Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO)

AMO plays an important role in the preservation and promotion of Hong Kong’s archaeological and built heritage.

Three historic buildings - Lin Fa Temple in Tai Hang, Hung Shing Temple in Ap Lei Chau and Hau Wong Temple in Kowloon City - were declared as monuments for permanent protection under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance in 2014.

AMO carried out restoration and repairs on a number of historic buildings during the year. Major projects included works on the Morrison Building in Tuen Mun, the Man Lun Fung Ancestral Hall in San Tin (Yuen Long), the Leung Ancestral Hall in Pat Heung (Yuen Long), the Tang Ancestral Hall in Ping Shan (Yuen Long), the Tang Ancestral Hall and Yeung Hau Temple in Ha Tsuen (Yuen Long), the Lo Wai and the Kun Lun Wai Enclosing Walls and Corner Watch Towers in Lung Yeuk Tau (Fanling), the Fan Sin Temple and Man Mo Temple in Tai Po, the Hung Shing Temple in Kau Sai Chau (Sai Kung), the Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon Tong, and the Helena May in Central. Archaeological surveys and excavations necessitated by small-scale development projects in the New Territories were conducted by AMO in Tai Po, Sai Kung, Tuen Mun and Islands Districts, and archaeological heritage materials were salvaged from some of the sites. A long-term exhibition on the archaeological and built heritage of Hong Kong is on display at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre. During the year, the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre and the Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre attracted over 193 400 and 70 800 visitors respectively. AMO also organised a wide variety of educational and publicity programmes including lectures, guided tours, workshops and seminars, all to promote heritage conservation.