This is me standing in front of Murray House in Stanley. It is now 168 years old and was originally built as the British officers' quarters of Murray Barracks in Central in 1844.

During World War II and the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, it was used as the command centre by the Japanese military police and a venue for executing Chinese citizens during the cruel 44-month Japanese occupation.

After World War II, the Hong Kong government used Murray House for offices but it was believed to be haunted and officially exorcised twice by the government.
In 1982, Murray House was dismantled to make room for the new Bank of China Tower (that tall triangular one). Over 4000 building blocks were labelled and catalogued like Lego for future restoration. It was stored on a hillside in Tai Tam for almost 20 years. Then finally, Murray House was put back together and restored in Stanley in 2001 and reopened in 2002.