Property News · February 27, 2018

Empire Group to invest US$1.28b converting famous Mariners’ Club site into combined hotel and home from home for seafarers


In Hong Kong’s bustling Tsim Sha Tsui area, a grand, blue and white building quietly stands west of the lush Signal Hill Garden and north of the Middle Road Children’s Playground. It was built half a century ago to welcome seafarers, eagerly craved a holiday on dry land.
The first “Sailor’s Home” in the city was opened in 1863 by firms such as Jardine Matheson to accommodate sailors when Hong Kong was still primarily an entrepôt. The concept’s most-…

Source : South China Morning Post
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