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HSBC Centre () is an
office building
An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific dut ...
of
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...
in
Tai Kok Tsui
Tai Kok Tsui is an area west of Mong Kok in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The mixed land use of industrial and residential is present in the old area. The Cosmopolitan Dock and oil depots were previously located there. Blocks of high-rise residential b ...
,
Kowloon
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...
,
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 consists of a 14-
storey
A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are ''storeys'' (UK) and ''stories'' (US).
T ...
and two
twin
Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of TwinLast Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two em ...
connected 15-storey
office towers
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resting on a 1-level
podium
A podium (plural podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. It derives from the Greek ''πόδι'' (foot). In architecture a building can rest on a large podium. Podiums can also be used ...
with a
public transport interchange
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and a 2-level basement
carpark were built.
Formerly Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Pier Bus Terminus, the building was developed by
Sino Land
Established in 1971, Sino Group () comprises three listed companies – Sino Land Company Limited (HKSE: 083), Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited (HKSE: 0247), Sino Hotels (Holdings) Limited (HKSE: 1221) – and private companies held by the Ng Fa ...
in 1998 during the development of
Olympian City
Olympian City () is a shopping and residential complex built on reclaimed land in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, next to the MTR Olympic station. It is one of the main shopping and residential areas in West Kowloon. The shopping arcades, Oly ...
. Later, Sino sold the office part of the building to HSBC at HK$4 billion. Then HSBC's
back office
A back office in most corporations is where work that supports ''front office'' work is done. The front office is the "face" of the company and is all the resources of the company that are used to make sales and interact with customers and client ...
started there in 1999.
Olympic Station
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Floor Directory
*Ground Floor (G/F):
**MTR Olympic station
Olympic is a List of MTR stations, station on the of Hong Kong's MTR. The livery is dodger blue.
The station was originally named Tai Kok Tsui in proposals outlined by Government of Hong Kong, the government in the Airport Core Programme dur ...
public transport interchange;
**MTR Olympic station
Olympic is a List of MTR stations, station on the of Hong Kong's MTR. The livery is dodger blue.
The station was originally named Tai Kok Tsui in proposals outlined by Government of Hong Kong, the government in the Airport Core Programme dur ...
Exit B and C;
**Building Lobby and main entrance.
*Upper Ground Floor (UG/F):
**Office Lobbies of Tower 1, 2 & 3;
**The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (), commonly known as HSBC (), was the parent entity of the multinational HSBC banking group until 1991, and is now its Hong Kong-based Asia-Pacific subsidiary. The largest bank in Hong K ...
HSBC Centre Branch
**HSBC Express Banking Centre
**Staff Canteen
**Staff Only Pacific Coffee
**Staff Medical Clinic
**Wayfoong Sports Club (WSC) fitness centre
**Wayfoong Nursery School
**Footbridges to MTR Olympic station and Harbour Green
Tai Kok Tsui is an area west of Mong Kok in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The mixed land use of industrial and residential is present in the old area. The Cosmopolitan Dock and oil depots were previously located there. Blocks of high-rise residential b ...
*2/F to 18/F: Various Supporting Departments Offices of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Lion statues
For the celebration of the 150th anniversary of HSBC, a pair of lions were re-cast in 2015, modelling on the Hong Kong lions at the HSBC Main Building
HSBC Main Building is a headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which is today a wholly owned subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings. It is located on the southern side of Statue Square near the location of the ...
. They are placed at the lobby of HSBC Centre.
References
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Olympian City
HSBC buildings and structures
Sino Group
Office buildings completed in 1998
Twin towers