Hong Kong Exhibition Centre, Demolished exhibition centre in Wan Chai, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Exhibition Centre was a commercial trade exhibition hall next to China Resources Building in North Wan Chai, with a total area of 25,000 square feet. Its third-floor exhibition hall was a rectangular space of about 2,100 square metres with a milky-white artificial marble floor and a snow-white ceiling, while the fourth-floor exhibition gallery covered about 450 square metres.
The Hong Kong Exhibition Centre opened in 1983 as the China Export Commodity Exhibition Hall, run by China Advertising and Exhibition Co., a China Resources subsidiary. It was demolished at the end of 2013; the site was rebuilt as The St. Regis Hong Kong, a 129-room hotel completed in 2019.
The centre's original name, China Export Commodity Exhibition Hall, reflected its role as a state-linked trade showcase run by China Advertising and Exhibition Ltd, a China Resources subsidiary. Its fourth-floor hall, about 450 square metres, was used mainly for cultural and artistic activities, while the larger third-floor hall served exhibitions.
The centre stood in Wan Chai North beside China Resources Building, not in Tsim Sha Tsui. Its exhibition hall occupied the 3rd floor and the smaller exhibition gallery the 4th floor, reached by lift. The hall's floor was laid in cream artificial marble and could bear 1.5 tonnes per square metre; wireless internet was available inside. Demolition began at the end of 2013, so nothing of the venue remains to visit.
The centre shared its name with none of Hong Kong's official venues: it was run privately by China Advertising and Exhibition Ltd, a China Resources subsidiary, and predated the Trade Development Council's convention centre. Its exhibition hall on the third floor had a floor load capacity of 1.5 tonnes per square metre.
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