Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world – most surrounding Victoria Harbour. Hong Kong also has the WORLD’s HIGHEST HOTEL BAR & SWIMMING POOL @ THE RITZ CARLTON HONG KONG ! With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities in a 1104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world !
HONG KONG HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SKYSCRAPPERS IN THE WORLD – MOST SORROUNDING THE VICTORA HARBOUR !
HONG KONG ALSO HAS THE WORLD’s HIGHEST HOTEL BAR & SWIMMING POOL @ THE RITZ CARLTON HONG KONG !
As of june 2019 – Top 5 cities by number of completed skyscrapers (buildings taller than 40 floors / 150 m) is as below
- Hong Kong – 355
- New York City – 278
- Shenzhen (China) – 222
- Dubai (UAE) – 190
- Shanghai (China) – 158
HONG KONG
- Hong Kong is 2755 km2 and consists of Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, Lantau Island, and over 200 other islands with the highest point 957m above MSL
- Urban development in Hong Kong is built on reclaimed land, due to the lack of developable flat land
- 70 km2 / 6% of the total land / about 25 % of developed space is reclaimed from the sea
HONG KONG RANKS HIGH IN
- Human development index
- Life expectancy
- Usage of public transportation
- Population density
- Highest per capita income
- Ultra high networth individuals
- Most competitive & freest areas
HONG KONG IS A WORLD LEADING FINANCIAL CENTRE
- 7th largest stock exchange in the world
- 7th largest trading hub in the world
- World’s seventh-busiest container port and
- Worlds busiest airport for international cargo
- Hong Kong is a gateway for foreign direct investment in China
Hong Kong gives investors open access to mainland Chinese markets through direct links with the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.
Hong Kong was the first market outside mainland China for renminbi-denominated bonds, and is one of the largest hubs for offshore renminbi trading
HONG KONG : SKYSCRAPPERS (> 40 FLOORS / 150 m)
The International Commerce Centre (484m high – and Two International Finance Centre are the tallest buildings in Hong Kong and among the tallest in the Asia-Pacific region
Other distinctive buildings lining the Hong Kong Island skyline include the HSBC Main Building, the anemometer-topped triangular Central Plaza, the circular Hopewell Centre, and the sharp-edged Bank of China Tower
HONG KONG : A FEW BUILDING CONCEPTS
- Spiritual concepts such as feng shui are observed
- The degree of its adherence to feng shui is believed to determine the success of a business.
- Bagua mirrors are regularly used to deflect evil spirits
- Buildings often lack floor numbers with a 4 – the number 4 has a similar sound to the word for “die” in Cantonese
HONG KONG´s TALLEST BUILDING
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CENTRE (ICC) / HONG KONG
- Architectural height : 484.0 m / Tip : 484 m
- Floor count : 118 above ground (Top floor : 118) & 4 below
- Observatory Sky100 : 387.8 m @ the 100th Floor
- Floor area : 274064 m2
- Lifts/elevators : 83
- The International Commerce Centre (ICC) is a 118-storey, 484 m commercial skyscraper completed in 2010 in West Kowloon, Hong Kong
- It is a part of the Union Square project on top of Kowloon Station.
- It was the 4th tallest building in the world (third in Asia) when its construction was completed in 2010
- As of June 2019, it is the world’s 12th tallest building by height, world’s ninth tallest building by number of floors, as well as the tallest building in Hong Kong and also the 6th tallest building within China
- International Commerce Centre compared with other tallest buildings in Asia
- Notable amenities include The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong hotel and an observatory called Sky100.
- The ICC faces the second-tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, the 2 International Finance Centre (IFC) directly across Victoria Harbour in Central, Hong Kong Island
- The building has 108 floors above ground and 4 below ground
- Due to prevalence of tetraphobia in Hong Kong, floors that would have included the number “4” (4, 14, 24, etc.) were omitted. Therefore, it is marketed as a 118-storey building
- A five-star hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong occupies floors 102 to 118.
- The world’s highest swimming pool and bar (OZONE) can be found on the top 118th floor
- The building also contains an observation deck on the 100th floor called Sky100 which opened to the public in April 2011
- The 101st floor is leased to a number of five-star restaurants
- The rest of the building, except the lobby, contains class-A office space
- The ICC Light and Music Show : The LED light show set a new Guinness World Record for the “largest light and sound show on a single building” using a total of 50,000 square metres on two facades of the International Commerce Centre
- The ICC Light and Music Show is designed by lighting designer Hirohito Totsune who already designed the lighting system of the Tokyo Skytree. Similar to the daily “A Symphony of Lights Show” in Victoria Harbour, the ICC Light and Music Show creates a theme and storyline using light and music elements
HONG KONG´s SECOND TALLEST BUILDING
THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTER (IFC) / HONG KONG
- Architectural height : 415 m / Tip : 415.4 m
- Floor count : 88 above ground (Top floor : 387.6m) / 6 basement floors
- Observatory Sky100 : 387.8 m @ the 100th Floor
- Floor area : 185805 m2
- Lifts/elevators : 62
- A prominent landmark on Hong Kong Island
- IFC consists of two skyscrapers, the IFC Mall, and the 55-storey Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
- Tower 2 is the second tallest building in Hong Kong at a height of 415 m, behind the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon, and the 31st-tallest building in the world.
- This 415-metre-tall building currently Hong Kong’s second tallest, is quoted as having 88 storeys and 22 high-ceiling trading floors to qualify as being extremely auspicious in Cantonese culture
- It is, however, short of the magic number, because “taboo floors” like 14th and 24th are omitted as being inauspicious – In Cantonese “4” is pronounced similarly to “death”
- It has raised floors for flexible cabling management, and nearly column-free floor plans
- It is one of relatively few buildings in the world equipped with double-deck elevators
- The Four Seasons Hotel is a luxury hotel that was built near the IFC One and Two
- It was completed and opened in October 2005
- The 206 m (674 ft), 60-storey oceanfront hotel is the only Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong
