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General Post Office
The General Post Office (GPO), the headquarters of Hongkong Post, was built in 1976 and is located at Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong. Originally situated at the seafront, the building is now inland due to reclamation works completed after 2007. It is adjacent to Jardine House and the International Finance Centre, and was once near the former Star Ferry Pier.
Scheduled for demolition in 2018, efforts are being made to preserve the GPO as a historical landmark. The building was constructed on reclaimed land, with the government originally planning a 30-storey structure in 1967, allocating 5 floors for the GPO and 25 for government offices.
Hongkong Land secured the site directly to the south at a record price. In exchange, the government agreed that no building would be constructed to the north of Connaught Centre (now Jardine House) to obstruct its views, limiting the GPO’s height to 120 feet.
Designed by architect K. M. Tseng, the GPO consists of five floors, with a foundation designed to support two additional floors, though it never reached this height. The building also features Hong Kong’s first central vacuum-cleaning system, which does not require bag changes.
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