Former Central Government Offices

Office complex in Central, Hong Kong

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Justice Place

中區政府合署

Central Government Offices Building, view from the Peak

Former names| Former Central Government Offices
Government Headquarters
General information
Architectural style| International
Location| Central
Country| Hong Kong
Current tenants| Department of Justice
Completed| 1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Opened| 9 January 1957; 68 years ago (1957-01-09)
Owner| Hong Kong Government
Central Government Offices

Traditional Chinese| 中區政府合署
Simplified Chinese| 中区政府合署
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Zhōngqū Zhèngfǔ hé Shǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Jūng kēui jing fú hahp chyúh
Jyutping| Zung1 koei1 zing3 fu2 hap6 cyu5
Government Headquarters
Traditional Chinese| 政府總部
Simplified Chinese| 政府总部
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Zhèngfǔ Zǒngbù
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Jing fú júng bouh
Jyutping| Zing3 fu2 zung2 bou6
Justice Place
Chinese| 律政中心
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Lǜ Zhèng Zhōngxīn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Leuht jing jūng sām
Jyutping| Loet6 zing3 zung1 sam1
Central Government Offices (Main Wing) Central Government Offices (West Wing) Central Government Offices (East Wing) Central Government Offices in the Main Block of Central Government Complex (large building the background under construction)

The Former Central Government Offices (also the Government Headquarters), now called Justice Place, is an office building complex that formerly housed most of the major offices of the Hong Kong Government. The complex is located in Central, Hong Kong, occupying the lower level of Government Hill. The offices of the government have been relocated to the Main Block of the Central Government Complex, Tamar.

## History

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Completed in 1957 by the Government of Hong Kong, it replaced a two-storey colonial complex from the 1930s, the old Secretariat Building (built in 1847 and demolished in 1954).

Like Hong Kong City Hall, the complex was built in the International style.

## Legislative Council

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The Legislative Council of Hong Kong met here until 1985, when it moved to the old Supreme Court Building.

## Government offices

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All major government departments except the Department of Justice are now located at the Central Government Complex in Tamar. The Department of Justice remained at the former Central Government Offices Main and East Wing, which was renamed Justice Place.

### Former home

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The building that formerly housed the offices were actually a complex of three wings with a total of 76,000 square feet (7,100 m2) of offices:

* Main Wing (18 Lower Albert Road) – 8 floors and Annex
* East Wing (20 Lower Albert Road)
* West Wing (11 Ice House Street) – 7-13 floors

The most familiar wing was the Main Wing, housing offices of the Chief Executive and site of most major protests against the Hong Kong Government (another site is the LegCo). In order to keep protesters who have not applied from entering the complex, a series of fences was erected in 1998 after the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997.

Plans are under way to replace the current buildings with a new 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) office at the Tamar basin and scheduled to be completed by 2010. Apart from government offices, the Tamar site will also house the Legislative Council and provide not less than 22,000 square metres of open space for public enjoyment. The cost for developing the entire Tamar site is estimated at HKD5.2 billion.

Plans after 2011 will likely see the Justice Department re-locate to the Main and East Wings. The government has proposed to demolish the West Wing while community groups are proposing to protect the historic site.[1]

List of tenants of the three complexes:

* West Wing
* Civil Service Bureau
* Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
* Economic Development Bureau
* Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau
* Main Wing
* Constitutional Affairs Bureau
* Security Bureau
* Chief Executive
* East Wing
* Security Bureau

## See also

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* Hong Kong portal

* Central Government Complex, Tamar
* Government Secretariat (Hong Kong)
* Legislative Council Building

## References

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* Sing Pao Star Daily, 23 October 2005 No 176, p 50–52

1. ^ CE lays out his vision for a greener and more vibrant Hong Kong

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Former Central Government Offices.

* Old Secretariat Building
* "Our Government Hill"
* Public Views Invited on the Proposed Gradings of the Post 1950 Former Central Government Offices, Plans and Photos[permanent dead link], Reference materials
* Central Government Offices, Historic and Architectural Appraisal Archived 13 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2009
* Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Former Central Government Offices (CGO), Central, Hong Kong. Pictures: Site, Main Wing, East Wing West Wing

Preceded by

Old Central Government Offices \- Main Wing (until 1954)

|  Home of the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
1957 – 1985  | Succeeded by

Old Supreme Court Building

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22°16′45″N 114°09′32″E﻿ / ﻿22.279076°N 114.158911°E﻿ / 22.279076; 114.158911

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Central, Hong Kong

Areas|

* Glenealy (Elliot's Vale)
* Government Hill
* Tamar

History|

* Praya Reclamation Scheme

Office buildings|

* Admiralty Centre
* AIA Central
* Alexandra House
* Bank of China Building
* Bank of China Tower
* Chater House
* Cheung Kong Center
* Edinburgh Tower
* Exchange Square
* Gloucester Tower
* Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building
* Hong Kong Club Building
* HSBC Building
* International Finance Centre
* Jardine House
* LHT Tower
* Man Yee Building
* 9 Queen's Road Central
* Pacific Place
* Prince's Building
* St. George's Building
* Standard Chartered Bank Building
* Three Garden Road (Citibank Tower)
* Wing On House
* World-Wide House
* York House

Government|

* City Hall
* City Gallery
* Central Government Complex
* Former Central Government Offices
* General Post Office
* Government House
* Queensway Government Offices

| Closed/reprovisioned|

* Beaconsfield House
* Murray Building
* Murray House
* Victoria Prison

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Legislature/judiciary|

* Court of Final Appeal Building
* High Court Building (Supreme Court Building)
* Legislative Council Complex

Chinese military|

* PLA Building (Prince of Wales Building)
* Ching Yi To Barracks

Transport|

* Central–Mid-Levels escalators
* Peak Tram

| Bus terminuses|

* Central (Exchange Square)
* Central Piers

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Ferry piers|

* Central Piers

| Demolished|

* Blake Pier
* City Hall Pier
* Edinburgh Place Pier
* Outlying Islands Pier
* Queen's Pier
* United Pier (Jubilee Street Pier)

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Relocated|

* Blake Pier

MTR stations|

* Admiralty
* Central
* Hong Kong

Diplomatic missions|

* British Consulate
* Canadian Consulate
* EU Office
* Japanese Consulate
* South Korean Consulate
* Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Chung Hwa Travel Service)
* U.S. Consulate

Other landmarks|

* Battery Path
* Bishop's House
* Canossa Hospital
* The Cenotaph
* Former Central Magistracy
* Central Market
* Chater Garden
* China Club
* Connaught Place
* Conrad
* Old Dairy Farm Depot
* Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum
* Duddell Street
* Edinburgh Place
* 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana
* Flagstaff House
* Foreign Correspondents' Club
* Four Seasons Hotel
* Former French Mission Building
* Graham Street
* Harcourt Road
* The Helena May
* HSBC lions
* Hong Kong Park
* Edward Youde Aviary
* Visual Arts Centre
* Ice House Street
* Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
* Island Shangri-La
* Jamia Mosque
* JW Marriott Hotel
* Lan Kwai Fong
* The Landmark
* L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
* Luk Yu Tea House
* Mandarin Oriental
* Observation Wheel
* Old Bailey Street
* Pedder Building
* Pedder Street
* Pottinger Street
* St. John's Cathedral
* St. Joseph's Church
* St. Paul's Church
* Statue Square
* Statue of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet
* Tai Kwun
* Yung Kee
* Zetland Hall
* Zoological and Botanical Gardens

| Demolished|

* Dent's Fountain
* Furama Hotel
* Hong Kong Hilton
* Hong Kong Central Hospital
* Hong Kong Cricket Club
* Hongkong Hotel
* Hutchison House
* Melcher's Building
* Murray Barracks
* Murray Battery
* Murray Parade Ground
* Murray Road Multi-storey Car Park Building
* Pedder Street Clock Tower
* Queen's Building
* Hong Kong Red Cross Headquarters
* Ritz-Carlton Hotel
* Swire House
* Tak Shing House
* Victoria Barracks
* Wellington Barracks

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Relocated|

* Murray House
* Statue of Queen Victoria

Education|

* Caritas Institute for Further and Adult Education (Caritas Francis Hsu College)
* Sacred Heart Canossian School
* St Joseph's College
* St. Paul's Co-educational College

This list is incomplete.

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Government buildings in Hong Kong

Government of Hong Kong

Current|

| Central|

* Central Government Complex (Central Government Offices, Legislative Council Complex, Office of the Chief Executive)
* Former French Mission Building (Court of Final Appeal)
* Queensway Government Offices

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Local offices|

* Cheung Sha Wan
* Kowloon
* Kowloon East
* Lai Chi Kok
* Mong Kok
* North District
* North Point
* Sha Tin
* Tai Hing
* Tai Po
* Tsuen Wan
* Tuen Mun
* Yuen Long

Others|

* Fire stations
* Former Kowloon British School (Antiquities and Monuments Office)
* Harbour Building
* Immigration Tower
* Post offices
* Revenue Tower
* Wanchai Tower

Residences|

* Government House
* Fanling Lodge

Former|

| Central|

* Old Central Government Offices (1847-1954)
* Former Central Government Offices (1957-2011)
* Old Supreme Court Building

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Others|

* Beaconsfield House
* Historic police buildings
* Kwun Tong
* Murray Building

Residences|

* Gate Lodge
* Mountain Lodge

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