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272: 22: 354: 362: 81: 384:, coupled with the great demand for high-end hotels in the area, Murray Building has high potential to be converted into a hotel. With appropriate conversion and associated supporting facilities, the new hotel is expected to be a popular destination for visitors. Conversion is also an environmentally preferred option. 420:
3 2011, the SCMP/TNS poll interviewed 1,001 opinion leaders, including writers, businessmen, lobbyists and strategists. They were aged over 25 and came from households with monthly incomes of more than HK$ 40,000. Sixty-one per cent of respondents supported leasing the Murray Building to the private
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said the government will retain ownership of the 27-story building, built in 1969, even after it is converted into a 300-room hotel. But development officials on 2 March 2010 said the building, as well as its title-related rights, will be put up for tender next year, with the successful bidder given
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Murray Building was designed with its windows meticulously oriented to avoid intrusion of excessive direct sunlight. This design won the Certificate of Merit of the Energy Efficient Building Award in 1994. Another outstanding design feature of the Murray Building, which is surrounded by major roads
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Deputy Secretary for Development Gracie Foo Siu-wai admitted the deal will be a "land sale," with the ownership of Murray Building and the site passing to the successful bidder for 50 years. The winning developer will not be required to submit its master layout to the
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Located in a prime spot, the Murray Building was designed by the then Public Works Department and completed in 1969. This 27-storey building was the tallest government building at that time.
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for approval, she said. There are no plans for a special mechanism to monitor the maintenance of the building after the sale or any restriction on a further sale or transfer, she said.
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But a SCMP/TNS survey found that most elite respondents backed a government proposal to lease the Murray Building to the private sector. Conducted from April
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a 50-year ownership lease. Quizzed on the apparent about-face, officials said the latest proposal is "current policy."
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chairman Chan Tak-chor expressed outrage at the government's decision, taken without public consultation.
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on all sides, is its vehicular entrance which is neatly knitted into the steep Cotton Tree Drive.
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The Murray Building became vacant upon relocation of its current offices to the new
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The building was auctioned off for re-development into a hotel by the
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in December 2011, after the government bureaus have moved to the
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Development Bureau, Hong Kong. Retrieved on 9 December 2011.
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by end-2011. Given its prime Central location close to the
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The Lands Department. Retrieved on 9 December 2011.
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Murray House

Central
Cotton Tree Drive
Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping

Garden Road
Cotton Tree Drive
Central
Hong Kong
Hong Kong government
Lands Department
Central Government Complex, Tamar
Chinese


Central Government Complex at Tamar
Peak Tram
Garden Road lower terminus
Hong Kong Park
Sir Donald Tsang
Central and Western District Council
Town Planning Board
Murray Barracks
December 2011 Tender Programme 2011 - 2012

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