e/Perowne Barracks

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has glosseng: Perowne Barracks is a former British Army barracks in Hong Kong. It closed in 1994 following the drawdown of the military establishment prior to the handover of sovereignty in 1997. Formerly stationed at the barracks was a Gurkha regiment of the Royal Engineers. The barracks was named for Major General Lancelot Edgar Connop Mervyn Perowne (1902-82) the first Colonel of the Gurkha Engineers (unit of the Royal Engineers) and later Major General of the Brigade of Gurkhas.
lexicalizationeng: Perowne Barracks
instance ofc/Barracks in Hong Kong
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has glosszho: 掃管軍營(Perowne Camp),又名寶隆軍營,毗連歌頓軍營(即下掃管軍營),是香港一個前軍營,範圍包括新界屯門區青山公路掃管笏近黃金海岸至九逕山山腰的引水道,部分土地已經興建政府設施,其他則仍然空置。英軍於1997年交予香港特區政府的軍營,回歸後並無解放軍駐守。在英軍管治其間,曾為嶺南學院(今嶺南大學)的臨時學生宿舍,現時本處為國際十字路會會址。過去亦是香港毅行者西面終點站。
lexicalizationzho: 掃管軍營

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