No. 1 Queen's Road West, Grade III historic building at Queen's Road West, Hong Kong

No. 1 Queen's Road West is a tong lau building where residential floors sit above street-level shops, stacking uses vertically in a single structure. The building continues to function this way today, with commercial spaces at ground level and apartments housed above.

Built by 1926, the four-storey building stood at the junction of Queen's Road West and Wing Lok Street, facing Shui Hang Hau Street. Its original owner, Chan Kai-ming, ran the Yau Kee lap mei shop there. The shop closed in 1987, after which the ground floor passed to a herbal tea shop, then a convenience store, and now a fashion shop, while the first floor is rented as a gallery. It was listed as a Grade III historic building on 22 January 2010.

The red characters painted on two outer walls read "有記合" (Yau Kee), "金豬" (golden pig) and "臘味" (cured meats), left by the Yau Kee cured-meat shop that the original owner, Chan Kai-ming, ran here. After the shop closed in 1987 the ground floor passed to a herbal tea shop, then a convenience store, and is now a fashion shop, while the first floor is rented as a gallery.

The location on Queen's Road West makes it easy to visit while walking through the district, and public transport stops are nearby. You can view the building from the street at any time without needing to plan ahead.

Two of the exterior walls still carry the red painted characters "有記合", "金豬" and "臘味", left by the Yau Kee preserved-meat shop that the original owner Chan Kai-ming ran in the building. The shop closed in 1987, but the lettering remains visible from the junction of Queen's Road West and Bonham Strand.