Sau Mau Ping Shopping Centre, Shopping mall in Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Sau Mau Ping Shopping Centre is a four-storey retail complex at 101 Sau Mau Ping Road in Kwun Tong, Kowloon, completed in 2002 with 158,421 square feet of floor area. Its design by Housing Department architects uses large-span steel trusses and curved glass curtain walls, and it won the Hong Kong Institute of Architects' 2001 City Design Award. A semi-circular plaza sits in front, and a terrace garden occupies the top floor.
The site previously held Blocks 32 and 33 of Sau Mau Ping Estate and a "matchbox" primary school, demolished from 1997. The shopping centre and two adjacent primary schools were rebuilt there between 2001 and 2002, and the centre opened in 2002. It was designed in the 1990s by Housing Department chief architect Ng Choy-Yee with architects Ho Wai-Yin and Ho Kwok-Shing, and built by Hung Hing Construction.
The centre has a traditional fresh market where local residents do their daily grocery shopping alongside modern retail stores. Walking through it gives a clear sense of how people in this part of Kowloon mix everyday errands with regular shopping.
The centre is directly connected to the public transport network, making it easy to reach without a car. For those arriving by car, parking is available within the building.
The site was previously occupied by blocks 32 and 33 of Sau Mau Ping Estate and a "matchbox" primary school, demolished from 1997 and rebuilt as the centre and two adjacent primary schools in 2001-02. In May 1997, before construction, the rebuilt site was where the body of a 16-year-old was burned.
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