In Popular Culture
- During the Chinese campaign of the 2003 video game Command & Conquer: Generals, the player is ordered to destroy the HKCEC with military force after it falls under the control of a fictional terrorist group, the Global Liberation Army. The game series was banned in China.
- It is also the setting for the grand finale in both New Police Story starring Jackie Chan, and Gen-X Cops.
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