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The Repulse Bay () is a residential building and commercial arcade, located at 109 Repulse Bay RoadEmporis - The Repulse Bay
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Repulse Bay Repulse Bay or Tsin Shui Wan is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong. It is one of the most expensive residential areas in the world. Geography Repulse Bay is located in the souther ...

area of

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

. It is owned by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH)Corporate profile
and operated by Peninsula Properties, a subsidiary of HSH.

History

The Repulse Bay occupies the site of the former colonial-style Repulse Bay Hotel (1920-1982),The Repulse Bay's website - History
/ref> which was featured in the 1978 film '' Coming Home''. The writer

Eileen Chang Eileen Chang ( zh, t=張愛玲, s=张爱玲, first=t, w=Chang1 Ai4-ling2, p=Zhāng Àilíng；September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese-born A ...

arranged the leading male and female characters to meet here in her novel '' Love in a Fallen City''. The hotel was renowned for its British architectural style and was owned by

Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH) is the holding company of a hotel group. It is engaged in the ownership, development and management of The Peninsula Hotels; commercial and residential properties in Asia, the United States and Eur ...

group of the

Kadoorie family The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" ( he, כדורי, ar, خضوري) are a wealthy Hong Kong-based family, originally Mizrahi Jews from Baghdad, Iraq. From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai, British Raj India becoming one of t ...

. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

it was used as a stronghold and a hospital by the British forces. Royalty and celebrities who found refuge at the hotel include writers

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...

and

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combina ...

. Actor Marlon Brando was a guest in the 1950s. Spain's Crown Prince

Juan Carlos Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...

and Crown Princess

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spent their honeymoon there while other royal guests included Prince Axel of Denmark and Prince Peter of Greece. The Repulse Bay Hotel was demolished in 1982 for redevelopment of the site. A replica of the original lobby building of the hotel was built on the site in 1986. A sequence in

Ang Lee Ang Lee (; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. Born in Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. During his filmmaking career, he has received international critical and popul ...

's 2007 film of Eileen Chang's novel ''

Lust, Caution ''Lust, Caution'' () is a 2007 erotic period espionage mystery romance film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang. ''Lust, Caution'' is set in Hong Kong in 1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when the city was occupied by ...

'' was filmed in the restaurant.

Features

The present building is 37 floors high at its tallest. It comprises four towers, with the size of apartments ranging from 91 to 545 m².The Repulse Bay's website - Apartments
/ref> The four towers are named "Taggart", "Hartson", "Nicholson", and "De Ricou", after persons associated with the original Hotel. De Ricou tower is

LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating systems for the design, constructio ...

certified and comprises 15

serviced apartment Short-term rental describes furnished self-contained apartments that are rented for short periods of time, usually by the month as opposed to annual rentals in the unfurnished apartment rental market. They are seen as an alternative to hotels. "S ...

s and was fully refurbished in 2012-2013. The building is known for its square "hole", purportedly added for feng shui purposes. It received a silver medal at the 1989 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards. The Repulse Bay has two restaurants: The Verandah and Spices.The Repulse Bay's website - Wine and Dine
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Repulse Bay Repulse Bay Private housing estates in Hong Kong 1920 establishments in Hong Kong

External links

The Repulse Bay Official Website

History

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