Yau Ma Tei Police Station

The old Yau Ma Tei Police Station was established in Public Square Street at Yau Ma Tei in 1871. It is one of the oldest police stations in Kowloon. The police station moved to Yau Cheng Road in 2016 because of the Central Kowloon Route development. Now, the old police station has been used as Reporting Centre, Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau office.
It is a Grade 2 historical building, and Edwardian and Victorian style architecture in Hong Kong. It is a V-shaped structure. The main door is set in an indented corner. Many gangster movies were shot there, such as "Infernal Affairs", "The Story of the 500 Million Detective Lei Luo", "Election".
The ground floor contains inspector rooms, pantry, kitchen. The first floor consists senior police officers and marine police quarters. The second floor is the superintendent’s quarters.
It experienced 3 riots in 1952, 1966, and 1967. On 1 Mar 1952, the protesters threw stones at the police officers and smashed police cars there. In the other two riots, protesters threw bombs and raised fire at the old police station. Therefore, many entrances have large iron gates to prevent protesters' invasion.