马建香港讲座

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雨涵/文木（法新社、联合早报等）, 马建香港讲座：'我没有政治利益.' 德国之声, Nov 10, 2018.
https://www.dw.com/zh/马建香港讲座我没有政治利益/a-46240203

Note:
(a) About Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF). The 18th Festival was held Nov 2-11, 2018. To present his new book "China Dream," Ma's allotment was Nov 10 (19:00 - 20:00) at JC Cube, part of Tai Kwun.
https://www.festival.org.hk/program/ma-jian-china-dream/
(Clicking his name in this page leads to introduction: "Ma Jian is a British writer born in Qingdao, China in 1953.  He moved to Hong Kong in 1986, Germany in 1997 and later migrated to London in 1999")

(b)
(i) "香港行政長官曾蔭權於2007年10月10日發表施政報告，宣佈原則上接受香港賽馬會提出的活化計劃 [revitalisation prohect, paid for by JC] * * * 2010年10月11日，發展局 [a division of Hong Kong government; full name: 香港旅遊發展局] 與香港賽馬會公布中區警署新設計方案 [to build both] 大館當代藝術館" Tai Kwun Contemporary [and] JC Cube 賽馬會立方 (where JC stands for Jockey Club 香港賽馬會).  zh.wiedia.org for 大館.

Apparently Hong Kong government still owns the premises (probably except the two new buildings: JC Cube and Tai Kwun Contemporary), but JC operates and maintains Tai Kwun.

大館當代藝術館 and 賽馬會立方 are the new buildings in Tai Kwun -- and correspond to No 20 and No 21, respectively, in the outdated map shown in (d)(i) below.
(ii) New Director to Head Tai Kwun: Centre for Heritage and Art. Hong Kong Jockey Club, Mar 17, 2017
https://corporate.hkjc.com/corpo ... _2017031701635.aspx
("The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced today (17 March) that experienced arts professional Timothy Calnin has been appointed as Director of CPS of The Jockey Club CPS Limited (JCCPS), trading as [American English: doing business as (DBA)] Tai Kwun: Centre for Heritage and Art, to succeed Euan Upston who has decided not to renew his contract upon its expiry in mid-2017. * * * Tai Kwun is the trading name of The Jockey Club CPS Limited, the not-for-profit operator set up by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to operate the centre for heritage and art at the revitalised Central Police Station compound. The Central Police Station Revitalisation Project is a partnership between the Government of the Hong Kong SAR and The Hong Kong Jockey Club")
(III) The rest is about Tai Kwun, which literally means "Big Station."


(c)
(i) "Former Central Police Station [(CPS) 中央警署] Compound was among the earliest areas to be developed in colonial-era Hong Kong, with the first building [CPS itself] constructed in 1864 [actually constructed 1862-1853 (completed  and opened in 1864)], and others [including Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison] added throughout the early years of the 20th century." from the Web.  The three buildings were declared "monuments" in 1995 under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Cap. 53) of Hong Kong 《古物及古蹟條例》(第53章).

Tai Kwun 大館 covers the entire CPS Compound -- not just CPS itself. Tai Kwun re-opened on May 29, 2018, free of charge -- unless one wants to participate in events (such as Ma Jian's talk).
(ii) "Cap. (capitulus), 'chapter,' is used before a chapter number of laws of the United Kingdom and its (former) colonies, eg Hong Kong." from the Web.

First of all, "capitulus" is misspelled (that is, no such word in either English or Latin). It should be "capitulum."

In Latin, capitulum is little or small head, as diminutive of caput. See
Latin-English dictionary:
* capitulum (noun neuter; from [noun neuter] caput head + [Latin suffix] -ulum  "[like English suffix, as in gosling] -ling: forming diminutives”)
"1 : a head-like object or structure.
2: (Late Latin [Latin of 3rd-6th century]) a chapter"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capitulum

Definition 1 is now used only in anatomy.

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(d)
(i) Map & Directory. Tai Kwun, undated.
https://www.taikwun.hk/en/visit/map_directory

In this Web page, the directory is on left margin, for eight buildings in the map. On the right margin of this Web page is an orange tab with "Court Yard" written on it. Click it, for the next set of buildings on the CPS Compound.
(ii) Tai Kwun – Central Police Station Revitalisation Project. Hong Kong Jockey Club, undated (under  the heading "Trust-Initiated Projects")
https://charities.hkjc.com/chari ... sation-project.aspx
("The Hong Kong Jockey Club, through its Charities Trust, set up The Jockey Club CPS Limited, a not-for-profit company")

In the lower half of this Web page are a set of four photos of Tai Kwun. The photo in lower left corner shows bird's-eye view of Holywood Road and CPS.
(iii) Central Police Station (Hong Kong)  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Police_Station_(Hong_Kong)
("In 1919, Headquarters Block facing Hollywood Road was constructed")
(A) Its former Chinese name was 中央警署 but now is called 中區警署. You See in the nineteenth century, it was police headquarters of Hong Kong. After "new police headquarters was built in Wan Chai after World War II[,] it [CPS] functioned as a police station [中區警署]" until 2000s. Per this Wiki page.
(B) Also in this Wiki page, the third photo from the top shows CPS facade, whose caption reads, "The letters 'G' and 'R' above the entrance to the police station is a symbol of George V [reign 1910-1936; grandfather of Queen Elizzabeth II] of the United Kingdom."

The G and R are within left and right circles, respectively, about the level of '1919."
(C) Now, you may wonder where in the CPS is the 1864 part.

A Tour of Tai Kwun. Tai Kwun, undated.
https://www.taikwun.hk/en/taikwun/about/buildings
, where photo 01 (whose caption is "Police Headquarters Block") is the one that was completed in 1864. You see, this building has four sides: The facade (completed in 1919) faces Holywood Road; the opposite side or the back (away from Holywood Road) faces Parade Ground.  The latter is the one you see in this Web page.
(D) Lior, GR and ER Post Box: What Does It Mean? SayWhyDoI.com ("Say * * * Why Do I?"), Jan 23, 2013
www.saywhydoi.com/gr-and-er-post-box-what-does-it-mean/

(e) Catherine Shaw, Herzog & de Meuron Transforms a Former Prison Compound Into Stunning New Arts Center in Hong Kong. Metropolis (magazine), July 2, 2018
https://www.metropolismag.com/ar ... e-meuron-hong-kong/
("The eight-year, $485 million (HK$3.8 billion) project is a non-profit collaboration between The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, a philanthropic organization, and the local government, which turned to the Swiss architectural firm and the UK-based conservation architects Purcell to help transform the once closed, defensive plot into a vibrant and welcoming public space.  The steep, square hillside site in Hong Kong's central business district * * * Meticulous restoration work aside, the two new, unapologetically dramatic buildings feel entirely at home here. Herzog & de Meuron has wrapped each of them in aluminum 3D cast panels with narrow oval apertures inspired by the original brickwork, a device that reduces both daylight reflections and light pollution at night.  Both new buildings bookend the former prison yard. One houses a 200-seat auditorium with a staircase below it doubling as an amphitheater. The other, Tai Kwun Contemporary, is a new 16,000-square-foot art space that will host up to eight exhibitions a year by mainly local artists")