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The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters in Hong Kong is rated among one of the most spectacular buildings in the world. Designed by Sir Norman Foster, a British architect, the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters was completed in 1985, and was the world's most expensive building at that time. According to estimates it was built at a cost of over a billion Hong Kong dollars. The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, better known as HSBC, is today the largest bank in the world with thousands of branches all over the globe. The Main Building of HSBC (as Hong Kong& Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters in Hong Kong is known as) is located at the 1 Queen's Road Central in Hong Kong Island's central area, along the famous Statue Square. It can be reached in just 5-minute from Exit K of Central MTR Station. The HSBC main building never fails to impress you with its fabulous design and architecture. The internal architecture is also worth having a look with a giant monolith entrance hall surrounded by steel mast floors. Two bronze lions guard the entrance.
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