Hong Kong’s iconic Bank of China Tower opens in 1990 – SCMP archive

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Acrimony set aside at Tower festivitiesBy Goeffrey CrothallThis article was first published on May 18, 1990Leaders of politics, finance and commerce from Hongkong and China converged on No 1 Garden Road last night to celebrate the official opening of the territory’s tallest building, the Bank of China Tower.The acrimony and terse exchanges of recent weeks were seemingly forgotten as smiles and handshakes abounded. Even the Chief Secretary, Sir David Ford, managed a smile as he was pushed...