Hong Kong’s Admiralty district: Almost central in Central

Located on the eastern side of Central and bordered by Wanchai to the east and Victoria Harbour to the North, Admiralty owes its name to the former Admiralty Dock in the area which once housed a British naval dockyard. In fact, much of the area was once used by the British military who also built the Murray Barracks, the Wellington Barracks and the Victoria Barracks. However and starting in the 1970s, the British slowly started turning the area over to the Hong Kong government who demolished the docks and some of the other military installations and reclaimed additional land to turn the area into a commercial district with parks (High Court and Hong Kong Parks). They also built the Admiralty Station of MTR to allow easy access to the new commercial district.

Today, Admiralty contains a number of important office and shopping complexes worth noting. These include the Admiralty Centre, British Consulate General Hong Kong, CITIC Tower, Far East Financial Centre, Lippo Centre Towers, Pacific Place shopping mall, Queensway Plaza shopping complex located just above the MRT station and United Centre. Many of these office and shopping complexes are connected to the MRT station via underground walkways allowing easy access to the area.

For business travelers or expatriates seeking either short or long-term accommodations, the Central district itself offers a number of service apartment options. These include the Four Seasons Place Hong Kong, Pacific Place Apartments, The Putman, Shama Central and Shama Hollywood. In addition, for business travelers and expatriates who will be needing serviced offices, the Admiralty and its immediate vicinity offer a couple of choices that includes the One International Finance Centre, the Regus Lee Gardens Centre and the Shui On Centre.

So if you will be needing accommodations or office space that is relatively central in Hong Kong’s Central, look no further than the Admiralty area.