大澳警署巍立于宁静的高地上，邻近大澳码头，本来是为打击临近海域的海盗而建，亦是香港其中一个最早期建设的离岛警署。不过，当地警察的主要职责并非单是打击罪恶，更要兼任“和事佬”的角色，为村内的居民排解家庭纠纷及平息争执。
当年旧大澳警署的警察不时以舢舨在社区巡逻。后来由于区内犯罪率不断下降，因此在1996年至2002年间由警署改为巡逻岗位。
踏入2009年，香港历史文物保育建设展开“旧大澳警署活化计划”。该计划是政府六个活化历史建筑伙伴计划之一，锐意将警署保存修复，并重整成拥有九间客房的大澳文物酒店。2009年，旧大澳警署更被古物古迹谘询委员会评选为二级历史建筑。2013年获颁联合国教科文组织亚太区文物古迹保护奖优异项目奖。
至今，来自世界各地的游客和香港居民，终于可以再次走进这座别具历史价值及意义的建筑物，亲身感受旧大澳警署的魅力。"
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