As the city began to prosper in the 1960s, demand for offices in financial and commercial districts surged. The government again turned to large-scale reclamation in the Central District, this time from the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal, in Sheung Wan, to the Admiralty Dock. This portion of the coast was extended northward, forming the land north of Connaught Road Central. Soon it became the base of modern skyscrapers: City Hall, Star Ferry Pier, Edinburgh Place, United Pier, the new General Post Office, Jardine House, HMS Tamar, the new Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal, Shun Tak Centre, Exchange Square and other famous buildings were erected one after another during the 1960s and 1980s.

In the early 1990s, reclamation was again carried out in the Central District as part of the “Rose Garden Project”, an infrastructure programme that addressed the construction of the new airport. Land was reclaimed to provide space for the terminus of Airport Express and the ferry pier. From 1997 to 1998, following the establishment of the new airport, there appeared on the formation the International Finance Centre, Hong Kong Station of Airport Express, the new Outlying Islands Ferry Pier and the new Star Ferry Pier. The royal naval dockyard of HMS Tamar, moreover, was knocked down and developed into the new Government Headquarters, or the Central Government Offices.

Up until 2011, reclamation was still under way around Central District for the construction of the Central-Wan Chai Bypass.