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The National Security Administration temporary base overlooks the predecessor hotel of Victoria Park

2020-07-08T10:57:54.781Z


The National Security Act of the Hong Kong District took effect on the 1st of this month. Local media reported that the National Security Office will use the Metropark Hotel in Causeway Bay as a temporary office building held by the Hong Kong China Travel Service Group. After the news came out, the hotel was armed and patrolled today (7th). Metropark Hotel purchased the site for 316 million yuan from the Hong Kong China Travel Group in 1997, and invested in the construction of a 33-storey four-star hotel with a total of 266 rooms. Since more than 70% of the rooms face Victoria Park, the annual June 4th Party, The media will be rented for filming and live broadcasting.


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Written by: Xian Boli

2020-07-07 17:00

Date of last update: 2020-07-07 17:06

The National Security Act of the Hong Kong District took effect on the 1st of this month. Local media reported that the National Security Office will use the Metropark Hotel in Causeway Bay as a temporary office building held by the Hong Kong China Travel Service Group. After the news came out, the hotel was armed and patrolled today (7th).

Metropark Hotel purchased the site for 316 million yuan from the Hong Kong China Travel Group in 1997, and invested in the construction of a 33-storey four-star hotel with a total of 266 rooms. Since more than 70% of the rooms face Victoria Park, the annual June 4th Party, The media will be rented for filming and live broadcasting.

Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay is taller than the adjacent buildings, and the mid-to-high-rise rooms can also overlook Victoria Park. Every year on the June 4th party, many media will rent the hotel's room for shooting or live broadcast activities. The picture shows the June 4th party in 2019. . (Profile picture / Photograph by Liang Pengwei)

Hong Kong China Travel was approved to purchase and rebuild a hotel in 1997

The predecessor of Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay was originally an old tenement building, which was purchased by Hong Kong CTS related companies in the 1990s. In 1997, it was transferred to the Hong Kong CTS Group for 316 million yuan. Hotel.

As the area is planned to be a residential area, the CTS had applied to the Town Planning Board for the reconstruction of the hotel in 1997 and was approved; Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay is located on a section of Causeway Bay Road opposite the Queen’s College, where there are still relatively short old buildings , And Metropark Hotel is significantly higher.

Because the hotel's mid-to-high-level rooms overlook the Victoria Park and even Victoria Harbour, many media will rent the hotel's rooms for shooting or live broadcast events every year on the June 4th party.

Metropark Hotel Causeway Bay and Victoria Park are only about 400 meters away and can be reached on foot in about 5 minutes. (Google Map)

The Metropark Hotel in Causeway Bay is a 33-storey building and is a four-star hotel funded by Hong Kong China Travel Service. (Website of Metropark Hotel)

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Hotel as National Security Administration temporary office building news: opening on Wednesday

"Hong Kong 01" quoted news reports today that the National Security Office's temporary office building at the Metropark Hotel will open tomorrow morning (8th), and the hotel's outer wall is being closed for repairs. I believe that as the temporary office building of the National Security Office, the The National Emblem will be displayed at the office, and a flagpole will be erected to prepare the national flag.

The reporter observed outside the hotel today and found that there were personnel stationed at the entrance and exit of the hotel, and there were several uniformed police officers on guard and patrolling. In addition, there are construction vehicles on site, there is a location on the outer wall where the national emblem is expected to be hung, and there are also suspected flagpoles delivered to the site. As for the interior of the hotel, bamboo sheds were put together for minor works.

A meter authorized by the Commissioner of Police was also posted on the meter location of Causeway Bay Road near the hotel and will be closed for three days from today. The reporter called the hotel. The staff said that they were temporarily closed and did not accept reservations. They could only reserve a room at least half a year later, and the hotel's official website showed that "the website system is under maintenance. Please forgive me for any inconvenience." The hotel room.

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Source: hk1

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