Central Plaza
A four-bar neon clock 374 metres above Wan Chai changes colour every 15 minutes, blinking at each quarter-hour change.
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When it opened in 1992, Central Plaza held two simultaneous world records: Asia's tallest building and the world's tallest reinforced-concrete structure, both until 1996. Its triangular tower rises from land reclaimed from Victoria Harbour in the 1970s, on a site that sold at government auction for a then-record HK$3.35 billion. The building also contains Sky City Church — the world's highest church inside a skyscraper.
What to look for
- The neon clock crown — four bars shift through colours on a 15-minute cycle and blink at each quarter-hour change
- The triangular floor plan, which sets the tower's silhouette apart from Wan Chai's rectangular neighbours
- Sky City Church, housed within the tower — the world's highest church inside a skyscraper
18 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island; the mast tip sits at 378 metres above sea level.
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More to see in Hong Kong
- International Commerce CentreAt 484 m, this is the only building in Hong Kong with more than 100 floors — and it had to be trimmed down so it wouldn't overtop the surrounding mountains.
- Bank of China TowerThe first skyscraper outside the United States to break 1,000 feet — its glass triangles cut the Central skyline unlike anything around it.
- Hong Kong DisneylandThe only Disneyland where a walkway was deliberately bent so good qi energy would not drain into the South China Sea.
- The CenterAfter dark, hundreds of neon bars scroll slowly through the full color spectrum from base to crown — a light show wired into the steel itself.
- Tsing Ma BridgeThe span that ended Lantau Island's water-only isolation — 1,377 metres of road and rail hung from two towers.
- Nina TowerDesigned to be the tallest building on earth, then grounded by an airport and split into a memorial for a kidnapped husband who never came home.