May Wah Building (), also registered as Mei Wah Building, is a

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, Hong Kong, located at the corner of

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. Completed in 1963, the building contains 80 units.

Architectural characteristics

* Building Height: 14 stories: Ground + 13 floors * Completion: 1963 * Type:

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* Use: Residential and Commercial * Corner: Less than 90°, making it an acute corner building. * Style: 20th-century modernism/

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* Address: 164–176 Johnston Road and 80 Wan Chai Road Note: The terrace of May Wah Building looks like a big

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. This is due to the government believing a design of this type would protect people from rain. Also, the walkway of

need to be widened, making the terraces of May Wah mansion showing the width of the walkway pre-widening.

Occupants

*G/F: Ki Chan Tea Co. *4/F: Daci Hospital *6/F: Fu Clansmen General Association Headquarters *7/F:

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*10/F: Ying King Guesthouse In 2010, the building was described as "covered from top to bottom with signage of functioning and defunct businesses that include a guest house, clan associations, hair and beauty salons, two Chinese tea shops, fashion retail shops, massage parlors, Western and traditional Chinese medical clinics, tuition schools,

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