Special Branch (Hong Kong)
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Special Branch, abbreviated as SB, was established in 1934 under the Crime Department of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. The SB was an intelligence/counter-intelligence unit in the RHKP. The Branch
Victoria Road Detention Centre was used by the Special Branch
British Hong Kong
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Hong Kong was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1982, and a dependent territory from 1 January 1983 to 30 June 1997. However, from 1941 to 1945, it was under a period of Japanese occup
Special Branch (Hong Kong)
…the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. The SB was an intelligence/counter-intelligence unit in the RHKP. The Branch disbanded in 1995 in the final days of colonial period. They used to be stationed at the Victoria Road Detention Centre prior to SB being disbanded, which was also used as a training site for potential SB…
Possibly the earliest painting of Hong Kong Island, showing the waterfront settlement which became Victoria City
Spring Garden Lane, 1846
View of Hong Kong, 1855
New York Tribune front page, giving details on 1906 Hong Kong typhoon