Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong
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| Location | Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 22°17′42″N 114°10′01″E / 22.295058°N 114.166817°E | ||||||||||||
| Opening date | 22 March 1966 | ||||||||||||
| Developer | The Wharf (Holdings) Limited | ||||||||||||
| No. of stores and services | 114 | ||||||||||||
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Total retail floor area | 2,000,000 sq ft (190,000 m2) (includes Harbour City floor area) | ||||||||||||
| No. of floors | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 海運大廈 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 海运大厦 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Hói wahn daaih haah | ||||||||||||
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Ocean Terminal is a passenger terminal servicing cruise ships and a shopping centre, located on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
History
[edit]The location of Ocean Terminal was once a pier (Kowloon Star Ferry Pier, Kowloon Wharf and Godown) on the western shore of Tsim Sha Tsui. Rebuilt and enlarged for use as a cruise terminal, it also served as a multi-storey shopping centre. Ocean Terminal opened on 22 March 1966, signifying the increasing wealth of Hong Kong and costing HK$70 million. Its 112 shops made it "the largest shopping centre" in Hong Kong.[1] It was the first shopping mall in Hong Kong.[2]
In 1982, it was re-branded together with nearby buildings of the Wharf as Harbour City. Ocean Terminal is now owned by The Wharf (Holdings) Limited.
Heavy transport
[edit]The annual berth utilisation rate of Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, which offers two berths accommodating vessels of up to 50,000 tonnes, rose to 76% last year[when?] from 71% in 2003. Between 2001 and 2006, some 11 cruise vessels had to berth mid-stream and at container terminals because Ocean Terminal could not meet market demand.
Gallery
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Ocean Terminal Main Entrance after renovation in 2020 -
Atrium after renovation in 2014 -
A cruise ship approaching the harbour -
Ocean Terminal Level 1 Shops -
Ocean Terminal Extension completed in July, 2017
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mathews, Gordon; Lui, Tai-Lok (2001). Consuming Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 962-209-546-1.
- ^ "Which Was the First Shopping Mall in Hong Kong?". HK Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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