| World-Wide House | |||||||||||
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 Worldwide House, viewed from Des Voeux Road | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 環球大廈 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 环球大厦 | ||||||||||
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World-Wide House is an office building in Central,Hong Kong. It is located between Connaught Road Central,Pedder Street and Des Voeux Road Central.
The site is situated on land reclaimed at the turn of the 20th century.
WWH was constructed on a 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m2) site [1] vacated by the former General Post Office,which was located there from 1911 to 1976. The GPO was relocated to Connaught Place for the construction of the Pedder station (later renamed to Central) of MTR. Below the building is the interchange of Hong Kong station and Central station of MTR.
In the early 1970s,there were proposals for the site to be swapped for the Alexandra House plot,to create more open space in Central,and be pedestrianised. The proposals were defeated mainly due to financial considerations. [2]
MTR Corporation,which had been given the first refusal on the site,paid the Hong Kong Government approximately HK$212 million in cash for the rights for the site. The Government ended up receiving some $8,700 per square foot instead of its initial asking price of $10,000. [3]
Cheung Kong,the enterprise founded by Li Ka-shing,obtained the right for the development of the above-ground structure. With a plot ratio of 15:1, [1] CKH built a 32-storey single tower office-cum-commercial building. The arcade is connected to adjacent properties by the Central Elevated Walkway. [3]
World-Wide Plaza is the shopping centre on 3 levels on the lower floors of Worldwide House. It is built in an "atrium" style,but without skylight. Its first level is accessible from the Central Elevated Walkway or by escalator from the ground floor of the building.
The kiosks or shop units are typically from around 10 square metres,and are rented out to small traders,who sell telecommunications and banking services,to food,and magazines. The arcade is popular with the large Filipino population,particularly on Sundays,as many of the shops are run by their compatriots. The wide assortment of typically small shops caters to their needs,selling merchandise from their homeland. Thus,the arcade is also known as the Chungking Mansions of Central[ by whom? ].
Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District,on the north shore of Hong Kong Island,across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui,the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula. The area was the heart of Victoria City,although that name is rarely used today.
Admiralty is the eastern extension of the central business district on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is located on the eastern end of the Central and Western District,bordered by Wan Chai to the east and Victoria Harbour to the north.
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Jardine House,formerly known as Connaught Centre (康樂大廈),is an office tower in Hong Kong. The building is located at 1 Connaught Place,Central on Hong Kong Island. It is owned by Hongkong Land Limited,a subsidiary of Jardines. At the time of its completion in 1973,Jardine House was the tallest building in Hong Kong and in Asia. In 1980,the Hopewell Centre usurped the title of the tallest building in Hong Kong. The building is interconnected by the Central Elevated Walkway with buildings of Hongkong Land Limited like Exchange Square and the International Finance Centre.
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Olympian City is a shopping and residential complex built on reclaimed land in Tai Kok Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong,next to the MTR Olympic station. It is one of the main shopping and residential areas in West Kowloon. The shopping arcades,Olympian City 1,2 and 3,were developed by Sino Land while the residential buildings were developed by MTR Corporation and Sino Land.
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The Pedder Building,located at No. 12 Pedder Street,in Central,Hong Kong,is a historic commercial building built in the Beaux-Arts style. Built in 1923,it is the last surviving pre-World War II building in Pedder Street.
Alexandra House is an office building in Central,Hong Kong near Central station.
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The Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park Building was a building mostly occupied by a public multi-storey car park in Central,Hong Kong. Built in 1973,the building was sold in 2017 and the land plot is now the site of The Henderson office building. The building was located along Murray Road,after which it was named. Murray Road was named after Sir George Murray,a soldier and politician from Scotland.
