History
Located at No. 280 Gloucester Road, World Trade Centre was built in the mid-1970s. Although it originally housed the nightclub Palace Theatre (Chinese: 碧麗宮), it was later remodelled to be Hong Kong's most luxurious cinema of the same name. The food and beverage corporation Maxim's also established a restaurant branch in the building, and garnered relative fame at the time.
In the 1990s, the World Trade Centre was sold to Sun Hung Kai Properties and was remodelled again to its present form, with the lower floors as a mall and the upper floors remaining as office space.
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World Trade Centre before renovation, viewed from Jaffe Road.
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World Trade Centre shopping arcade before renovation.
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World Trade Centre before renovation.
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World Trade Centre office lobby before renovation.
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