Wu Chung House | |
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胡忠大廈 | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices |
Location | 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°16′27.85″N 114°10′21.66″E / 22.2744028°N 114.1726833°E |
Completed | 1992 |
Height | |
Roof | 162.49 m (533.1 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 40 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | WMKY Ltd |
References | |
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Traditional Chinese | 胡忠大廈 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 胡忠大厦 | ||||||||||
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The Wu Chung House (Chinese: 胡忠大廈) is a 40-floor[1] skyscraper located on 213 Queen's Road East, in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong. It was completed in 1992.[2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Wu_Chung_House_Lobby.jpg/200px-Wu_Chung_House_Lobby.jpg)
Tenants
The building houses a number of important Hong Kong institutions, notably the offices of The Hong Kong Competition Commission, Hong Kong Department of Health, Hopewell Holdings, the Education Bureau and the Hongkong Post. It is named after Wu Chung, the father of current Hopewell Holdings chairman Gordon Wu.
The lobby is located on the first floor and is accessed via an escalator from the outside.
References
- ^ a b "Wu Chung House". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ "Legislative Council Question 8 : "Wu Chung House" by the Hon Alan Leong and a written reply by the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, Mr Michael Suen, in the Legislative Council", Development Bureau press release, 4 May 2005