TheQueensway Government Office Building (in short formQGO) is askyscraper located in theAdmiralty district ofHong Kong nearAdmiralty station. The tower rises 56floors and 199 metres (653 ft) in height.[2] The building was completed in 1985.[1] It was designed by Mr K.M. Tseng of theArchitectural Services Department. The Queensway Government Offices, which stands as the 54th-tallest building in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong government office building. The roof of the Queensway Government Office Building is adorned with adragon logo, the symbol of Hong Kong; the structure was added in 2002.[2]
The site of the office building was part of the largerVictoria Barracks site, which was transferred from the British Forces to the Hong Kong Government for redevelopment. The Victoria Barracks Planning Committee proposed building a "large secretariat building" in the vicinity of Flagstaff House, but the government instead decided to build a courthouse and the government office building on Queensway.[3]
Contracts to construct the building were signed on 1 August 1983 byGammon, the contractor, and the government.[4]
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