Shun Tak Centre ( Chinese : 信德中心 ; Jyutping : seon3 dak1 zung1 sam1 ) is a commercial and transport complex on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island in Sheung Wan , Hong Kong. It comprises a 4-storey podium containing a shopping centre and car park, two 38-storey office towers, and the Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal .
8-624: Shun Tak Centre is the headquarters of Shun Tak Group , the principal Hong Kong operating company of Dr. Stanley Ho , the Macau casino tycoon. It also has the head office of the China Merchants Group , a state-owned corporation of the People's Republic of China ; and the head office of HKR International ; both head offices are in the China Merchants Tower. The Shun Tak Centre was built on
16-559: A different orientation, giving the property on close examination a slightly asymmetric appearance. The complex was designed by Hong Kong architecture and engineering firm Spence Robinson and built by local contractor Hip Hing Construction. Construction began in January 1981. Shun Tak Centre is a minor transport hub, with direct access to the Sheung Wan station of the MTR , a bus terminal adjacent to
24-495: A hotel property in Shanghai for RMB700 million (MOP900 million). In January 2017, Shun Tak acquired a Singapore commercial complex for US$ 246.75 million. The company has extensive shipping and property holdings. Shipping companies owned include: Conwick Investment Ltd; Far East Hydrofoil Company Ltd; Hong Kong Macao Hydrofoil Company Ltd; Sunrise Field Ltd; Tai Tak Hing Shipping Company Ltd (the then independent company that owned
32-571: Is Stanley Ho . His daughter Pansy Ho serves as managing director with two of his other daughters, Daisy Ho Chiu-fung and Maisy Ho Chiu-ha, as executive directors along with David Shum. Until late 2010, Stanley Ho controlled the company. An 11.55 per cent stake in Shun Tak was transferred by Ho to Hanika Realty, a company controlled by second wife Lucina Laam and his five children with her. The transfer made Hanika Shun Tak's biggest single shareholder . In April 2015, Shun Tak Holdings Ltd purchased
40-482: The steamship ferry SS Fatshan , which sank off Lantau in Typhoon Rose in 1971 with the loss of 88 lives, en route from Macau); Wealth Trump Ltd; Shun Tak–China Travel Macau Ferries Ltd (formerly known as Hong Kong–Macau New World First Ferry Services (Macau) Ltd); and Companhia de Serviços de Ferry STCT (Macau) (formerly known as New Ferry - Transporte Maritimo de Passageiros (Macau)). This article about
48-516: The constituents of the Hang Seng Hong Kong MidCap Index since 11 September 2006. The company is active in shipping, property , hospitality , and investments businesses. Its shipping division, operating under the name of TurboJET , operates hydrofoil and high-speed ferry services between Hong Kong and Macau as a joint venture with China Travel International Investment Hong Kong . The company's founder and executive chairman
56-499: The east, a large taxi stand, and the piers for ferry services to Macau and China. It is also convenient to the southern portal of the Western Harbour Crossing . 22°17′17″N 114°09′07″E / 22.28806°N 114.15194°E / 22.28806; 114.15194 Shun Tak Holdings Shun Tak Holdings Limited ( Chinese : 信德集團有限公司 ) is a Hong Kong – Macau company founded in 1972. It has been one of
64-525: The site of the old Macau Ferry Piers and the Sheung Wan Gala Point night market . The first part, completed in 1984, was the easternmost section and No. 1 Tower, now known as China Merchants Tower. Originally No. 1 Tower was partly occupied by the Hotel Victoria, but this was never a success, and No. 1 Tower was later converted to all office use. No. 2 Tower, now called Western Tower, was built on
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