虎地軍營

also known as Far East Farm Camp (遠東兵房)

1984-1989

​Close Camp

1400 Refugees

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Bowring camp was first built in the post-WWII era due to its proximity to the Chinese border. Its English name was named after the 4th Governor of Hong

Kong, while the Chinese name (“Fu Tei” – “Tiger Place”) came from the hill and villages nearby. Bowring camp was a small military camp and was only used to support the nearby RAF Ping Shan. The military camp was relatively under-used, and was once turned into accommodation Gurkha force. In 1984,it was turned into an asylum seeker camp. The Bowring camp was also chosen as a site for the Vietnamese because its land lease was about to be

expired in 1986/87.

In 1988/90, the Bowring camp was closed again.

Alongside the nearby Fu Tei.

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