Century-old reservoir in Hong Kong’s Bishop Hill proposed to be made a grade one historic building
- Antiquities Advisory Board is set to discuss next Thursday the proposal by the Antiquities and Monuments Office for the service reservoir
- At present, Hong Kong has 173 grade one historic buildings
The century-old underground reservoir discovered in Bishop Hill last year has been proposed to be listed as a grade one historic building by the government, the highest grade in Hong Kong’s rating system for the preservation of heritage structures.
The Antiquities Advisory Board is set to discuss next Thursday the proposal by the Antiquities and Monuments Office for the service reservoir in Shek Kip Mei, Sham Shui Po.
A one-month public consultation will follow before the advisory body finalises its decision, according to the memorandum for the board.
Hong Kong has three grades in the system to assess historic buildings. Grade one refers to buildings of outstanding merit that warrant every possible effort for preservation.
As of last December, the board had assessed 1,444 heritage buildings, with 173 of them tagged as grade one structures.
