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28-566: Ap Lei Chau Bridge is a highway bridge in Hong Kong connecting the island of Ap Lei Chau (Aberdeen Island) to the community of Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island . Started in April 1977 and completed in 1980, the first bridge had one lane of traffic in each direction. It is a double-cantilever , prestressed-concrete bridge, with a 115 metres (377 ft) main span, two 60 metres (200 ft) side spans, and associated ramps. Maunsell & Partners were

56-452: A Ming-era map with its primary settlement labelled "Fragrant Harbour Village". This is the probable origin of the name for Hong Kong , although the town eventually took the name of its island. Under the terms of the 1841 Treaty of Nanking , it was ceded to the British together with Hong Kong Island . It was sometimes known as Taplichan , Taplishan , &c. from an alternative name for

84-527: A " middle-class estate", with a median monthly domestic household income of HK$ 54,300 in 2011. South Horizons covers two of the 17 constituencies of Southern District Council , South Horizons East and South Horizons West . Each of these two constituencies returns one district councillor to the Southern District Council, with an election every four years. South Horizons has been marketed as Hutchison Whampoa's second " Garden City " project,

112-557: A duck. Ap means duck , Lei means tongue , and Chau means island. The northern part has the highest population, while the southern part of the island is less densely populated. The highest point on the island is Yuk Kwai Shan (玉桂山; aka. Mount Johnston), with an altitude of 196 metres (643 ft). It comprises four main residential areas — Lei Tung Estate , Ap Lei Chau Main Street, South Horizons and Ap Lei Chau Estate , each of which comprises several highrise towers. There

140-505: A fire in the Aberdeen typhoon shelter . In 1989, the generators of the power station were relocated to Lamma Island , and the old power station is still demolishing to this day. The nearby site was re-developed into the South Horizons residential area, with the addition of some land reclaimed from the sea. Ap Lei Chau was named after the shape of the island, which resembles the tongue of

168-457: A record price of HK$ 16.86 billion (US$ 2.17 billion) to a venture between KWG Property and Logan Property Holdings . South Horizons South Horizons was built in four phases, with Phase I and Phase IV closer to Ap Lei Chau Estate , a public housing estate in Aberdeen, Hong Kong . The property is currently owned and managed by Hutchison Whampoa Limited . The estate has a total of 9,812 residential units. It has been described as

196-468: A sales queue at another Hutchison Whampoa development, Laguna City . Police and the Consumer Council stated in 1992 that the new system "appeared to be working fairly". In 1995, the ownership structure of South Horizons Phase IV (a.k.a. The Oasis): Hutchison Whampoa Properties : 50%, Cheung Kong (Holdings) : 30%, and Hongkong Electric Holdings : 20%. The introduction of 7 blocks of The Oasis on

224-425: Is an industrial estate on the southern tip of the island. The population of Ap Lei Chau is 79,727. The sum of the population in constituency areas D02 to D07 and its area is 1.30 square kilometres (0.50 square miles), giving it a population density of 61,328 inhabitants per square kilometre (158,840/sq mi) and making it the fourth most densely populated island in the world . Ap Lei Chau also lends its name to

252-548: Is currently the fourth most densely populated island in the world, public space is highly insufficient. In 2016, the Hong Kong Government reallocated the waterfront land of the former Hong Kong Driving School on Lee Nam Road for building luxury apartments, ignoring the suggestion of the locals and intensified the problem of insufficient land use. In February 2017, it was reported that the land, measuring 11,761 square metres (126,590 sq ft), had been sold by tender for

280-638: Is part of the Southern District . Ap Lei Chau is one of the most densely populated islands on earth , as well as the most densely populated island with a population of over 10,000. In the 2000s on their website the Guinness World Records called it the world's most densely populated island. Before the First Opium War , Ap Lei Chau was a small fishing village, with its harbour forming an excellent natural typhoon shelter . The island appears on

308-761: The Aberdeen Channel Bridge , to the southeast of the Ap Lei Chau Bridges. There are two stations on the island: Lei Tung (for Lei Tung Estate and Ap Lei Chau Main Street) and South Horizons (for South Horizons, Ap Lei Chau Estate and Ap Lei Chau Industrial Estate). Ap Lei Chau is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School. Since Ap Lei Chau

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336-473: The MTR 's South Island line . 22°14′45″N 114°9′36″E  /  22.24583°N 114.16000°E  / 22.24583; 114.16000 Ap Lei Chau Ap Lei Chau or Aberdeen Island is an island of Hong Kong, located off Hong Kong Island next to Aberdeen Harbour and Aberdeen Channel . It has an area of 1.30 square kilometres (0.50 sq mi) after land reclamation. Administratively it

364-501: The South Horizons East constituency, which was formerly represented by James Yu Chun-hei until July 2021. South Horizons is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School (香港南區官立小學). The following dissertations, article and book explicitly include South Horizons in

392-521: The Ap Lei Chau geologic formation , which covers most of Hong Kong Island. The Hung Shing Temple located on Hung Shing Street, off Main Street, Ap Lei Chau, is a notable site. Dating back to 1773, it is the oldest temple in the Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau areas and is a declared monument . The Shui Yuet Temple aka. Kwun Yum Temple is located at No. 181 Main Street, Ap Lei Chau. Dedicated to Kwun Yum , it

420-606: The bridge consultants. Peter Hines was the resident engineer of the bridge. During the construction, he realised that the pre-stressed cantilevers of the bridge would not be able to meet in the centre, which needed an "emergency raise". Construction of the twin Second Ap Lei Chau Bridge on the north side of the first bridge was started in May 1991 and completed in July 1994 to provide two traffic lanes in each direction. Both sides of

448-442: The bridge have pavements for pedestrian use. Legislators approved funding for the Second Ap Lei Chau Bridge on 1 May 1991. It opened on 28 July 1994. The first person to drive across it was Kwong Hon-sang , Director of Highways, officiating at the opening ceremony. The two bridges are Ap Lei Chau's only road links with Hong Kong Island. There is a railway bridge, the Aberdeen Channel Bridge , opened on 28 December 2016 as part of

476-522: The first one being Whampoa Garden , completed in Hung Hom in 1991. More than 50 plant species are cultivated there, and a nature trail along the shore features information boards on tree species. In 2004, Phases II to IV received a Silver Award for Landscape Design as part of the Best Landscape Award for Private Property Development. Prior to modern development, the land occupied by South Horizons

504-509: The island. The island had a largely uneventful history under British rule . In 1968, Hongkong Electric opened a power station on Ap Lei Chau to provide electricity for the whole of Hong Kong Island. In 1980 and 1994, a bridge was constructed to connect the island to the Hong Kong Island, and this created momentum for rapid economic development. Public housing estates were built to accommodate people, including some who had suffered in

532-551: The market in 1995 was one of the largest that year and was followed by analysts as an indication of the state of the market. All retail space in the estate is provided at the Marina Square West and Marina Square East shopping centres. Hoping to capitalise on the impending opening of the South Horizons station , the Taiwanese owner of Marina Square West (Estate Dragon Group) issued eviction notices to 30 small businesses housed in

560-567: The shopping arcade. More than 1,000 residents of South Horizons staged a demonstration in 2014 against the plan to transform the arcade into a "high-end shopping outlet for mainland tourists" in spite of local needs and shopping habits. Facilities of the housing complex include: Two shopping centres are located in the middle of the complex: Marina Square West (海怡西商場), managed by Savills and owned by Estate Dragon Group, and Marina Square East (海怡東商場), owned by Hutchison Whampoa. Clubhouse playgroup : one private playgroup organised and located at

588-461: The site. The Shell Oil Depot was in operation between 1970 and the late 1980s. In 1973, failure of the foundations of the oil depot led to 3,600 metric tons of heavy marine diesel oil being released into Picnic Bay and Aberdeen Harbour . Shell replaced its Ap Lei Chau depot, together with another one in Kwun Tong District (current site of Laguna City ), by a new site opened in 1991 on

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616-477: The six bus termini on the island to various places on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon : Green minibuses and taxis are available. Red minibuses are prohibited from entering the island. There is a regular sampan service running between Ap Lei Chau Main Street and Aberdeen. (Service hours: 6am-12am) The MTR South Island line opened on 28 December 2016 links Admiralty of Hong Kong Island to Ap Lei Chau by

644-434: The south side of Tsing Yi . A new computer balloting scheme was put to use at South Horizons to determine the order in which prospective buyers could purchase flats. It was advanced by the government and developers alike as a replacement for the first-come, first-served sales system, which resulted in long queues plagued by disorder and triad intimidation, for example a 1990 incident where 1,000 triad-led men descended upon

672-449: The sports complex South Horizons has about five kindergartens. There are also two primary schools : Along with South Horizons station of the MTR , there are also numerous bus routes, some of which only go to nearby Ap Lei Chau Estate . According to the 2016 by-census , South Horizons had a population of 30.886. The median age was 41.5 and the majority of residents (85.6 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size

700-456: The temple also houses Kwan Tai , Tin Hau , Chai Kung and Wong Tai Sin . Ap Lei Chau and Hong Kong Island are connected by the four-lane Ap Lei Chau Bridges . Opened in 1983, it originally only had two lanes, and was widened to four in 1994 with a duplicated bridge to the northwest of the original one. Buses are the main form of transport for the residents in Ap Lei Chau. Bus routes depart from

728-539: Was 3.4 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$ 74,210. For the 2019 District Council election , the estate fell within two constituencies. Phase 1 and Phase 2 are located in the South Horizons West constituency, which was formerly represented by Kelvin Lam Ho-por until July 2021, while Phase 3 and The Oasis fall within

756-452: Was built at the end of the 19th century and is a Grade III historic building . The temple site is adjacent to the site of the former Aberdeen Police Station. Clearly chosen for its fung shui , the superior dragons were seen as being protection from the 'threat of the tiger's jaw' from the police station. Although the police station has now been demolished, the dragons are still present and seen as enduring feng shui guards. Apart from Kwun Yum,

784-504: Was occupied by hillside and village houses, farmlands, and a sea bay. It was acquired by Hongkong Electric in 1964, and the Ap Lei Chau Power Station of Hongkong Electric and an adjoining oil depot of Shell Hong Kong Ltd were built subsequently. The power station was in operation from 1968 to 1989. Its generators were relocated to Lamma Power Station , while the operational headquarters of Hongkong Electric remained on

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