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Once a prison, now an arts center

Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong’s Central Police Station compound reopened on Tuesday after an eight-year, $484 million conservation project.

It has been reborn as the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts, a cultural complex sitting in the grounds of what was once a police station and prison.

Photographer Nora Tam went to preview the buildings before they opened to the public. Check out our gallery for more.

Adam White

Adam White is a contributor to Inkstone. The Hong Kong-born-and-raised journalist and editor has written for CNN, Time, Monocle, HK Magazine and the New Statesman.

Nora Tam

Nora is a contributor to Inkstone. She is a photographer for the South China Morning Post.

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