| 词条 | General Post Office, Hong Kong | ||||
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| name = General Post Office | native_name = 郵政總局 | native_name_lang = zh-hant | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Hong Kong General Post Office.JPG | image_size = 250px | image_caption = General Post Office in Central, built 1976 | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | map_dot_label = | map_dot_mark = | relief = | former_names = | alternate_names = | etymology = | status = | cancelled = | topped_out = | building_type = | architectural_style = | classification = | location = Central | address = Connaught Place | location_country = {{HKG}} | coordinates = | altitude = | current_tenants = Hongkong Post | groundbreaking_date = | completion_date = 1976 | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | closing_date = | demolition_date = | cost = | height = | architectural = | floor_count = | architect = | architecture_firm = | developer = | website = {{Official website|https://www.hongkongpost.hk/en/home/index.html}} --> | embed = | embedded = | references = }}{{Infobox Chinese | t = 郵政總局 | y = Yàuh jing júng guhk | j = Yau4 zing3 zung2 guk6 |hide=yes }} The General Post Office (GPO; {{zh|郵政總局}}) is the headquarters of Hongkong Post. Built in 1976, it is located at Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong. The office was adjacent to the former Star Ferry Pier, and it is adjacent to Jardine House and the International Finance Centre. The current building occupied a seafront location until 2007, since when reclamation works have led to it becoming inland. As of 2018, the building is scheduled for demolition, although there are efforts to preserve it as a historical landmark. Past locationsThe GPO has been moved three times after several reclamations as it was essential to locate the office near the shore for receiving letters from ocean liners. Past locations of the GPO were:
1846 GPOIn 1846 premises which had belonged to Dent & Co. were transformed into Government Treasury (庫務署), Supreme Court and General Post Office. This land was auctioned in 1921, when it achieved a price of HK$50 per square foot. The resulting China Building (華人行) was completed in 1924.[1] 1911 GPOReclamations had taken place in the meantime in the late 1890s, and the first General Post Office was relocated in 1911 into new premises on the newly reclaimed section of Pedder Street. It was a typical Edwardian municipal construction of granite and red brick, and was known as "the Old Lady of Pedder Street".[2] This old General Post Office building was demolished in 1976, and was functionally relocated to Connaught Place to make way for the construction of the Central station of the MTR below ground. Below the building is the interchange of Hong Kong Station and Central Station of MTR. World-Wide House, an office block, was constructed above ground. Joseph Ting, former chief curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History, regarded the 1911 General Post Office as Hong Kong's most beautiful building.[3] 1976 GPOThe building was constructed on reclaimed land. In 1967, the Government had planned for a 30 storey block, with 5 floors for the GPO, and 25 for government offices.[4] The site directly to its south was secured by Hongkong Land at a record price. In exchange, the Government was obliged to accede to a stipulation that no building directly to the north of Connaught Centre, now Jardine House, would obstruct its views, thus the maximum height of the GPO building was limited to 120 feet.[4] The GPO was designed by architect K. M. Tseng, as a 5 storey building, and the foundation to support another 2, up to the maximum permitted height of 120 feet.[4] The building houses the first central vacuum-cleaning system in Hong Kong, without the need to change bags.[4] GalleryReferences1. ^Feature: Buildings for Pedder Street since colonialisation {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311055536/http://www.singpao.com/20051029/feature/775212.html |date=2007-03-11 }}，Sing Pao，29 October 2005 {{zh icon}} {{commons category|General Post Office, Hong Kong}}2. ^Eric Cavaliero, Pedder Street was where it all happened, The Standard, 13 August 1998 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Lam|first1=Sylvia|title=History lessons from a former museum curator|url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20151121-history-lessons-from-a-former-museum-curator/|work=Hong Kong Economic Journal|date=19 November 2015}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last= |first= |date=14 April 1976 |title=Government – HK Land 'Pact' Limits New GPO'S Height |url=http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/12_07.01/117207.pdf |newspaper=The Star |location=Hong Kong |publisher= |accessdate= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927132435/http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/12_07.01/117207.pdf |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }} 4 : Central, Hong Kong|Post office buildings in Hong Kong|1976 establishments in Hong Kong|Government buildings completed in 1976 |
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