The Former Central Police Station Compound (FCPSC), built between 1841 and 1925, comprises 16 historic buildings grouped under the former
Central Police Station, the
Former Central Magistracy, and the
Victoria Prison. Most of the city's historic colonial architecture had been bulldozed for development before the British government
handed the territory back to China in 1997. The series of compounds hence formed Tai Kwun. Victoria Prison was decommissioned in 2006. In 2008, the
government of Hong Kong partnered with the
Hong Kong Jockey Club to conserve and revitalise the complex, which turned into one of the most significant and expensive revitalisation projects in the territory, costing HK$1.8 billion; The conversion was completed in phases. Work faced a setback when a wall and roof collapsed in 2016. The
Buildings Department prosecuted a subcontractor it deemed responsible for the accident, which was reportedly triggered by the failure of a brick pier that had been structurally undermined. Tai Kwun partially reopened to the public in May 2018. ==Tai Kwun==