Dragon Centre

Dragon Centre is a nine-storey shopping centre and leisure complex in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located beside the historic Sham Shui Po Police Station and occupies part of the former Sham Shui Po Camp site. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the camp was used as a prisoner-of-war camp for Commonwealth forces captured in the territory. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the site was also associated with accommodation for Vietnamese refugees. The mall therefore occupies a location with a layered civic and historical background rather than a purely commercial development context. The centre combines retail, department-store, food, entertainment, transport and recreational functions. Sincere is identified as its leading tenant and operates as a department-store anchor. The building's design includes a skylight that allows daylight to reach the first floor, an architectural feature that was part of the centre's distinctive identity. A bus terminus is located on the ground floor, integrating the complex with local public transport and the dense urban environment of Sham Shui Po. The mall is also served by Sham Shui Po station on the MTR network. Dragon Centre's upper floors have historically provided its most distinctive leisure attractions. The ninth floor features Sky Fantasia, a children's entertainment centre, and formerly included the Sky Train, an indoor roller coaster suspended from the roof. The Sky Train was described as Hong Kong's second indoor roller coaster, following the attraction at Wonderful World of Whimsy in Cityplaza. It has been closed since the mid-2000s. The eighth floor contains the Sky Rink indoor ice-skating rink and a food court, giving the centre a family-oriented and experience-led dimension beyond conventional shopping. The project received a 1994 Certificate of Merit from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects. Dragon Centre's public profile has consequently been shaped by both its unusual recreational facilities and its integration into the everyday commercial life of Sham Shui Po. Publicly available reference material does not establish a founding year, developer, owner, parent company, financial performance, or named executives. Its present status is recorded here as active because the centre and its website continue to be identified as operating entities, while the status of individual attractions can differ; in particular, the Sky Train is no longer operating.

Dragon Centre was developed on part of the former Sham Shui Po Camp site in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon. The land's earlier history is significant: during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the camp served as a prisoner-of-war camp for Commonwealth personnel captured in Hong Kong. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the site was also used to house Vietnamese refugees. The later conversion of part of this historically associated site into a major shopping and leisure complex placed Dragon Centre within a setting marked by both wartime memory and post-war urban change. The completed complex is a nine-storey commercial building beside the historic Sham Shui Po Police Station. Its planning combines retail functions with transport and leisure uses. A bus terminus occupies the ground floor, while the building is connected to the wider district through Sham Shui Po MTR station. The design includes a skylight through which daylight reaches the first floor, contributing to the centre's identifiable architectural character. Sincere became the leading tenant and department-store anchor. Dragon Centre also developed a strong reputation for unusual indoor attractions. Its ninth floor includes Sky Fantasia, a children's entertainment centre. The same level formerly housed the Sky Train, a roof-suspended indoor roller coaster. It was regarded as Hong Kong's second indoor roller coaster, after the attraction at Wonderful World of Whimsy in Cityplaza. The Sky Train has been closed since the mid-2000s. The eighth floor includes the Sky Rink indoor ice-skating rink and a food court, reinforcing the centre's family and leisure orientation. The Hong Kong Institute of Architects recognised Dragon Centre with a 1994 Certificate of Merit Award. Available reference material does not specify the exact opening date, developer, owner, corporate structure, financial results, or management personnel. Accordingly, these fields remain unfilled rather than inferred. The centre is treated as active, while individual facilities—particularly the Sky Train—are recorded according to their separate operating status.

• 1994

  Hong Kong Institute of Architects recognition

  [1]Dragon Centreen.wikipedia.org

  Dragon Centre received a Certificate of Merit Award from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects.

• Sky Train indoor roller coaster closes

  [1]Dragon Centreen.wikipedia.org

  The centre's roof-suspended Sky Train indoor roller coaster has been closed since the mid-2000s; the reference material does not provide a more precise closure year.

A community-oriented urban shopping and leisure centre combining retail, family entertainment, food, recreation and public-transport access in Sham Shui Po.

• Department store

  Sincere

  Sincere is identified in reference material as Dragon Centre's leading tenant and department-store anchor. It represents the centre's principal general-merchandise retail function within a broader complex that also includes food, entertainment and recreational facilities.

• Indoor ice-skating rink

  Sky Rink

  Sky Rink is an indoor ice-skating facility located on the eighth floor of Dragon Centre. It is one of the complex's signature leisure attractions and supports the mall's family-oriented positioning alongside its food-court and entertainment uses.

• Children's entertainment centre

  Sky Fantasia

  Sky Fantasia is a children's entertainment centre on the ninth floor. Its inclusion gives Dragon Centre a dedicated family recreation component in addition to conventional shopping and dining facilities.

• Indoor roller coaster

  Sky Train

  Sky Train was an indoor roller coaster suspended from the roof of Dragon Centre. It was described as Hong Kong's second indoor roller coaster, following the attraction at Wonderful World of Whimsy in Cityplaza. The attraction has been closed since the mid-2000s.

1. 1Dragon Centreen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Dragon Centre official websitedragoncentre.com.hk