Online ticket booking for "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition to start tomorrow
The "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition, presented by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, will open to the public at the Old Yau Ma Tei Police Station on January 2, 2026. Standard ticket is at $30, concessionary ticket for students, elderly, Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients and people with disabilities is at $10 each, while admission of children aged six or below is for free.
Tickets are available online from 10am tomorrow (December 27) for visits from January 2 to 31, 2026. Through the online booking system (cultural.cityline.com/en/2026/ymtacinematicjourneyjan2026.html), visitors may book tickets for admission on a day in the coming 30 days; a maximum of four tickets is allowed per transaction. There is no ticket sale onsite. Each session lasts for 25 minutes. For better user experience, the maximum number of visitors for each session is capped at 20 persons.
The exhibition will open daily for the first two weeks (January 2 to 11) after inauguration, with extended opening hours from 9am to 10pm. Starting from January 12, normal opening hours will resume (see website), and the exhibition will be closed on Mondays (except public holidays).
The "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" is designed by local filmmakers with exceptional creativity. It allows visitors to experience firsthand the interior design, ambience, and iconic scenes of Hong Kong police and crime films inside a real police station, showcasing the unique creativity behind.
The Old Yau Ma Tei Police Station, situated at 627 Canton Road, is a building in British Edwardian architectural style and a Grade‑2 historic building. The opening of the Old Yau Ma Tei Police Station is one of the projects announced in May 2025 to be implemented by the Working Group on Developing Tourist Hotspots led by the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration. CCIDA has revitalised the ground floor of the historic building and infused it with Hong Kong's classic police and crime film culture to stage the "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition, promoting film tourism and local film culture.
To coincide with the "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition, the Yau Tsim Mong District Office, in collaboration with the Yaumati Kaifong Welfare Advancement Association Limited, will organise the Yau Ma Tei Dining and Shopping Festival from January 1 to February 22. The festival aims to promote tourism in Yau Ma Tei by offering a wide range of dining and shopping discounts and offers. In addition to general discounts and offers, visitors who have visited the exhibition will also have exclusive special offers upon presentation of proof of their visit.
For further details of the "Yau Ma Tei Police Station: A Cinematic Journey" exhibition, please visit ymtps.ccidahk.gov.hk.
Photo source: ymtps.ccidahk.gov.hk
Mirs Bay in Hong Kong selected as Outstanding Example in fourth batch of national Beautiful Bays
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) recently announced the fourth batch of national "Beautiful Bays". Hong Kong's Mirs Bay has been selected as an "Outstanding Example of Beautiful Bays" with an excellent overall score. This marks the first time the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has received this commendation, highlighting the efforts of the HKSAR Government in marine ecological environment protection, and representing a significant achievement of the HKSAR Government in jointly building the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area into an international, first-class beautiful bay area.
Located in the northeastern waters of Hong Kong, Mirs Bay presents a beautiful scene of "clear water and clean beaches, thriving marine life, and harmonious coexistence between humans and the sea". Its overall Water Quality Objectives compliance rate has reached 100 per cent, achieving Class I of the National Seawater Quality Standard. The bay's rich and diverse ecosystems are important habitats for various nationally protected wild animals, such as hard corals, seahorses, horseshoe crabs and white-bellied sea eagles. The bay area also features the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, Yan Chau Tong and Tung Ping Chau Marine Parks, etc, allowing the public to appreciate diverse ecological and geological wonders in the bay at close range and to experience the harmonious coexistence between humans and the sea.
Furthermore, the HKSAR Government has been strengthening regional co-operation with the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Shenzhen Municipal Government, deepening exchanges on marine environmental and resource management in Mirs Bay. This collaboration promotes information sharing and emergency response co-ordination, jointly elevating the overall level of ecological environment management. The Director of Environmental Protection, Dr Samuel Chui, said that the environmental management of Mirs Bay fully embodies the concept of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, providing an important reference for bay management in densely populated areas of the country. Taking this opportunity of Hong Kong's Mirs Bay being selected as an "Outstanding Example of Beautiful Bays", the HKSAR will share its experience in developing beautiful bays with coastal cities on the Chinese Mainland, jointly promoting marine ecological environment protection and sustainable development.
The HKSAR Government will continue to enhance the quality of the marine ecological environment through the prevention and control of nearshore pollution, co-ordinated ecosystem protection and shoreline remediation, continuously advancing the building of "Beautiful Bays".
The "Outstanding Examples of Beautiful Bays" is a campaign launched by the MEE to identify exemplary cases in the field of marine ecological environment protection. It aims to establish replicable and promotable models for comprehensive bay management and advance the vision of building a "Beautiful China". This round of the campaign received a total of 72 applications nationwide, with 32 bays designated as "Beautiful Bays", of which 12 (including Hong Kong's Mirs Bay) were selected as "Outstanding Examples of Beautiful Bays". For the selection results, please visit the MEE's WeChat official account at mp.weixin.qq.com/s/dYq2dODQvjW-6sQaDHvk8Q (Chinese only).
Mirs Bay in Hong Kong selected as Outstanding Example in fourth batch of national Beautiful Bays Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Mirs Bay in Hong Kong selected as Outstanding Example in fourth batch of national Beautiful Bays Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Mirs Bay in Hong Kong selected as Outstanding Example in fourth batch of national Beautiful Bays Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Mirs Bay in Hong Kong selected as Outstanding Example in fourth batch of national Beautiful Bays Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
