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Hong Leong Finance Building (Chinese: 丰隆大厦) is a high-rise office skyscraper in the central business district of Singapore. This is the flagship building of Hong Leong Holdings Limited. It is located on 16 Raffles Quay, in the zone of Raffles Place. It is just next to the historic Lau Pa Sat Market.
Formerly OUB Centre. Tallest building outside North America from 1986 until the 1989 completion of the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong; was tied with Republic Plaza and United Overseas Bank Plaza One as the tallest building in Singapore and the 123rd-tallest in the world. Tallest building constructed in Singapore in the 1980s [5] 2=
Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad, more commonly known as Hong Leong Group, is a conglomerate based in Malaysia. Founded as a trading company in 1963 by Quek Leng Chan and Kwek Hong Png , the company controls 14 listed companies involved in the financial services, manufacturing, distribution, property and infrastructure development.
Its flagship building, Republic Plaza, was officially opened on 18 January 1998 by then Prime Minister of Singapore Goh Chok Tong. [16] With Hong Leong Group's investments into CDL, CDL's industrial properties was offloaded into Hong Leong Holdings, a subsidiary of Hong Leong Group. [15]
16 Collyer Quay, formerly CALTEX HOUSE and Hitachi Tower, [5] [2] is a 37-storey, 166 m (545 ft), skyscraper in the central business district of Singapore.It is located on 16 Collyer Quay, in the zone of Raffles Place, near Chevron House, Change Alley, [6] Tung Centre, and The Arcade, all of which are roughly 100 metres away. [7]
In 1983, Hong Leong Group acquired the site and the art deco building was renamed Hong Leong Industries Building for a while before it was decommissioned again in the 1990s. The rear portion of the former Ford Factory was demolished and became a condominium known as The Hillside , which was built in 1998.
Noor Noel Kestou, 31, of Commerce Township, was arrested at JFK International Airport while attempting to fly on a one-way ticket to Hong Kong. Owner of building in Clinton Township explosion ...
Swan & Maclaren Group is an architecture and urban design firm. [1] [2] One of the oldest architectural firms in the country, it was formerly known as Swan & Maclaren and Swan & Lermit, and was one of the most prominent architectural firms in Singapore when it was a crown colony during the early 20th century. [3]