Millennium City () is a group of skyscrapers in

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon ...

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built along the southern side of

Kwun Tong Road Kwun Tong Road () is a major thoroughfare in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Location Kwun Tong Road starts at the junction with Prince Edward Road East, Clear Water Bay Road and Lung Cheung Road in Ngau Chi Wan. It runs along the c ...

near

Ngau Tau Kok station Ngau Tau Kok () is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line. It is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area of Kowloon East, between Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay stations. It was among the earliest stations in the network, being opened on 1 October ...

and developed by

Sun Hung Kai Properties Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP; ) is a listed corporation and the largest property developer in Hong Kong as of 2019. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust, largely the Kwok brothers. The Kwok family trust was set up by Kw ...

.http://www.millenniumcity.hk Millennium City Home Page The Millennium City project currently consists of five buildings, numbered 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. The number 4 is widely regarded as

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in many parts of

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and in both

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and

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it is a

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for "death". Millennium City 1 and 2 are connected and share a mall and a lobby on their ground floor. They host the headquarters of

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, a

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and various other offices. Their reflective

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glass walls look strikingly modern against the areas other, old

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buildings. The two buildings are located opposite to

. Millennium City 3 is a continuation of buildings 1 and 2, but separated from towers 1 and 2 by the Meyer Building. It is also mostly offices and has a similar architectural design to buildings 1 and 2. However,

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s are used to a lesser extent and more white

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s are incorporated. Millennium City 5 is built near

Kwun Tong station Kwun Tong () is a station on the MTR in Hong Kong. The station was opened on 1 October 1979 as the eastern terminus of the first phase of the MTR network, called the "Modified Initial System", until the Eastern Harbour Crossing to Quarry Bay ...

. The building is well known because of the shopping mall it holds - apm. The project has a site area of and contains over of office space on top of a regional shopping centre of about . The

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bought the majority of office space here as a back-up operation centre. Millennium City 6 and 7 are under planning, and both will be built in the Kwun Tong Industrial Area, farther from Kwun Tong Road. Millennium City 8 is currently under construction. It is on the site of the former

KMB Bus Kwun Tong depot KMB or kmb may refer to: *KMB Jazz, a record label *Khushhali Microfinance Bank, Pakistan *Kimberly-Clark Corporation, NYSE symbol *Kowloon Motor Bus The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised serv ...

. There are two buildings with total floor area of 1.15m sq ft and the shopping mall occupies 12 floors with another 21 floors of offices and 4 floors of underground car parks. The development will be completed in 2022-23.

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{{Shopping centres in Hong Kong Kwun Tong Ngau Tau Kok Skyscraper office buildings in Hong Kong Shopping centres in Hong Kong Landmarks in Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai Properties

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