Dragon Centre

Dragon Centre

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Location	Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Address	37K Yen Chow St, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Opening date	1994
Developer	Hang Lung Properties
Management	Various
Owner	Eton Properties
Architect	Wong Tung & Partners
Total retail floor area	45,000 m2 77,700 m2 GFA
No. of floors	9 floors of retail 5 basement floors (service)
Website	www.dragoncentre.com.hk

Dragon Centre
Traditional Chinese	西九龍中心
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Sai1gau2lung4 zung1sam1 Yale Romanization Sāigáulùhng jūngsām

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Atrium and roller coaster.

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A panda mascot at the mall.

Dragon Centre (Chinese: 西九龍中心) is a nine-storey shopping centre in the Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was the largest in West Kowloon until the Elements opened above the Kowloon MTR station.

History

Located beside the historic Sham Shui Po Police Station, the centre was built on part of the site of the former Sham Shui Po Camp, a prisoner-of-war camp for Commonwealth forces captured during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, which was also used to house Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Features

The leading tenant is Sincere, a department store. Sunlight shines from the skylight through to the first floor. A bus terminus is located on the ground floor.

The ninth floor features Sky Fantasia (奇趣天地), a children's entertainment centre, as well as an indoor roller coaster, the Sky Train (天龍過山車),. The roller coaster, which hangs from the roof, was the second indoor roller coaster in Hong Kong (the first was located in The Wonderful World of Whimsy in Cityplaza), however it has been closed since the mid-2000s. The eighth floor features an ice skating rink, the Sky Rink (飛龍冰上樂園), and a food court.

The Dragon Centre won the Hong Kong Institute of Architects 1994 Certificate of Merit Award.

Anchors and retailers

• AKB48 official store
• Baleno
• Bossini
• BSX
• City Chain
• Fortress World
• Pizza Hut
• McDonald's
• KFC
• Yoshinoya
• Ajisen Ramen
• Pokka Cafe'
• Kee Wah Bakery
• Aji Ichiban Co., Ltd
• Bank of China
• Wing Hang Bank
• HSBC
• 7-Eleven
• Watson's
• Sincere
• Circle K
• Mannings
• Wellcome Superstore
• Lenscrafters
• Jumpin Gym USA
• Fairwood
• Cafe 360
• Kumon

Transport

The Dragon Centre is served by the Sham Shui Po Station of the MTR.

Buses and minibuses

KMB

• 2- So Uk ↔ Star Ferry
• 31B- Shek Lei ↔ Olympic Station
• 36A- Lei Muk Shue ↔ Sham Shui Po (Tonkin Street)
• 36B- Lei Muk Shue ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 43C- Cheung Hong ↔ Island Harbourview (Rush Time Service)
• 44- Tsing Yi Estate ↔ Mong Kok East Station
• 46- Lai Yiu ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 52X- Tuen Mun Town Centre ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
• 265B- Tin Heng Estate ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)

NWFB

• 702- Hoi Lai Estate ↺ Kowloon Tong (Festival Walk)
• 702A- Aqua Marine ↔ Pak Tin

Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus

• 117- Sham Shui Po (Yen Chow Street) ↔ Happy Valley (Lower)

Minibus

• 10A- Nam Cheong Station ↔ Festival Walk
• 10M- Nam Cheong Station ↔ Festival Walk
• 45B- Sham Shui Po (Ki Lung Street) ↺ So Uk Estate
• 45M- Caritas Medical Centre ↔ Sham Shui Po (Ki Lung Street)
• 75- Fu Cheong Estate ↺ Cheung Sha Wan Castle Peak Road
• 75A- Fu Cheong Estate ↺ Guilin Street (Rush Time Service)

See also

• Hockey Night in Asia

External links

• Dragon Centre website
• Pictures of the roller coaster