歌連臣角懲教所

1979, 1982-1986, 1987-1990

Open (1979).

Close camp when reopened in 1982.

Planned for 5,000. 

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Cape Collinson had been used as a RAF military base. It is next to the Cape Collinson Battery, which is still visible today. It is also only about 1km away from Little Sai Wan, another RAF base/ refugee camp. In 1958, the site was converted to a low security correctional. It was called a “Training Centre” because the detainees were encouraged to partake in training and education activities. In 1979, the site was turned into a camp for Vietnamese asylum seekers. It was briefly used to detain “ex-China cases” (asylum seekers entered Hong Kong through the mainland rather than sea). In 1981 it was reverted back as a correctional institution for young offenders, and in 1982 reused as a camp for refugees when the number of refugees raised. In 1986, the site was briefly closed but reopened soon

due to the increase of asylum seekers. In 1990, the site was used to hold male offenders again, and is still managed by the CSD.