Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
Date closed / demolished
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Thanks to Richard Wong for identifying the location:
159 Connaught Road Central, now Kai Tak Commercial Building (1973), just adjacent to Western Market.
Later place(s) at this location
Photos that show this Place
1927
1935
1930s
Comments
Notes from Moddsey: The Sun
Notes from Moddsey:
The Sun Kwong Hotel also known as the Empress Hotel was completed in 1925.
Opening Date of Empress Hotel
China Mail 14 April 1927
The 7 storeyed Empress Hotel situated at the junction of Morrison Street, Des Voeux Road and Connaught Road opened for business this day
The hotel was likely…
The hotel was likely demolished in 1970 or early 1971. The 1972 map on khmaps.hk has the entry: construction in progress October 1971.