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Sun Kwong Hotel / Empress Hotel [1925-????]

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Submitted by David on Fri, 2011-06-03 03:46
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
1925-01-01

Thanks to Richard Wong for identifying the location:

159 Connaught Road Central, now Kai Tak Commercial Building (1973), just adjacent to Western Market.

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hotel
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Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2013-03-22 17:04.

Notes from Moddsey:

The Sun Kwong Hotel also known as the Empress Hotel was completed in 1925.

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2016-05-22 08:03.

China Mail 14 April 1927

The 7 storeyed Empress Hotel situated at the junction of Morrison Street, Des Voeux Road and Connaught Road opened for business this day