DESCRIBED as a ''public toilet'', a ''monstrosity'', a ''space rocket'' and generally ''God awful'', this is the landmark which will grace The Peak come 1995.
The design has been a closely-guarded secret for years but the Sunday Morning Post has obtained a copy of the artist's impression of the controversial Peak Tower development.
Yesterday angry architects, academics and Peak residents urged the Government to push for tighter planning regulations, adding the project should represent ''the people'' instead of the developers behind the scheme, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels.
Elizabeth Sinn, an historian at the University of Hong Kong, admitted: ''I am glad they are demolishing the existing building, but why are they replacing it with this monstrosity.
''It looks like a public toilet. This building detracts from the beauty of The Peak.'' Martin Allies, general manager of the Peak Cafe which is behind the Peak Tower, said: ''We have been kept in the dark throughout, nobody has known what is going on.
''I do not know who the architect is or why it has been approved but it looks like a space rocket. The Peak is graceful - this building is not.'' George Johnson, who lives on Plantation Road on The Peak, said: ''I think it's absolutely disgusting.