One Island East
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One Island East , is a supertall skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 that is located in TaiKoo Place
Taikoo Place
TaiKoo Place is a commercial complex in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It consists of 10 office towers: Devon House, Dorset House, PCCW Tower, Warwick House, Cornwall House, Somerset House, Lincoln House, Oxford House, Cambridge House and One Island East. The Island East development...

 on Island East
Island East
Island East is a residential, commercial and recreational complex in Eastern District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, which consists of Taikoo Place, Taikoo Shing & Cityplaza. The complex is owned and managed by Swire Properties.-External links:*...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. The skyscraper is a commercial office building that rises 298.35 m (979 ft) and has 69 stories
Storey
A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...

 of habitable office space and two basement levels, thus contains 71 stories in total. There is a sky lobby on the 37th and 38th floors. In addition, there are 28 high speed passenger lifts, 6 high speed shuttle lifts between Main (G - 1/F) and Sky (37 - 38/F) Lobbies, 1 passenger lift between main lobby and basement carpark and 2 service lifts. The building is the 6th skyscraper over 1,000 ft. (305 m) completed in Hong Kong.
Part of the site was previously occupied by Melbourne Industrial Building (23 floor office tower demolished 2005) and Aik San Factory Building (22 floor commercial building demolished 2005) which were acquired by the developer in 2002 and 2001 respectively.

2008 Tropical storm Kammuri

On 7 August 2008, within two hours of the hoisting of strong wind signal No8 due to tropical storm Kammuri
Tropical Storm Kammuri (2008)
Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri was a storm which made landfall on south China, having a maximum wind speed of...

, the window panes of One Island East were shattered, sending shards of glass across the street and damaging the windows of four flats at Westlands Court. There were no injuries.

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