Ocean Terminal is a passenger terminal servicing cruise ships and a shopping centre, located on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, 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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History
editThe 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
editThe 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
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Atrium after renovation in 2014
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A cruise ship approaching the harbour
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Ocean Terminal Level 1 Shops
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Ocean Terminal Extension completed in July, 2017
See also
editReferences
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.
