Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) |
| --- Where the exhibits, where the world meets |
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With its strategic location near the city's financial heart and its comprehensive facilities, the HKCEC has become one of Hong Kong's competitive assets. It raises city's profile by providing a world-class venue for hosting major international trade fairs and conferences.
In recent years, the HKCEC has attracted an increasing number of local, mainland and overseas companies to market their products, services and ideas to the world on its premises. Buyers and sellers meet here and a large number of business transactions are made during these fairs, such as the Hong Kong International Film and TV market and the Hong Kong Food expo. |
| They regard organising events at the HKCEC as a convenient and cost-effective way to source or sell in the region. Numerous functions are held at the HKCEC each year, including exhibitions, conventions/meetings, banquets and other special events.
The centre hosts more than 45 international trade fairs for buyers from more than 100 countries each year, including the world's largest leather fair and watch and clock fair. The regular international fairs for giftware, toys, fashion, jewellery, electronics and optical products are Asia's largest.
The HKCEC also includes provisions for video-conferencing, teleconferencing, satellite links, simultaneous interpretation in up to eight languages, audio-visual equipment, foyer registration space, and event signage.
It also served as the site of the Hong Kong handover ceremony, which signified the end of British colonial rule. |
History
The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) opened in November 1988, after which Hong Kong's exhibition industry experienced a period of rapid growth enabling Hong Kong to establish its position as Asia's trade fair capital and a premier international convention and meeting location.
The HKCEC, located on the magnificent and renowned Victoria Harbour, is owned by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The TDC is entrusted by Government to be responsible for the Centre's development, design and management. The TDC has contracted with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited (HML) for management and operation of the Centre. HML is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NWS Holdings Ltd (Stock Code: 0659 HK).
The mission of HML, with a staff team of over 830, is to position the HKCEC as the best |
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exhibition and convention centre in Asia internationally renowned for excellence and hosting the world's greatest events, supported by innovative and creative operating techniques.
Having experienced escalating demand from its time of opening, the HKCEC was expanded in June 1997 over doubling its prime function space. The expanded venue further strengthened Hong Kong's leading position as Asia's trade fair hub and assuring that Hong Kong could successfully meet the growing demand for space into the 21st century.
The total project cost of the expansion which opened in 1997 was HK$4.8 billion (US$620 million, in 1997 dollars) including site reclamation which began in June 1994. The cost of the HKCEC at opening in 1988 was approximately HK$1.6 billion (US$207 million, in 1986 dollars), not including land cost.
The HKCEC presently totals 248,000 sq m (2.67 million sq ft) with over 70,000 sq m (753,474 sq ft) of rentable function space. With the growing demand of exhibition space from HKCEC's current clients and potential new clients, HKCEC's second expansion began in July 2006. Upon the completion in 2009, the expansion will add 19,400 sq m to the HKCEC bringing total exhibition space to nearly 83,000 sq m and total rentable function space close to 90,000 sq m.
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Construction
The original building was built on reclaimed land off Gloucester Road in 1988. The glass curtain was the world's largest at the time, overlooking the Victoria Harbour on three sides.
The second phase of the centre, located on an artificial island, was constructed from 1994 to 1997, and features a bird-like rooftop (also referred to as a turtle by some critics). It is connected to the old phase with an atrium link - a sky bridge, and to Convention Road with two road bridges. The project took only 48 months from reclamation to completion, which is extremely fast for a building project of this size. The main constructor of the extension was a joint venture named Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd Dragages et Travaux Publics. |
The complex's construction was financed by New World Development, with the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, Grand Hyatt and Harbour View Apartments on top of it.
The HKCEC has a total internal exhibition area of more than 28,000 square metres with 16-metre headroom and spans ranging from 26 m to 81 m. Its multi-curved steel roof has a total area of 40,000 sqm, while the 7,000 sqm fully glazed main entrance foyer has a clear headroom of about 60 metres.
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- 6 Exhibition Halls: 53,292 sqm. or 573,630 sq ft
- 2 Convention Halls: 5,699 sq m. or 61,344 sq ft
- 3 Foyers: 4,291 sq m. or 46,188 sq ft
- 2 Theatres: Seating for 1,000 persons, about 800 sq m. or 8,611 sq ft
- 52 Meeting Rooms: 6,004 sq m. or 64,627 sq ft
- Loading/Marshalling Areas: 12,000 sq m. or 129,167 sq ft
- 4 Restaurants, Total seating for 930
- 2 Underground Car Parks, Over 1,000 parkings |
| Source: http://www.hkcec.com/ |
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre at Night
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