Tsim Sha Tsui Centre () and Empire Centre () are two office buildings and shopping malls in
East Tsim Sha Tsui,
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 ...
. They are connected by a covered pedestrian bridge.
History
The Tsim Sha Tsui Centre was developed in 1980 by
Sino Group
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 ...
, where the headquarters are now located. It was the first building built in East Tsim Sha Tsui. The architect of the building was
Wong & Ouyang
Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. () is an architectural and engineering practice based in Hong Kong, with branch offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Its head office is in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, and it maintains an office in Shanghai.
History
The comp ...
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Access
They shopping malls are located near the
East Tsim Sha Tsui station
East Tsim Sha Tsui () is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is currently an intermediate station on the .
The station was built to alleviate surface traffic jams and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong stati ...
and the
Star Ferry service to
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...
.
References
External links
Official website of Tsim Sha Tsui Centre and Empire Centre
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Shopping centres in Hong Kong
Sino Group
Tsim Sha Tsui East