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17-406: Lippo Centre may refer to: Lippo Centre (Hong Kong) , formerly named Bond Centre Lippo Centre (Singapore) , a skyscraper Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lippo Centre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

34-438: A dark blue refractive glass curtain wall , were designed by American architect Paul Rudolph who was working at the time as a design consultant for Wong & Ouyang . The buildings' main construction contractor was Hip Hing Construction . In 1988, Rudolph wrote: "The aesthetic intent is to...give the building 'presence' when seen at a great distance, from the middle distance, and from close distance, and from close hand. At

51-502: A majority consortium interest in the construction from its conception , later selling their majority interest half-way through construction to British-born Australian business tycoon Alan Bond , who went bankrupt four years later with the collapse of the Bond Corporation. It has had several corporate ownership failures since and was eventually taken over by Peregrine Investments Holdings who also faced financial collapse, and

68-1009: Is an overseas agency of the Ministry of Culture . The General Manager of TECO is also the Director of the Bureau of Hong Kong Affairs in the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan . The founding director of the office was Susie Chiang Su-hui . Previously located at Tower 1, Lippo Centre in Admiralty , the office has been relocated to Central Plaza in Wan Chai since December 2021. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong, initially known as Chung Hwa Travel Service ( Chinese : 中華旅行社 ),

85-669: Is the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan. The de facto diplomatic mission is placed administratively under the Mainland Affairs Council , Executive Yuan , but it also houses departments that serve as outposts of the National Immigration Agency and the Bureau of Consular Affairs ( Ministry of Foreign Affairs ). Its cultural arm, known as Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Centre,

102-545: The Indonesian-backed Lippo Group who are the largest single owner of the building. Local feng shui consultants have suggested the building has bad feng-shui based on the C-shaped glass-walled extrusions (often referred to locally as resembling koalas clinging to a tree), although Peregrine's own feng-shui consultant gave the towers a clean bill of health. The octagonal buildings, clad with

119-777: The Lippo Centre. Several foreign consulates have also established representative offices in the Lippo Centre, such as Angola, Brunei, Ireland, Mongolia, Romania, Turkey and Taiwan, as well as foreign chambers of commerce . Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong ( TECO ) is the representative office of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Hong Kong . Its counterpart body in Taiwan

136-569: The Service opened a visa office at Hong Kong International Airport , thereby allowing mainland visitors to Taiwan to collect their visas at the airport instead of having to travel to the office in Admiralty . On 20 July 2011, in a ceremony presided over by Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan , it was renamed the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office . This brought it into line with most other representative offices around

153-579: The colony, T W Kwok (Kuo Teh-hua) instead being styled Special Commissioner for Hong Kong . This was in addition to his role as Special Commissioner for Guangdong and Guangxi . Disagreements also arose with the British authorities, with the Governor , Alexander Grantham , opposing an office building for the "Commissioner for Foreign Affairs of the Provinces of Kwantung and Kuangsi" being erected on

170-495: The conditions under which the Chung Hwa Travel Service could operate in Hong Kong, although the Mainland Affairs Council refused to detail them. In 2004, the newly appointed managing director of the Service faced a five-month delay before received approval to enter Hong Kong and assume his post. Similarly, other Taiwan government officials faced difficulties in obtaining visas to visit Hong Kong. In 2009,

187-520: The heart of Admiralty comprising approximately 1.3 million sq.ft. in two office towers with a retail podium element situated on the ground floors and a small basement car park. On completion in late 1987, Savills Investment Management began managing the Lippo Centre. Since 1988, the landmark has been riddled with spectacular corporate collapses in its ownership. Relatives of the Singapore-based Kwee Liong Tek family had

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204-401: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lippo_Centre&oldid=932965993 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lippo Centre (Hong Kong) The Lippo Centre is a landmark development located in

221-547: The more well known companies registered in the Lippo Centre is the Network of Asia and Pacific Producers (NAPP) which serves and caters to the needs of Fairtrade producers in Asia and Pacific and has a membership of over 200 producer organizations. The building also houses the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong and Christian Muhr Global Asset Management, which employs 1,200 staff and occupies six floors of Tower Two of

238-568: The same time, it is intended that the building inhabit the sky, and become dematerialized by reflecting the ever changing light." The late muralist-artist Gerard D'Alton Henderson, who designed the walls in the Hong Kong Mandarin Oriental Hotel , enriched the lobby with dramatic bas-relief murals. The Lippo Centre is connected to the Central Elevated Walkway network of footbridges. One of

255-747: The site of the Walled City in Kowloon . In 1950, following British recognition of the People's Republic of China , the office of the Special Commissioner was closed and Kwok withdrawn. Following the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997, the Service continued to operate, despite not having been officially registered with the Hong Kong SAR Government . However, in 2000, Beijing set out

272-467: The world, which already had "Taipei" in their titles. The renaming was considered a milestone in the improved cross-strait relations between Taipei and Beijing . On 20 June 2021, Taiwan recalled its staff working at the office after the Government of Hong Kong demanded them to sign a document supporting the 1992 Consensus. Only local staff remained to maintain operations. On 20 December 2021,

289-531: Was first established in Hong Kong in 1966 during British rule . This operated under quasi-diplomatic arrangements unilaterally extended by the British authorities. Previously, while the National Government of the Republic of China in Nanjing had negotiated with the British regarding the appointment of a Consul-General in 1945, it decided against such an appointment, with its representative in

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