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Bank of China Tower
An elegant 70 storey Tower, designed by I.M. Pei, who was inspired by the form
of bamboo and presented as blue-glass walls with a triangular glass facade.
Located at 1 Garden Road, Central.
Central Plaza
Central
Plaza is one of the tallest
buildings in Hong Kong
distinguished by the
bright neon rods at the
top of the building that
change colour each quarter-hour.
Use Wan Chai MTR Exit
A1 and towards Gloucester
Road.
Cenotaph & Statue
Square
The Cenotaph and a statue of a 19th-Century HSBC manager, Sir Thomas Jackson
is in Central, use MTR Exit J1.
Former French Mission
Building
A red-brick building over 150 years old years old, with a chapel added by French
Catholic missionaries and now used as the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
Take the MTR to Central Station (Exit G) cross Ice House Street, then cross
Queen's Road Central to Battery Path.
Government House
Built in 1855 as the residence of the British Governor. The building was redesigned
by the Japanese during the Second World War. The building is not open to
the public and the gardens only four times a year. To see the building take
bus no.3B, 12 from Jardine House or take bus 23, 23A, 23B, 40, 40M from Pacific
Place. Alight at Hong Kong Park cross to Garden Road or Central station MTR
(Exit K) walk uphill along Garden Road.
Fringe Club
The Fringe Club built in 1913 is a historical monument and used for arts and
crafts exhibitions, and the annual Fringe Festival. Take MTR to Central Station
Exit D2 and turn left off Wyndham Street to Lower Albert Road.
Hong
Kong Convention & Exhibition
Centre
The Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition
Centre has a curved three-tier
roof and glass walls
making it a striking
landmark.
Tsing Ma Bridge
The longest
road and rail suspension
bridge in the world with
a main span of 1,377
metres and a totaling
2.2 kilometres. The bridge
is viewed from the Lantau
View Point and Visitors
Centre, which is short
taxi ride from Tsing
Yi MTR Exit A1.
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