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Exhibition Centre Station (MTR)
Exhibition Centre () is an MTR List of MTR stations, station on the . It serves the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and other parts of Wan Chai, Wan Chai North, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The station was built as part of the Shatin to Central Link project. It topped out on 12 November 2020 and began service on 15 May 2022. This station and the East Rail portion of Admiralty are the first Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, KCRC-owned stations that serve Hong Kong Island. It is the first East Rail line station on Hong Kong Island for trains coming from Hung Hom. Description The station serves the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Wan Chai Sports Ground and various nearby office towers in Wan Chai North. It will become an interchange station between the North Island line (the extension of ) and the East Rail line#Extension to Hong Kong Island, East Rail line, offering cross-platform interchange between the two lines. Initially, only the East Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleming Road
Fleming Road () is a road in Wan Chai and Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. The road begins south with Johnston Road, runs across Hennessy Road, Lockhart Road and Jaffe Road, flies over Gloucester Road, Hong Kong, Gloucester Road and runs across Harbour Road and ends at the junction with Convention Avenue and Expo Drive East. History The road was named after Francis Fleming (colonial administrator), Francis Fleming, Chief Secretary for Administration, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong between 1890 and 1892. The road was built on the 1921 land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclamation. In the 1970s, another reclamation extended the road to Wan Chai North by the Victoria Harbour. At the junction of Fleming Road and Lockhart Road, a 3-storey building housed comfort women for the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese Army during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong between 1940 and 1945. On 17 December 2005, during the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Rail Line
The East Rail line () is one of the ten lines that form MTR, the rapid transit, mass transit system in Hong Kong. The railway line starts at Lo Wu station, Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau station, Lok Ma Chau, both of which are Border checkpoint, boundary crossing points into Shenzhen and joins in the north at Sheung Shui station, Sheung Shui and ends at Admiralty station (MTR), Admiralty station on Hong Kong Island. At approximately , the line (including the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line) is the second longest line within the MTR, network, behind the Tuen Ma line. It is indicated in , formerly navy blue before the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, KCR/MTR Corporation, MTR merger on the MTR, MTR map. The line connects the New towns of Hong Kong, new towns of Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town, Fanling–Sheung Shui, Tai Po New Town, Tai Po and Sha Tin New Town, Sha Tin in eastern New Territories with urban Kowloon and the Central, Hong Kong, central business district. It is also the Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Side Platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines (as opposed to, for instance, the island platform where a single platform lies between the tracks). Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform, where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track. In some stations, the two side platforms are connected by a footbridge or tunnel to allow safe access to the alternate platform. While a pair of side platforms is often provided on a dual-track line, a single side platform is usually sufficient (trains are usually only boarded from one side) for a single-track line. Layout Where the station is close to a level crossing (g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wan Chai Station
Wan Chai () is a station on the of the Hong Kong MTR rapid transit system. The livery colour is lime green. It serves the Wan Chai locality within the district of the same name. The station platforms are located underneath Hennessy Road, a major trunk road connecting the Central and Eastern districts. History The station was built under Southorn Playground. It opened along with the Island line on 31 May 1985. It was built by a Bachy Soletanche–Dragages joint venture and Japanese contractor Maeda. Entrance D was opened for public on 22 December 2017. Its passageway crosses underneath Southorn Playground and Johnston Road, then joins the underground mall in Lee Tung Street Redevelopment Project. It is expected to ease the overcrowding problem at entrance A3 and Johnston Road crossing. Station layout The platforms of Wan Chai station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with Platform 1 above Platform 2. Due to the large catchment of Wan Chai station and the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wan Chai Pier
The Wan Chai Pier (), or Wan Chai Ferry Pier (), is a pier at the coast of Wan Chai, Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. The pier is operated by Star Ferry, and provides ferry services to Tsim Sha Tsui. The pier is near the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The current pier is the third generation pier: * First generation: from 1929 to 1968 * Second generation: from 1968 to 2014. The pier had its last day service on 29 August 2014, and was later demolished as part of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation. * Third generation: since 2014 First generation (1929 to 1968) At the end of the Wan Chai reclamation from 1922 to 1929 (Praya East Reclamation Scheme), a pier "''120 feet 8 inches long and 35 feet 4 inches wide with four flights of landing steps and situated at the end of Tonnochy Road''" was built. Probably this pier was damaged in the second World War and had to be repaired. The ferry services between the Wan Chai Pier and Jordan Road, Hong Kong, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Plaza (Hong Kong)
Central Plaza is a 78-storey, skyscraper at 18 Harbour Road, in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Completed in August 1992, it is the third tallest tower in the city after 2 International Finance Centre (2 IFC) in Central and the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon. It was the tallest building in Asia from 1992 to 1996, until the Shun Hing Square was built in Shenzhen, a neighbouring city. Central Plaza surpassed the Bank of China Tower as the tallest building in Hong Kong until the completion of 2 IFC. Central Plaza was also the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world, until it was surpassed by CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou in 1996. The building uses a triangular floor plan. On the top of the tower is a four-bar neon clock that indicates the time by displaying different colours for 15-minute periods, blinking at the change of the quarter. An anemometer is installed on the tip of the building's mast, at above sea level. The mast has a heigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immigration Tower
Immigration Tower is a skyscraper located in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong completed in 1990. The tower rises 49 Storey, floors and in height. Immigration Tower, which stands as the 93rd-tallest building in Hong Kong, is composed entirely of office space. The building houses government offices, principally those of the Immigration Department (Hong Kong), Immigration Department. Design Immigration Tower is part of a three-tower complex of government offices surrounding the Gloucester Road Garden. The other two towers are the Wanchai Tower and the Revenue Tower. These government buildings were designed by the Architectural Services Department for the Government Property Agency (Hong Kong), Government Property Agency. The Revenue Tower is nearly identical in design to the Immigration Tower. Most of the floors in the Immigration Tower are designed as open plan offices, which increases flexibility for tenants. For these floors, the usable floor area is as much as 80% of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wan Chai Ferry Pier
The Wan Chai Pier (), or Wan Chai Ferry Pier (), is a pier at the coast of Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. The pier is operated by Star Ferry, and provides ferry services to Tsim Sha Tsui. The pier is near the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The current pier is the third generation pier: * First generation: from 1929 to 1968 * Second generation: from 1968 to 2014. The pier had its last day service on 29 August 2014, and was later demolished as part of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation. * Third generation: since 2014 First generation (1929 to 1968) At the end of the Wan Chai reclamation from 1922 to 1929 ( Praya East Reclamation Scheme), a pier "''120 feet 8 inches long and 35 feet 4 inches wide with four flights of landing steps and situated at the end of Tonnochy Road''" was built. Probably this pier was damaged in the second World War and had to be repaired. The ferry services between the Wan Chai Pier and Jordan Road, Kowloon was in operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wan Chai Swimming Pool
WAN or Wan may refer to: Language * Wan language of the Ivory Coast * 万/萬 (Pinyin: Wàn), 10,000 in Chinese People * Wan (surname) ( and ), a Chinese surname * Wan (surname 溫), an alternative spelling for the Chinese surname Wen (溫) * Wan Wan (彎彎; born 1981) Taiwanese artist and actress * Wan (khan), Jurchen chieftain * ''Wan'', female Malay styles and titles Places Asia * Anhui, abbreviated Wǎn (皖), province of China * Nanyang, Henan, abbreviated Wǎn (宛), a city in China * Van, Turkey () * Wan, Pakistan, a village in Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan * Wan Man, an island in Terengganu, Malaysia Elsewhere * Wallan railway station, Australia * Wan, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso * Wanborough railway station, Surrey, England (GB station code: WAN) Other uses * Wataniya Airways, a former Kuwaiti airline, ICAO designator * Wide area network, computer network * WAN-IFRA, World Association of Newspapers * Wan, a character in the novel ''The Boy Who Would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbour Road Sports Centre
A harbor (American English), or harbour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored. The term ''harbor'' is often used interchangeably with ''port'', which is a man-made facility built for loading and unloading vessels and dropping off and picking up passengers. Harbors usually include one or more ports. Alexandria Port in Egypt, meanwhile, is an example of a port with two harbors. Harbors may be natural or artificial. An artificial harbor can have deliberately constructed breakwaters, sea walls, or jetties or they can be constructed by dredging, which requires maintenance by further periodic dredging. An example of an artificial harbor is Long Beach Harbor, California, United States, which was an array of salt marshes and tidal flats too shallow for modern merchant ships before it was first dredged in the early 20th century. In contrast, a natural harbor is surrounded on several sides by land. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China State Construction Engineering Corp
The China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC; ) is a Chinese state-owned construction company headquartered in Beijing. It is the largest construction company in the world by revenue and the 8th largest general contractor in terms of overseas sales, as of 2020. In 2023, the company was ranked 66th in the Forbes Global 2000. While most of the assets of CSCEC were floated in the stock exchange as China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCECL), CSCEC retained some assets such as schools and hospitals, as well as the stake in China Construction International Corporation () which was not able to be transferred. Thus, CSCEC granted the listed company supervising rights. This construction firm has built several of the world’s tallest buildings and largest construction megaprojects (see Projects list below.) Corporate structure The CSCEC has numerous branches or subsidiaries. It is divided into five main divisions and twelve traditional core business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
