The Revenue Tower is a skyscraper located in

Wan Chai Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area n ...

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. The tower rises 49

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and in height. The building was completed in 1990. The Revenue Tower, which stands as the 93rd-tallest building in Hong Kong, is composed entirely of office space. The building, along with its twin tower, the

Immigration Tower Immigration Tower is a skyscraper located in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong completed in 1990. The tower rises 49 floors and in height. Immigration Tower, which stands as the 93rd-tallest building in Hong Kong, is composed entirely of of ...

, house government offices. The building is unique in that it houses a sky lobby on the 38th floor; this is designed to ease vertical transportation in the tower.

History

The building was originally called Wanchai Tower III. The Inland Revenue Department relocated to the tower in December 1991 from their premises at Windsor House in

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. In 1989, the opening of the Revenue Tower was projected to save the government $120 million annually in office space rental costs.

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Financial Secretary

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announced in 2008 that the government would study the feasibility of relocating the departments housed within the Immigration Tower, Revenue Tower, and Wanchai Tower to

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and

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in order to open up the valuable Gloucester Road lands for private redevelopment. Surveyors estimated then that the site could fetch up to $20 billion if the site were auctioned by the government. The plan has garnered some criticism for moving government services to locations seen as less convenient. An area of Tseung Kwan O on Po Yap Road, named Area 67, is already zoned to house government offices.

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