Dragon Centre

{{short description|Shopping centre in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong}}

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{{infobox shopping mall

| name = Dragon Centre

| image = HK Dragon Centre 20070922.JPG

| image_width = 250

| caption = Exterior view

| location = Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong

| coordinates = {{coord|22|19|52|N|114|09|35|E|source:zhwiki|display=inline,title}}

| opening_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1994}}

| developer = Eton Properties

| manager = Various

| owner = Eton PropertiesEton Properties Ltd.: [http://www.etonhold.com/templates/T_second_en/index.aspx?nodeid=69 Introduction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908170734/http://www.etonhold.com/templates/T_second_en/index.aspx?nodeid=69 |date=8 September 2013 }}

| architect = Wong Tung & Partners

| number_of_stores =

| number_of_anchors =

| floor_area = {{cvt|45,000|sqm}}
77,700 m2 GFAWong Tung & Partners: [http://www.wongtung.com/projects/695/index2_e.html Dragon Centre] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125225218/http://www.wongtung.com/projects/695/index2_e.html |date=25 January 2013 }}

| floors = 9 floors of retail
5 basement floors (service)

| website = {{url|dragoncentre.com.hk}}

| address = 37K Yen Chow Street

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{{Infobox Chinese

| order = jp

| showflag = stp

| t = 西九龍中心

| s = 西九龙中心

| j = Sai1gau2lung4 zung1sam1

| y = Sāigáulùhng jūngsām

| p = Xī Jiǔlóng Zhōngxīn

| l = West Kowloon Centre

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Dragon Centre is a nine-storey shopping centre in the Sham Shui Po area of New Kowloon, Hong Kong.

History

Located beside the historic Sham Shui Po Police Station, the mall was built on part of the site of the former Sham Shui Po Camp, a prisoner-of-war camp for Commonwealth forces captured during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, which was also used to house Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Features

The leading tenant is Sincere, a department store. Sunlight shines from the skylight through to the first floor.{{Cite thesis |last= Kwok|first= Ka-chun, Peter|title= Remodelling U.C. Complex in Kennedy Town|url= http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/30086|year= 1995|degree=MArch|publisher= Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong|page=21|access-date= 23 September 2014 }} A bus terminus is located on the ground floor.J. Roger Preston Limited: [http://www.jrp-group.com/en/project?id=13&rid=279 Dragon Centre, Hong Kong]

The ninth floor features Sky Fantasia ({{zh|t=奇趣天地|labels=no}}), a children's entertainment centre,[http://www.skyrinkhk.com/ Sky Rink website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701075653/http://www.skyrinkhk.com/ |date=1 July 2014 }} and an indoor roller coaster, the Sky Train ({{zh|t=天龍過山車|labels=no}}).[http://rcdb.com/2258.htm# Sky Train] at rcdb.com This hangs from the roof and was the second indoor roller coaster in Hong Kong (the first was located in the Wonderful World of Whimsy in Cityplaza), but it has been closed since the mid-2000s.Admin [http://www.ilovehongkong.org/dragon-centre-hong-kong/ Dragon Centre – A nine-storey shopping complex in Sham Shui Po] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203074856/http://www.ilovehongkong.org/dragon-centre-hong-kong/ |date=3 February 2015 }} I Live Hong Kong The eighth floor features an ice skating rink, the Sky Rink ({{zh|t=飛龍冰上樂園|labels=no}}), and a food court.

The Dragon Centre won the Hong Kong Institute of Architects 1994 Certificate of Merit Award.Hong Kong Institute of Architects: [http://www.hkia.net/en/pdf/annual_report_2009/PastAwards.pdf Annual Report 2009, "List of Past HKIA Annual Awards"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924020922/http://www.hkia.net/en/pdf/annual_report_2009/PastAwards.pdf |date=24 September 2014 }}J. Roger Preston Limited: [http://www.jrp-group.com/en/awards?id=38 HKIA Certificate of Merit (1994)]

Anchors and retailers

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Transport

The Dragon Centre is served by the Sham Shui Po station of the MTR.

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |last1= Lui|first1= J.Y.H.|last2= Yau|first2= P.K.F.|date= 1995|article=The performance of the deep basement for Dragon Centre|title= Proceedings of the Seminar on Instrumentation in Geotechnical Engineering|location= Hong Kong |publisher= Geotechnical Division, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers|pages=183–201 }}