LEGCO QUESTION NO. 11 Annex Visits to Historic Buildings Organised
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LEGCO QUESTION NO. 11 Annex Visits to historic buildings organised by the Commissioner for Heritage’s Office, Development Bureau and the Antiquities and Monuments Office in the past three years Commissioner for Heritage’s Office, Development Bureau Event Target Number of visitors Central Police Station Walking Tours Primary 5 & 6 and secondary school students 3 615 Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail Guided Tours Youths from 12 to 18 years old 991 (Signed up through schools or non-profit-making organisations) Guided Cultural and Architecture Walking Tours in West General public 498 Kowloon (covering 5 historic buildings) Family Joy Tour- Heritage Architecture Tours Low-income families 1 918 - Central and Sheung Wan (covering 8 historic buildings) - Tsim Sha Tsui (covering 5 historic buildings) Barrier-free Heritage Architecture Tours People with disabilities 486 - Central (covering 5 historic buildings) - Tai Po (covering 5 historic buildings) Open Day and Public Forum of the Former Police Married General public 3 500 Quarters on Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong Haw Par Mansion Open Day General public 31 000 King Yin Lei Open Day General public 27 800 Total ::: 69 808 2 Antiquities and Monuments Office (all guided tours are targeted for the general public) Event Number of visitors* Guided tours of the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail in North District (covering 13 historic buildings) 5 060 Guided tours of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail in Yuen Long (covering 12 historic buildings) 17 155 Guided tours of the Central and Western Heritage Trail 14 803 1. The Central Route (covering 40 historic buildings or spots) 2. The Sheung Wan Route (covering 35 historic buildings or spots) 3. The Western District and the Peak Route (covering 25 historic buildings or spots) Guided tours of the Tai Fu Tai Mansion in Yuen Long 40 882 Guided tours of the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre (Former Whitfield Barracks, Blocks S61 and S62) 7 414 Guided tours of the Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre 11 488 (Old Ping Shan Police Station) Total ::: 96 802 * figures as at April 2011 .