Nan Fung Tower [1973- ] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Nan Fung Tower [1973- ]

Current condition: 
In use
Date Place completed: 
c.1973-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

House built on the place where the Sincere Department Store was located, the address is 88 Connaught Road Central.

It is an office building with 24 floors that opened 1973. Likely built in stages, first the part at Connaught Road, later the one at Des Voeux Road.

The demolition of the waterfront part of the Sincere Department Store can be seen on the photo below from 1966:

1966 Connaught Road Central Reclamation
1966 Connaught Road Central Reclamation, by Eternal1966

The next step of construction can be seen on the photo from June 1968

Connaught Road Reclamation. 1968
Connaught Road Reclamation. 1968, by Malcolm Peaker

The finished building is on this photo (no. 9):

Connaught Road Houses between the Central Fire Station and the Harbour Office 1980
Connaught Road Houses between the Central Fire Station and the Harbour Office 1980, by Klaus

For some time, a Sincere Store existed inside the building, also the name SINCERE appeared on the building front. Google street view from 2009 shows a Sincere store and sign in Nan Fung Tower. The store was there in the September 2011 version, and gone in the one from January 2017.

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