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Tunghsing Building or Dongxing Building (, East Star Building) is the name of two buildings at the same place in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. The original building was destroyed by the 1999 Jiji earthquake. It was the only building in Taipei to be completely destroyed by the quake, with all 87 Taipei fatalities residents of the building. A new building in the same place was opened on August 29, 2009.

First building
The original Tunghsing Building was a 12-story building completed in 1984. The architect was Chang Tung-Hsin (張宗炘). It was a mixed-use building including a bank, apartments, and a hotel, the Sungshan Hotel (松山賓館). Some media reports assumed the entire building was the Sungshan Hotel.

On September 21, 1999, at 1:47 AM local time, Taiwan was struck by the 1999 Jiji earthquake. The Tunghsing building was completely destroyed although most buildings near it were undamaged. It was the only building in Taipei to be completely destroyed by the quake, and all 87 Taipei fatalities were residents of the building. After the bottom stories folded, the rest of the building collapsed and fell, crushing the nearby Haomen building (豪門世家). A fire from a gas leak was doused with water. Over 100 people were rescued from the wreckage. The two brothers Sun Chi-kuang and Sun Chi-fong were rescued from the rubble almost 130 hours after the earthquake, having survived by eating rotten apples and drinking their own urine.

Court cases
indictment including lawmaker codes not well developed at time of building

substandard construction

file suit against Hung Kuo group

city government has to pay

substandard construction

New building
A new building in the same place was opened on August 29, 2009.

The new building is located at No. 660, Section 4, Bade Road, Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan (臺北市松山區八德路四段660號).

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