Queensway Government Offices

Queensway Government Offices


General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	66 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′40″N 114°09′50″E / 22.27778°N 114.16389°E / 22.27778; 114.16389
Completed	1985; 38 years ago (1985)
Opening	1986; 37 years ago (1986)
Height
Roof	199 m (653 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	56
Design and construction
Architect(s)	K.M Tseng of the Hong Kong Architectural Services Department
Main contractor	Gammon
References
^[1]^[2]

Traditional Chinese

金鐘道政府合署

Simplified Chinese

金钟道政府合署

Jyutping

Gam1 zung1 dou6 zing3 fu2 hap6 cyu5

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīnzhōngdào Zhèngfǔhéshǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Gam1 zung1 dou6 zing3 fu2 hap6 cyu5

The Queensway Government Office Building is a skyscraper located in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong near Admiralty station. The tower rises 56 floors and 199 metres (653 ft) in height.^[2] The building was completed in 1985.^[1] It was designed by Mr K.M. Tseng of the Architectural Services Department. The Queensway Government Offices, which stands as the 54th-tallest building in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong government office building. The roof of the Queensway Government Office Building is adorned with a dragon logo, the symbol of Hong Kong; the structure was added in 2002.^[2]

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History

The site of the office building was part of the larger Victoria Barracks site, which was transferred from the British Forces to the Hong Kong Government for redevelopment. The Victoria Barracks Planning Committee proposed building a "large secretariat building" in the vicinity of Flagstaff House, but the government instead decided to build a courthouse and the government office building on Queensway.^[3]

Contracts to construct the building were signed on 1 August 1983 by Gammon, the contractor, and the government.^[4]

Agencies

1/F - 9/F – Department of Justice
12/F - 15/F – Companies Registry
24/F - 27/F – Legal Aid Department
28/F – Land Registry
36/F – Architectural Services Department
42/F - 45/F – Food and Environmental Hygiene Department^[5]

Former agencies:

Civil Aviation Department (CAD) (46/F)^[6] – now located at Hong Kong International Airport^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Queensway Government Office Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Queensway Government Office Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
^ "Barracks carve up makes $billion". South China Morning Post. 11 July 1978. p. 1.
^ "$232m office plan sparks criticism". South China Morning Post. 2 August 1983. p. 11.
^ "Government Departments". Retrieved 21 June 2023.
^ "Comments and Enquiries." Civil Aviation Department. Retrieved on 3 May 2010. "46/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong"
^ "Contact Us." Civil Aviation Department. Retrieved on August 11, 2014. "Director-General of Civil Aviation, Civil Aviation Department Headquarters, 1 Tung Fai Road, Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong " Traditional Chinese address: "來函民航處處長香港大嶼山香港國際機場東輝路1號民航處總部辦公大樓", Simplified Chinese address: "来函民航处处长香港大屿山香港国际机场东辉路1号民航处总部办公大楼"

External links

Media related to Queensway Government Offices at Wikimedia Commons

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