Wing On House, Commercial skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong.
Wing On House is a 31-storey, 91-metre commercial tower at 71 Des Voeux Road Central, completed in 1967. Each floor measures about 15,946 square feet (1,440 m²). Its tenants include BOC Group Life Insurance on floors 8–9, Bank of China (Hong Kong) on floors 1–2, and the Law Society of Hong Kong.
The building was completed in 1967 and was Hong Kong's tallest commercial structure at that time. It held this position for four years until Pearl City Mansion surpassed it in 1971, reflecting the city's rapid skyline evolution.
The name comes from Wing On, a department store and insurance group founded over a century ago; the company bought the naming rights and the building became Wing On House on 1 November 1983, having previously been Realty House. Two other buildings on Des Voeux Road Central also carry the name: Wing On Centre in Sheung Wan and Wing On Life Building in Central.
Wing On House stands at 71 Des Voeux Road Central, next to the old and new headquarters of Hang Seng Bank. The building has a ground-floor branch of Bank of China (Hong Kong) and a Starbucks, while upper floors hold offices and the Consulate of Ghana. Public transport along Des Voeux Road Central serves the area.
On Des Voeux Road Central, the building shares its name with two neighboring structures, which can make it easy to confuse them. These three similarly-named buildings show how popular this traditional naming approach was in the area.
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