- Wing On House
Wing On House (Chinese: 永安集團大廈) is the name of a commercial building on
Des Voeux Road Central , Central,Hong Kong .History
On completion in
1964 , it was very briefly Hong Kong's tallest commercial building, with 31 stories.Name
It is named after
Wing On , adepartment stores andinsurance conglomerate with a history dating back more than 100 years. Two other buildings along Des Voeux Road Central are also named after Wing On:Wing On Centre inSheung Wan andWing On Life Building in Central.Features
Each floor occupies around 11,000
square feet (1,000 m²).The building currently houses the Hong Kong Branch of
Public Bank Berhad , the Hong Kong Law Society, BOC Group Life Insurance and the localConsulate ofGhana as well as offices ofHang Seng Bank , whose old and new headquarters are next to Wing On House.External Links
* [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=40094 Wing On House at skyscraperpage.com]
See also
*
List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
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