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The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (香港會議展覽中心) is one of the two major convention and exhibition venues in Hong Kong, along with AsiaWorld-Expo. It is located in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island. Built along the Victoria Harbour, it is linked by covered walkways to nearby hotels and commercial buildings.

Convention facilities statistics
5 exhibition halls: 53,292 m²
2 convention halls: 5,699 m²; total seating for 6,100
2 theatres: 800 m²; total seating for 1,000
52 meeting rooms: 6,004 m²
Pre-function areas: 8,000 m²
7 restaurants: total seating for 1,870
Business centre: 150 m²
Carpark spaces parking: for 1,300 cars and 50 vans
Total available rental space: 92,061 m²
Capacity: 140,000 visitors per day

Functions held at the site
The opening ceremony of Summer Sourcing Show for Gifts, Houseware and Toys at the HKCEC, July 2005. Rita Fan, President of the Legislative Council, is giving a speech. Numerous functions are held at the HKCEC each year, including exhibitions, conventions/meetings, banquets and other special events.The centre hosts more than 45 international trade fairs for buyers from more than 100 countries each year, including the world's largest leather fair and watch and clock fair. The regular international fairs for giftware, toys, fashion, jewellery, electronics and optical products are Asia's largest. The HKCEC also includes provisions for video-conferencing, teleconferencing, satellite links, simultaneous interpretation in up to eight languages, audio-visual equipment, foyer registration space, and event signage. It also served as the site of the Hong Kong handover ceremony, which signified the end of British colonial rule. The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference took place at the HKCEC from 13--18 December 2005. The NGO Centre was located at "Phase I" of the centre. This is the first time a WTO Ministerial Conference and the NGO Centre was located under the same roof as the Conference proceedings.

Transport
The Star Ferry, a Hong Kong ferry service, operates from the HKCEC across the Victoria Harbour:
HKCEC, Wan Chai - Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui

Currently, the closest MTR metro station serving the HKCEC is Wan Chai Station (exit C) on the Island Line. The proposed North Island Line, an extension of the MTR's Tung Chung Line, will have a station at HKCEC.

In addition, the HKCEC is served by bus routes number 960, 961, 40, 40M, 8 & 2A.

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