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Former French Mission Building

Hong Kong


This handsome red brick building was built in the mid-1800s and renovated to its current Edwardian glory in 1917 by the French Society of Foreign Missions. Until 2015 it was home to Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. It's still awaiting repurposing.


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