City Gallery The Strategic Picture 201307

City Gallery is an exhibition centre about the planning and development of urban areas in

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 Delt ...

. It is located at

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, Victoria City. It is a public relations effort of the

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of the

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History

It was previously known as the Hong Kong Planning and Infrastructure Exhibition Gallery () and was set up in 2002 on the ground floor of the

City Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

annex building as a temporary exhibition gallery, pending the establishment of a full-fledged permanent exhibition gallery which will occupy the entire City Hall Annex Building. To make way for the refurbishment and expansion works at the City Hall Annex, the temporary gallery was relocated to the ground floor of the

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in mid-2009 to maintain continuous services to the public. The permanent gallery reopened in the City Hall annex building on 20th August 2012. In 2019, the revamp work has been taken in place on the G/F, the 3rd Floor and the 4th Floor and was completed in May 2021.

Description

The gallery showcases the planning proposals and infrastructure projects of the Hong Kong Government. It's a building consists of fourth floors with various themes, showing numerous exhibits including Planning Eye, Hong Kong Next Century, Sustainable Hong Kong, Coastlines & Skylines and Hong Kong Now and Then etc. Interactive features and devices give visitors the latest information on planning and infrastructure developments in Hong Kong. Admission is free of charge.

Route

Ground Floor * eception* lanning Eye looking at the journey of Hong Kong's planning and infrastructure development in a glimpse * reat World Cities comparing basic information of Hong Kong and 10 other world cities through our interactive screen * ity Impression showcases 10 sustainable projects in different cities * nique Hong Kong video interviews of people about their impression towards our city * hematic Exhibition Area holding various types of exhibitions related to architecture File:Planningeye.jpg, Planning Eye File:Greatworldcities.jpg, Great World Cities File:Cityimpression.jpg, City Impression First Floor * nique Hong Kong displaying a collection of local unique features * iving Environment our short video will present you numerous elements and principles related to a harmonious living environment * rotecting Our Heritage our short video will present you numerous elements and principles related to a harmonious living environment *

ong Kong Next Century Ong or ONG may refer to: Arts and media * Ong's Hat, a collaborative work of fiction * “Ong Ong”, a song by Blur from the album The Magic Whip Places * Ong, Nebraska, US, city * Ong's Hat, New Jersey, US, ghost town * Ong River, Odisha, India ...

- visions of future from people around the world Second Floor * nique Hong Kong displaying a collection of local transportation features * trategic Picture introducing the visions and goals of Hong Kong's strategic spatial planning * trategic Infrastructure a hidden network of tunnels, cables and transportation infrastructure * ransportation and Communications introduce Hong Kong transportation network * ustainable Hong Kong short videos about sustainable developments Third Floor * heatre 1 a double floor hall can be used as a thematic exhibition area * heatre 2 a double floor hall can be used as a thematic exhibition area * lanning Timeline displaying history of the Hong Kong infrastructure developments through our interactive screen * oastlines & Skylines visitors can witness the transformation of Hong Kong coastline since 1900 File:Theatre1.jpg, Theatre 1 & Theatre 2 File:Planningtimeline.jpg, Planning Timeline File:Coastlines.jpg, Coastlines & Skylines Fourth Floor * isionary Hong Kong 200 photo exhibition presenting the history of the Hong Kong infrastructure development * ong Kong Now and Then with our motion sensor, visitors can study changes of various places in Hong Kong on our interactive screen * reasure Hunt with our motion sensor, visitors can study changes of various places in Hong Kong on our interactive screen * nclusive City the first Tactile and Audio system to be installed permanently in Hong Kong File:Visionaryhongkong200.jpg, Visionary Hong Kong 200 File:Hongkongnowandthen.jpg, Hong Kong Now and Then File:Treasurehunt.jpg, Treasure Hunt File:Inclusivecity.jpg, Inclusive City

Transportation

The gallery is accessible within walking distance West from

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of MTR. Patrons can reach the City Gallery by the following public transport services: * MTR: Admiralty Station B Exit, Central Station K Exit and Hong Kong Station A Exit * Ferry: Star Ferry * Bus: * New World First Bus (2, 13, 15, 18, 18P, 18X, 720, 720P) * Citybus (5X, 37B, 37X, 70, 70P, 260, 780, 788, 962P, 962S, 967, 969A) * Kowloon Motor Bus (619X) * New World First Bus and Citybus (115, 115P, 619, 619P, 680x, 690P) * Minibus: MiniBus (8, 9, 22, 22S, 54) * Tram: Hong Kong Tramways

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