Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
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The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (香港會議展覽中心) is a convention and exhibition facilities in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island.
It is operated and managed by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The original building was built on reclaimed land off Gloucester Road in 1988. The glass curtain was the world's largest by then. Its construction was financed by New World Development, with Renaissance Harbour View, Grand Hyatt and Harbour View Apartment on top of it.
A second phase of the centre, on an artificial island, was constructed from 1994 to 1997, featured a bird-like (some who do not like it regard it as turtle) rooftop. It has the world's largest glass-curtain, overlooking the Victoria Harbour on three sides. It is connected to the old phase with an atrium link - a sky bridge, and to Convention Road with two road bridges. The atrium link will be rebuilt and expanded. [1]
Transport
The Star Ferry operates 2 routes from the HKCEC:
- HKCEC, Wan Chai - Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
- HKCEC, Wan Chai - Whampoa Garden, Hung Hom
The proposed North Island Link, an extension of Tung Chung Line of the MTR metro system, will have an HKCEC Station.
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Categories: Artificial islands | Convention and exhibition centres in Hong Kong | Hong Kong landmarks | Islands of Hong Kong | Wan Chai North | Music venues in Hong Kong
