50 Repulse Bay Road (1st Gen) [c.1960-c.1999]

Submitted by philk on
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished
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I've seen old images of this modernist stye building at 50 Repulse Bay Road, but I don't know much about it. Feel free to add info/images. I'm intrigued by the box/lattice type structure. At the moment the earliest confirmation of its existence is the Govt aerial imagery from 1961.

The current property (2nd Gen) was built in 2000.

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50 repulse bay c.1963 corrected 766615107 o
c.1963
repulse bay c.1963, eucliff, 50 repulse bay road, photo by c. e. hablutzel
c.1963
50 repulse bay c.1960s, corrected s l1600
1960s
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Comments

Thanks to IDJ's link to the "Hong Kong and Far East builder, vol.15 no.2" we know that the property was commissioned by Mr T.T. Ma. The architect was Mr Pak C. Kwong and the construction was done by Tin Lee Construction Co.. Cost was circa HK$400,000, of which $100,000 was spent on the access driveway from Repulse Bay Road.

The land was purchased from the Govt in 1956 with the stipulation that the development must be completed within two years, however, it appears to have taken much longer due to technical constraints of the plot and although there doesn't seem to be a completion date mentioned, it is probably closer to the 1960 date I initially suggested.