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140: 1684: 1830: 332: 128: 151: 29: 1842: 200:, which had been built in 1869. The western part of the City Hall was demolished in 1933 to make way for the 3rd generation of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building, while the eastern part was demolished in 1947 to make way for the Bank of China Building. 901: 906: 139: 1152: 1157: 1280: 719: 922: 567: 1397: 346: 263: 46: 1075: 896: 467: 1290: 1235: 916: 93: 1390: 911: 65: 397: 1105: 1878: 1018: 282: 72: 1260: 1189: 1167: 1498: 1383: 1341: 532: 79: 1544: 1406: 762: 61: 1357: 891: 517: 1352: 1321: 1147: 283:
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in 2001, the building was returned to the Bank of China again and is used as a sub-branch.
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as its headquarters. After the restructuring of China's banks to form
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in Hong Kong. In 1991, when the headquarters moved into the new
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nearby to become the tallest building in Hong Kong at the time.
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The Bank of China Building was originally the headquarters of
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The site was originally occupied by the eastern part of the
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