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in 1989. It was restored as far as possible to its original mid-19th-century appearance, structurally reinforced, and the interior was to be modified so that it could be used as a museum.
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on Barker Road. It was handed over by the military to the civilian Hong Kong Government as part of the recovery of
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A new wing, the K.S. Lo Gallery, was built and opened in 1995. It is named after local collector (and
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In 1984, it was converted into the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, a branch museum of the
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of China, as well as the world's oldest known extant teapot.
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A display of tea ware from the Flagstaff House Museum
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until 1932. The site chosen was a small bluff above
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