The Victorian period South Block was demolished thereafter and replaced by the Urban Council Sheung Wan Complex, opened in 1988.

[2] The Edwardian period North Block and the Hollywood Road Temporary Market were closed at this time and vendors were relocated to the new complex.

This building, of the Queen Anne Revival style of the Edwardian period, was built in 1906[3] as an extension of the then existing Western Market.

It was the former site of Harbour Office that had been moved to a reclamation area in Central District for a larger space to cope with its increasing workload.

[1] The four-storey building is in Queen Anne Revival style that was popular in the British Empire during the late Victorian and early Edwardian periods.