Govt Seeks HK$2.3 Billion To Build New Offices

The government has submitted a HK$2.3 billion request to the Legislative Council to build an office complex in Cheung Sha Wan, to shift employees from the Wan Chai government offices.

In a paper submitted to the Financial Services panel, officials said the new structure – named 'Treasury Building' – will sit on a 26,500 square-metre site at the junction of Tonkin Street West and Tung Chau Street.

It will accommodate offices now located in the three buildings on the Wan Chai waterfront, Revenue Tower, Immigration Tower and Wan Chai Tower.

It will also house a general outpatient clinic, a nursery and an elderly day-care centre, along with around 10,000 staff from the judiciary and dozens of government units.

If Legco's Finance Committee approves the funding, construction could begin in the third quarter of this year and be completed in 2022.

In her maiden policy address last October, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced plans to tear down the three government buildings in Wan Chai to develop additional convention and exhibition facilities, as well as hotel and Grade A office space.