24-723: City Garden is a private housing estate in Fortress Hill , Hong Kong. It was built from 1983 to 1986 by Cheung Kong Holdings Limited. It consists of 14 blocks, each 28 storeys tall. Part of the site was occupied by the North Point Power Station before 1983. City Garden is located at 233 Electric Road , Fortress Hill, Hong Kong. It is located beside Victoria Harbour . It consists of 14 residential buildings with 28 levels each. Phase 1 includes Block 1–6 while phase 2 includes Block 7–14. There are 2,393 residential units which accommodate more than 9,000 residents. City Garden's lot
48-532: A 'wall-like' design. It cited estates in Tai Kok Tsui and Tseung Kwan O as the "best examples". Head of the Planning Department, Ava Ng, argued that the air ventilation factor has been taken into consideration with regard to the auction of all prime sites on the land application list, and said the erection of tall buildings at these sites will not create any "wall effect." An air ventilation assessment
72-489: A swimming pool and two badminton courts. It is located at 11 Hoi Fai Road, Tai Kok Tsui, but its car entrance is at Hoi Fan Road (near the intersection with Hoi Fai Road). Florient Rise ( Chinese : 海桃灣 ), formerly Cherry Street Project ( 櫻桃街項目 ; jing1 tou4 gaai1 hong6 muk6 ) is a private estate in Cherry Street . It was jointly developed by Nan Fung Group and Urban Renewal Authority (URA) in 2008, and construction
96-487: A total of 1,514 units. It was jointly developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and MTR Corporation and completed in 2007. Harbour Green is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 32. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Tong Mei Road Government Primary School (塘尾道官立小學). One Silversea ( Chinese : 一號銀海 ) is a private estate located at
120-419: Is a private estate located at No 11 Hoi Fan Road and Olympic station . It is composed of 3 blocks. The estate has a clubhouse with many facilities such as a swimming pool, spa, fishing area, BBQ, and cinema. There is also a 3-storey carpark. A 3-storey commercial building was later built and now accommodates a kindergarten and a medical centre. Tai Kok Tsui is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 32. Within
144-615: Is a taxi stand beside City Garden Hotel. 22°17′11″N 114°11′29″E / 22.28637°N 114.19152°E / 22.28637; 114.19152 Private housing estates in Hong Kong Private housing estate is a term used in Hong Kong for private mass housing – a housing estate developed by a private developer , as opposed to a public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority or
168-409: Is approximately 400,000 square feet (37,000 m) in size. City Garden Road is a two-lane road which serves as the main thoroughfare through City Garden. City Garden facilities include: Cayley Property Management Limited provides 24/7 security service for City Garden. Security guards are allocated at each residential building's lobby, the park and the basement carpark. A password, set by management,
192-684: Is needed to enter the residential buildings. As of 1 March 2007, a registered Octopus card can also function as entrance permit into the residential building. MTR Exit B of Fortress Hill station , which is on the Island line is the MTR station for City Garden. Tram Fortress Hill Road stop serves City Garden. There are many bus routes, both local and cross-harbour, that service City Garden. They include, Mini-bus Mini-bus are another way of transportation. The routes that serve City Garden include 19S, 49M, 56, 69 Taxis The red taxi serve City Garden. There
216-453: Is now Cosmopolitan Estate ( 大同新邨 ). The Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link was built underneath Tai Kok Tsui. In January 2010, the local residents protested and said the railway would cause unbearable noise pollution to residents in some districts and could cause a number of old buildings with poor foundations to collapse. The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in
240-447: Is present in the old area. The Cosmopolitan Dock and oil depots were previously located there. Blocks of high-rise residential buildings have been erected on the reclaimed area to the west, which marked the revitalisation of the area with many restaurants and bars setting up shop. Many of the older residential buildings have been vacated and are set to be replaced by high-rise residential and commercial buildings. Until recently, many of
264-551: Is required only for sites with a total gross floor area of more than 100,000 square metres, according to technical guidelines in existence since 2006. In May 2007, citing concern over developments in West Kowloon , and near Tai Wai and Yuen Long railway stations, Wong Kwok-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions proposed a motion calling for measures to reduce screen-like buildings which maximise good views at
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#1732849116873288-588: The Hong Kong Housing Society . It usually is characterised with a cluster of high-rise buildings, with its own market or shopping mall. Mei Foo Sun Chuen , built by Mobil , is the earliest (1965) and largest by number of blocks (99). Early real estate development in Hong Kong followed the urban street pattern: single blocks are packed along streets and most of them are managed independently, with quality varying from block to block. Private housing estates on
312-469: The Olympian City shopping centre. Island Harbourview ( Chinese : 維港灣 ), completed in 1999, was the first private housing estate to be built in the newly reclaimed area, it is located next to Olympian City 1. There are 9 blocks in total which form an 'L' shape. Blocks 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 faces east–west while blocks 7, 8, 9 and 10 face north–south. The estate has a clubhouse with many facilities such as
336-415: The waterfront site of the former Tai Kok Tsui Temporary Bus Terminus, it was developed by Sino Land and completed in 2006. Shining Heights ( Chinese : 亮賢居 ), at 83 Sycamore Street, was developed by Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited and its parent company , Henderson Land Development . It was formerly Hong Kong Ferry Staff Quarters It comprises one tower with a total of 348 units, which
360-680: The Government warned developers not to collude in bidding. There is currently some controversy over the "wall effect" ( Chinese : 屏風樓 , literally " folding screen building") caused by uniform high-rise developments which adversely impact air circulation, leading to an aggravation of the heat effect while also impact public hygiene and contribute to air pollution. Private developers seeking to maximise revenues have tended to build uniform blocks on seafront sites to give all units unrestricted sea view. Environmental group Green Sense expressed concern that their survey on 155 housing estates found 104 have
384-484: The HKSAR plans to build its permanent office at Tai Kok Tsui. The Chinese character Tsui ( 嘴 ) in Tai Kok Tsui implies that the area was originally an elongated cape on the west side of Kowloon Peninsula . The cove between the cape and Kowloon Peninsula was reclaimed during the period of 1867–1904. More reclamation along its shore took place during the period of 1904–1924 and more covered its tip during
408-588: The expense of air flow in densely populated areas. The motion was vetoed by functional constituency representatives. The following is a partial list of widely known private housing estates in Hong Kong: Download coordinates as: Tai Kok Tsui Tai Kok Tsui is an area west of Mong Kok in Yau Tsim Mong district in the Kowloon region of Hong Kong. The mixed land use of industrial and residential
432-411: The opening of the new airport at Chek Lap Kok , there is the tendency of new private tower block developments with 10 to over 100 towers, ranging from 30-to-70-storeys high. There has also been a trend in joint ventures between the already oligopolistic real-estate developer in Hong Kong. Developers have been increasingly partnering up to bid for development sites. At a land auction on 8 May 2007,
456-408: The other hand provide integrated management throughout whole estate, attracting more affluent residents. Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Taikoo Shing , Whampoa Garden and City One Shatin are early notable examples. More projects followed and the idea became widely accepted as the middle class of Hong Kong emerged. With the economies of scale of large developments, and the lifting of height restrictions since
480-570: The period of 1924–1945. Minor reclamation was needed during the period 1964–1982 when the Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Pier ( 大角嘴碼頭 ) was built. The launch of the Airport Core Programme in the 1990s gave rise to substantial reclamation as well as revitalisation of the district. Part of Tai Kok Tsui - the area newly reclaimed in the 1990s - is increasingly referred to as Olympic due to the nearby MTR station opened in 1998, and
504-516: The residents in Tai Kok Tsui were senior citizens but there has been a more recent influx of younger people, especially those returning to Hong Kong after time spent overseas. Traditionally the area has been known as one characterised by the presence of immigrants - often described as 'illegal immigrants' though this term is used rather intolerantly in Hong Kong and at times may describe people who are no such thing. Before any reclamation, Tai Kok Tsui
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#1732849116873528-464: Was completed in 2009. The Hermitage ( Chinese : 帝峯 · 皇殿 ) is a private estate located above the newly developed Olympian City 3 with 6 towers. Towers 1-3 are the 19th tallest building in Hong Kong. The Hermitage is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 31. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Jordan Road Government Primary School. Hampton Place ( Chinese : 凱帆軒 )
552-563: Was completed in May 2009. It comprises three blocks with a total of 522 units. There is a residential block called "Hoi Ming Court" in the middle of the site which was excluded from the redevelopment project due to its young age and high acquisition cost. Florient Rise was built around Hoi Ming Court. Harbour Green ( Chinese : 君滙港 ) is a private estate and part of the Olympic station Phase III project. It comprises five 48 or 56 floors towers with
576-455: Was geographically a long island of Hong Kong of granite linked by an isthmus at its north to Kowloon Peninsula . The long granite hill divided the reclamation in its east and dock area in the west in 1924. The tip of the cape hosted the Asia oil tanks. The area was mainly for dock facilities at this period as reflected in present-day Anchor Street. The Cosmopolitan Dock survived till the 1960s which
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