Old Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank building 1935 - 1985
Location: Central, HK Island
Developer: Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank
Architect: Palmer and Turner (P & T Group)

The old building (the third generation) was the headquarters of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank. It was the first fully air conditioned building in Hong Kong. Foundation ceremony on October 17, 1934. Designed by P & T Group, the bank was opened in 1935.

Jardine House (Connaught Center) 怡和大廈 (康樂大廈)
Location: 1 Connaught Place, Central, HK Island
Developer: Hongkong Land
Architect: Jim Kinoshita, Palmer and Turner (P & T Group)

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Whampoa Dock, Hung Hom (HWD)
Location: Hung Hom bay, Kowloon

© HIT

The site combined docks, shipyards and cargo terminals. Containers and cargo Terminals was run by Whampoa Terminals Limited under Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) (also see HPH). The site was easily recognized by the gigantic black quay cranes with HIT labels on them.

A few years after an acqusition of the city's leading conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa and its Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company in 1979 by Li Ka-shing, Whampoa docks (Hung Hom) had been redeveloped into many residential property projects like Hunghom Bay Centre, Whampoa Garden and Harbour Plaza Hotel Hong Kong during the 80s and 90s. Developed under new management led by Li Ka-shing , the Whampoa Garden was one of the largest harbour side residential developments in the heart of the city.

While the dock turned into over 100 residential and commercial blocks, the Hung Hom Bay itself had been reclaimed in the 90s by the Hong Kong Government for even more building developments.

Tiger Balm Garden (Aw Boon Haw Garden) 虎豹別墅 (胡文虎花園)
Location: Tai Hang, HK Island

The sad story had begun when the owner of the garden sold the garden to relief her financial stress. The buyer was Cheung Kong, one of the Hong Kong's most prominent property conglomerate. Also the developer of the nearby residential building Ronsdale Garden, Cheung Kong planned to tear down all the structures and figurines to make way for two sky-high residential blocks.

Interested groups had frought to preserve the garden from destruction, but the government failed to step in to halt the demolition as it claimed the garden as 'no significant historicial value'. Finally after intense arguments the Mansion was able to survive.

Now the mansion stays, but the garden and the sculptures had gone for good. Despite the survival of the Mansion, the most part of the monument has already been torn apart, and the very essence and spirit of the monument have gone. The destruction of such a worldwide beloved and close-to-extinction Chinese art tourist attraction is proven to be short-sighted and an all time error in the history of Hong Kong.



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Press article
Cheung Kong Seeks to Redevelop Tiger Balm Garden Cheung Kong has received a land-premium offer from the Lands Department for the modification of the lease to convert Tiger Balm Garden to residential use. Analysts estimated the premium cost at HK$900 million, representing an accommodation value of about HK$2,000 per square foot, for the 460,000 square feet project. Sources said the premium was calculated on the full value of the residential floor area to be built, as the site had almost no land value on the "before basis". Cheung Kong bought Tiger Balm Garden from Sing Tao Group's former chairman Sally Aw Sian for HK$100 million in 1998. Ms Aw's former residence is to be preserved as a monument. It has been proposed that the tableaux and figurines in Tiger Balm Garden be relocated rather than demolished. One source said the cost of preserving the residence and moving the figurines had been taken into consideration in the land-premium assessment. Cheung Kong should decide whether to accept the offer by the middle of this month, according to the Lands Department. Analysts expected the developer to appeal for a lower premium due to the prevailing market sentiment. [Source: SCMP, July 4, 2001]

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Developed and completed in 1986 by Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, the site of the Ronsdale Garden was originally part of the Tiger Balm Mansion area. The site was brought by Cheung Kong in 1978 for HKD 25 million, and had been redeveloped into two 33-storey residential blocks on a 7-storey base which accommondated the carpark. Apartment size ranged from 886 to 1225 Sq. Ft.

Designed by Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.

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Lai Tak Tsuen
Location: Tai Hang, HK Island
Developer: Hong Kong Housing Society
Architect: N/A

The rental estates built in the seventies with an unique cylindrical design.

Whampoa Garden 黃埔花園
Location: Hung Hum
No. of storeys: 16 (12 phrases; Residential: 88 blocks)
Developer: Hutchison Whampoa Property Group
Architect: Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd

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Whampoa Garden today; the matrix of 88 16-storeys buildings has been overshadowed by newer, far taller developments around it. Due to the relaxation in height restriction of the region by the government after the gone of the nearby Kai Tak Airport, almost all newer developments are well over 30 storeys. The most extreme is the Waterfront Landmark, which tops at 72 storeys, stands at the edge of the map the way like its name.

The entire development ran for 7 years from 1985 to 1991.

Advertising slogan: "黃埔花園, 實現理想好家園"

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Exchange Square 交易廣場
Location: 8 Connaught Place, Central, HK Island
Developer: Hongkong Land
Architect: Remo Riva, Palmer and Turner (P & T Group)


Exchange Square (brown twin towers on the right) with Jardine House

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Villa Lotto 樂陶苑
Location: 18 Broadwood Road Happy Valley, HK Island
No. of storeys: 25 - 26 (4 blocks, A - D)
Developer: Hopewell Holdings Limited
Architect: N/A

Advertising slogan: "居高臨下樂陶苑"

Villa Rocha 樂翠台
Location: 10 Broadwood Road Happy Valley, HK Island
No. of storeys: 31 (2 blocks, A & B)
Developer: Hopewell Holdings Limited
Architect: N/A

Harbour Heights 海峰園
Location: 1 King's Road, Tin Hau, HK Island
No. of storeys: 39 - 40 (3 blocks, Ko Fung, Sung Fung & Nam Fung Court)
Developer: Swire Properties Limited
Architect: N/A

Park Towers 柏景臺
Location: 1 King's Road, Tin Hau, HK Island
No. of storeys: 40 - 50 (2 blocks, Tower I & II)
Developer: Hang Lung Group Limited
Architect: N/A

Pacific Place 太古廣場
Location: 88 Queensway, Admiralty, HK Island
Developer: Swire Properties Limited
Architect: Jackson Wong & Lam Wo Hei, Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd

The Pacific Place was a combination of two plot of land brought in 1985 and 1986 by the Swire Group, another powerful British trading firm second to Jardine. The site was originally military barracks and the development was divided into two independent phrases. The first phrase was built independently without consideration of a phrase two. Phrase one consisted of the JW Marriott Hotel and a rectangular office block named as One Pacific Place.

While construction of the first phrase was going on, Swire successfully won the bid for the adjacent land and put it together with the first phrase development. Despite designs were from different time, the four buildings mixed quite well together as a whole. The second phrase housed the Conrad International and Island Shangri-la Hotel.

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Miscellaneous post mid-90s developments in my mind:

Residential
Estoril Court 愛都大廈 (83)

Trafalgar Court 大寶閣 (84)

Regent on the Park 御花園 (85)

Cavendish Heights 嘉 雲 臺 (86)

Visalia Gardens 蔚山花園 (86)

Ning Yeung Terrace 寧養台 (86)

Dragonview Court 龍騰閣 (89)

Robinson Heights 樂信台 (89)

Scenecliff 承德山莊 (91)

Birchwood Place 寶樺台 (89)

Pacific View 浪琴園 (1990)

Dynasty Court 帝景園 (91)

No. 23, Old Peak road. Designed by Edward Ho of the Wong Tung & Partners. Developed by SHKP and completed in 1991, Dynasty Court housed 409 apartments.

Hillsborough Court 曉峰閣 (93)

No. 18, Old Peak road. Like the adjacent Dynasty Court, Hillsborough Court was designed by the same architect, Edward Ho of the Wong Tung & Partners. Developed by SHKP and completed in 1993, Hillsborough Court housed 528 apartments.

Queen's Garden 裕景花園 (91)

No. 9, Old Peak road. Designed by Bing Kwan of the P&T Group. Three blocks jointed together as a sheer tower which topped at 34 floor. It is no ordinary 34 storey building, as all apartments were duplexes ranging from the smallest one-bedroom-unit of 2,050 sq.ft. to a 'medium sized' 3-bedroom-unit of 3,790 sq.ft. For those lucky fews who never rest with something ordinary there were penthhouse units which reached a sheer size of 5,030 sq.ft. At level 21 (again, in duplex scale) there were two sky-gardens with a magnificent view overlooking the Victoira Harbour. The sky-gardens were opened to the residents.

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