銀禧營 

1979-1984, 1986

Open Camp

8000 (intended for 4000)

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The records of the Jubilee Buildings dated back to the 1930s, when they were used as married quarters for British military, consisted of 12 flats for 24 families. The site was of strategic importance because it was by the harbour, and close to Boundary Street (the border between Kowloon and

New Territories which were ceased to the British at different time under different conditions.) Allegedly the flats were first developed by Hong Kong’s tycoon Sir Thomas Ho Tung as luxurious housing, and were sold to the British Army. During WWII, the Jubilee Buildings were used as a

POW camp of British and Canadian officers. It was unclear what the buildings were used for during the 1960s, although they still belonged to the British Ministry of Defence. When Jubilee Buildings were opened as a camp in 1979, it was by the harbour next to a little pier, and visitors could reach it by boat. In 1985-87, and 1993-5 there were two subsequent reclamations of the water in front of the Jubilee Buildings. The site is now more than 600m away from the water. The site is now part of the Shum Shui Po Park, which was completed in the early 1990s.