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56-631: Tai Po Tsai is located northeast of Tseung Kwan O New Town on the east mid slope of Razor Hill ( Che Kwu Shan ) and faces Port Shelter . Pak Shui Wun ( 白水碗 ), a beach off Tai Po Tsai, is on the shore of Port Shelter . Tai Po Tsai Village is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy . The indigenous Punti ( 本地 ) villagers all have the Chinese surname of Wan ( 溫 ). Because of its proximity to Shaw Studios and TVB many of their artists rent apartments in

112-526: A pun on the name "Chiu Keng Leng" mentioned above. Because it was inauspicious, the name was later changed to similar-sounding 調景嶺 (Tiu King Leng / Jyutping: tiu4 ging2 leng5, which can be interpreted as "ridge of adjusting situation".) The 1819 edition of the Gazetteer of Xin'an County does not mention the place. On 26 June 1950 the Hong Kong Government 's Social Welfare Office (the predecessor of

168-562: A 19th-century Canadian businessman named Alfred Herbert Rennie, who established the Hong Kong Milling Company at Junk Bay (his partners were Paul Chater and Hormusjee Naorojee Mody ). The business failed, and Rennie drowned himself there in 1908, though it was mistakenly reported that he had hanged himself. The incident gave the Chinese name for the site 吊頸嶺 (Tiu Keng Leng / Jyutping : diu3 geng2 leng5), meaning "Hanging (neck) Ridge",

224-478: A few small shipbuilding establishments dotting its coastline. The present-day neighbourhood of Tiu Keng Leng (then known as Rennie's Mill) was, from the 1950s to 1990s, a refugee village housing Kuomintang loyalists who fled to Hong Kong after their party's defeat in the Chinese Civil War . The Hong Kong Government had long been interested in developing a new town at Hang Hau because of its proximity to

280-577: A high concentration of data centres due to the fact that three out of the eight submarine communications cables connecting to Hong Kong make their landfall at the marine frontage of the estate. Bus routes 797M ( NWFB ) and 298E ( KMB ) connect the industrial estate to southern Tseung Kwan O. A spur line of the MTR's Tseung Kwan O line to the LOHAS Park station was completed in July 2009 and provides easy access to

336-429: A much-used link to the urban area of Kowloon. The Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) is well known for the shape of its building. Designed by French architects Coldefy & Associs, it resembles a piece of paper floating mid-air featuring a glazed box raised seven storeys above the ground on four lattice-steel towers that rest on a sloping, grass-covered podium. Total construction cost amounted to HK$ 1.2 billion, it

392-481: A number of residential developments as well as community facilities such as the District Hospital and Sai Kung District Council facilities. Tseung Kwan O Town Centre refers to the area to the south of Po Lam, southwest of Hang Hau and east of Tiu Keng Leng. Centered on MTR Tseung Kwan O station , this is the major growth area in the new town where new residential developments are being built. The development of

448-465: A performing arts centre, however. Located between Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground was built for the 2009 East Asian Games . It was completed in early 2009 and started to host top-division football matches afterwards. The adjacent Hong Kong Velodrome has also hosted world-class cycling events like the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships , since its completion in 2013. Tseung Kwan O Football Training Centre

504-535: A resettlement estate due to its apprehension of the growing Kuomintang presence in the enclave. It also had a significant missionary presence. Owing to its pro-Kuomintang atmosphere, the 1967 riots did not have an effect on Rennie's Mill. Rennie's Mill was badly damaged by Typhoon Wanda in 1962, rendering many homeless. In 1996 the Hong Kong government evicted the last of Rennie's Mill's original residents, ostensibly to make room for new town developments as part of

560-453: Is East Point City . Tseung Kwan O Town Centre ( Tseung Kwan O MTR station ) is home to Park Central , PopCorn, and Tseung Kwan O Plaza . An iconic 480,000-square-foot MTR shopping mall The LOHAS has been built atop LOHAS Park station . It has the largest indoor ice rink in Hong Kong as well as the largest cinema in Tseung Kwan O. Tseung Kwan O is linked to urban Hong Kong Island by

616-406: Is Haven of Hope Hospital , where subacute medical care, comprehensive rehabilitation and long-term care is provided. The two hospitals are supplemented by public healthcare facilities like the Tseung Kwan O Jockey Club General Out-patient Clinic and Po Ning Road Health Centre, as well as the numerous private physician practices scattered among the various residential areas in the new town. East of

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672-414: Is about 17.18 square kilometres (6.63 sq mi), with a planned population of 445,000. Major residential neighbourhoods within the new town include Tsui Lam , Po Lam , Hang Hau , Tseung Kwan O Town Centre, Tiu Keng Leng (also known by its English name Rennie's Mill) and Siu Chik Sha, etc. Administratively, the new town belongs to Sai Kung District in southeastern New Territories , although it

728-595: Is an area of Hong Kong in the Sai Kung District adjacent to Tseung Kwan O (Junk Bay). The area used to be a refugee village housing former Kuomintang officials and followers who escaped to Hong Kong from mainland China after the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC); however, the original Tiu Keng Leng village was cleared before Hong Kong's sovereignty transfer to the PRC in 1997, and nowadays Tiu Keng Leng

784-493: Is being developed to deliver six state of the art pitches; three artificial and three natural. It is being funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, spearheaded by Hong Kong Football Association , and constructed by Projexasia. There are two public libraries in Tseung Kwan O. The amphitheatre-shaped Tseung Kwan O Public Library, which opened in 2001, is part of the new town's largest recreational complex mentioned above. It

840-603: Is home to the Hong Kong Design Institute and Lee Wai Lee Campus of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE), two vocational education establishments operated by the Vocational Training Council . Caritas Institute of Higher Education is also located in the same neighbourhood. Although not located within the new town's boundaries, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

896-417: Is often incorrectly regarded as part of Kowloon / New Kowloon due to its close proximity to the city — the new town is bordered by Kwun Tong District , a high rise built-up area, to Tseung Kwan O's west. The land where Tseung Kwan O New Town now stands was, until the 1980s, a long narrow inlet named Junk Bay , with small fishing villages (such as Tseung Kwan O Village and Hang Hau Village, etc.) and

952-467: Is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong , built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay in southeastern New Territories , after which it is named. Development of the new town was approved in 1982, with the initial population intake occurring in 1988. As of 2016, the town is home to around 396,000 residents. The total development area of Tseung Kwan O, including its industrial estate,

1008-599: Is only a 10-minute ride from Hang Hau in the new town. The Fire and Ambulance Services Academy , where all new recruits of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department are trained, is located in Pak Shing Kok of Tseung Kwan O South. The town is located within Sai Kung District and covered by a number of constituencies of the District Council . However, except several functions that are provided by

1064-455: Is thoroughly redeveloped as part of the Tseung Kwan O New Town . The earliest traceable name referring to the area nowadays known as Tiu Keng Leng was " Chiu Keng Leng " (照鏡嶺, lit. ridge of mirror reflection), being a reference to the clearness and calmness of the adjacent bay . The name was given by Tanka residents in the area. Both the names "Tiu Keng Leng" and "Rennie's Mill" come from

1120-582: The Chinese Civil War . The refugee village was cleared before the handover . It has since been redeveloped into a mid-size high-rise residential neighbourhood. The 2016 Population By-census records the population of Tseung Kwan O New Town at 398,479, a 7.12% increase from 2011. This is equivalent to 86% of Sai Kung District 's total population. Among the residents of Tseung Kwan O, 42% live in private housing, 34% in some form of subsidized home ownership housing (e.g. HOS courts) and 23% in public rental housing . Each of 4 more well-developed neighbourhoods in

1176-553: The Eastern Harbour Crossing . Other main roads leading to Tseung Kwan O include: The Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Bridge spans Junk Bay and is Hong Kong's first marine viaduct that boasts carriageways, a cycle track and a footway. Tseung Kwan O Hospital in Hang Hau North is the only secondary care hospital within the new town boasting a 24-hour emergency department . Situated on the western slopes of Tseung Kwan O

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1232-770: The Home Affairs Department , the executive branch of the Hong Kong Government and its departments are not subdivided along the same borders as the districts and often have their own subdivisions. For example, the public hospitals of the town belong to the Kowloon East Cluster of the Hospital Authority . 22°18′15″N 114°14′58″E  /  22.3043°N 114.2494°E  / 22.3043; 114.2494 Tiu Keng Leng Tiu Keng Leng ( Chinese : 調景嶺 ), formerly Rennie's Mill ,

1288-693: The Kuomintang cause. Thus, by the late-1950s, in correlation with the Cold War context in Asia at the time, Rennie's Mill gradually became a "Bastion Against Communism", with the flag of the Republic of China flying (earning it the sobriquet "Little Taiwan "), its own school system and practically off-limits to the Royal Hong Kong Police Force until 1962 when the Hong Kong Government decided to turn it into

1344-509: The Social Welfare Department ) settled a considerable number of refugees from China – former Nationalist soldiers and other Kuomintang supporters (according to official government account, there were 6,800 of them) – at Rennie's Mill, following the Chinese Civil War . With the newly built temporary settlements, the colonial government provided food and living expenses to the refugees. The Hong Kong Government's original intention

1400-555: The Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate is the 10-hectare South East New Territories Landfill (SENT), one of the three remaining landfills in Hong Kong. Tseung Kwan O's largest cultural and recreational complex is situated by the road interchange at the end of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road. It comprises a swimming Pool, an indoor games hall and a public library. Additional sports centres are available in Po Lam Estate, Hang Hau and Tiu Keng Leng, albeit smaller in size. Tseung Kwan O still lacks

1456-568: The Tseung Kwan O New Town , but widely believed to be a move to please the Communist Chinese government before the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997. Earlier in 1961, the people of Rennie's Mill were promised by the government that they would be able to stay "indefinitely," and in June 1996, residents petitioned the High Court , where judge Raymond Sears found that "In my judgment,

1512-642: The Ho Chung Tung ( 蠔涌洞 ) or Ho Chung Seven Villages ( 蠔涌七鄉 ), which had its centre in Ho Chung . At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tai Po Tsai was 172. The number of males was 77. The British Army sited Erskine Barracks adjacent to the village. Among some of the army units stationed there were The Black Watch , The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment and the Royal Cheshire regiments. The Diamond Scouting Jubilee Jamboree (27 Dec 1986-01 Jan 1987)

1568-506: The Kowloon East Police Region. It is under such a situation that the new town is often incorrectly, or intentionally, referred to as part of Kowloon. This is illustrated by the fact that the two hotels in Tseung Kwan O are named Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East and Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East. The development of Tseung Kwan O New Town commenced from the head of the original inlet, on reclaimed land in front of

1624-594: The Kuomintang refugee village at Rennie's Mill (later renamed Tiu Keng Leng ), with a view to increase the planned population from 175,000 to 325,000. The first families moved in to the new town in 1988 when public housing at the Head of the Bay ( Po Lam Estate ) was completed. The New Town was developed in three phases. The first phase encompasses Northern Tseung Kwan O, which includes Po Lam MTR station and Hang Hau station , while

1680-563: The Sea , LOHAS Park and the Industrial Estate in the town's southeastern part. The new town is connected to urban Kowloon through two road tunnels. The Tseung Kwan O Tunnel acts as the major road link between Tseung Kwan O and Kwun Tong. Built to alleviate the heavy pressure on Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, the Tseung Kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel opened to traffic in 2022 and offers a more direct linkage to

1736-551: The Tiu Keng Leng Station. With nine towers built on top of a carpark/shopping mall podium, it is the tallest structure in the area. To the south of Metro Town, on the site of a former steel mill operated by Shiu Wing Steel, is another private housing estate, Ocean Shores. The three public housing estates in the area are Kin Ming Estate , Choi Ming Court and Shin Ming Estate. Before the redevelopment and reclamation in

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1792-577: The conduct of the Housing Authority by serving notices to quit, in breach of the clear promises of 1961, amounts to an abuse of power." After the handover, the English name of the area was changed from "Rennie's Mill" to "Tiu Keng Leng", following the Cantonese name. Tiu Keng Leng became redeveloped as a modern high-rise residential district. Metro Town is a private housing estate situated directly above

1848-462: The industrial estate from Kowloon and Hong Kong Island . Tseung Kwan O has several major shopping complexes, all sitting atop of or in close proximity to MTR stations. The largest shopping centre in the new town now is Metro City Plaza , which boasts three phases surrounding Po Lam MTR station . Hang Hau MTR station is surrounded by an extensive network of mid-sized shopping arcades linked by footbridges. The mainstay of this multifarious complex

1904-481: The namesake Tseung Kwan O line of the MTR metro system. The commutes from Po Lam and Tiu Keng Leng to Central District take 31 and 24 minutes, respectively. Currently the line calls at five stations in the new town: Tiu Keng Leng , Tseung Kwan O , Hang Hau , Po Lam , and LOHAS Park . Tiu Keng Leng station is also the terminus of MTR's Kwun Tong line which connects the town with Kowloon East . All MTR stations within

1960-411: The new town are either connected to or in the proximity of shopping centres and large private housing developments. The new town is also well-covered by the local public bus and minibus network. As of November 2019, a total of 50 bus routes ply between Tseung Kwan O and other districts of Hong Kong. Another 3 operate entirely within the new town. These are complemented by 37 green minibus routes. On

2016-634: The new town from the rural parts of Sai Kung District . The whole of Tseung Kwan O belongs to Sai Kung District , part of the New Territories. The town is, however, situated far away from other major population centres of the New Territories, and is instead in close proximity with Kwun Tong in Kowloon. While the town is entirely within the New Territories East geographical constituency , a number of governmental bodies and large corporations would, for

2072-502: The new town, namely Po Lam , Hang Hau , Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and Tiu Keng Leng , is a combination of the above 3 types of housing clustering around a metro station. Private housing estates usually come in the form of podium-tower structures, where the podium levels are shopping malls . Most public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O are equipped with their own shopping malls as well, although mostly smaller in size than their private counterparts. The LOHAS Park residential project in

2128-679: The new town. In 2018, the French International School of Hong Kong (香港法國國際學校) and Shrewsbury International School Hong Kong ( 思貝禮國際學校 ) opened their campuses in the new town, in Areas 67 and 85 of Tseung Kwan O respectively. Tseung Kwan O is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 95. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Tseung Kwan O Government Primary School (將軍澳官立小學). Tiu Keng Leng

2184-403: The original indigenous villages of Tseung Kwan O and Yau Yue Wan. The Po Lam neighbourhood is where the earliest developments in the new town could be found. Notably, Po Lam Estate (1988) was the first residential development in the area. Metro City Plaza , with its three phases surrounding the MTR terminus , remains the largest shopping mall in the new town. To the southeast of Po Lam lies

2240-473: The other hand, red minibuses are banned from entering Tseung Kwan O. Hong Kong's three major bus operators all have routes serving Tseung Kwan O. Kowloon Motor Bus , the major bus operator in the New Territories, serves mainly Po Lam and Hang Hau areas. Having successfully tendered for a package of bus routes serving southern Tseung Kwan O, New World First Bus now operates an extensive network serving Tiu Keng Leng , Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and most of

2296-519: The residential complexes surrounds the MTR station, urban open space are usually planned at the periphery of each neighbourhood in Tseung Kwan O. Neighbourhoods are therefore separated by parks. Tseung Kwan O is located near the southeastern tip of the New Territories mainland, 9 to 12 km (5.6 to 7.5 mi) east-southeast from the Central District of Hong Kong. The town is bounded on

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2352-479: The residential neighbourhood of Hang Hau . It was once a small market town that served the whole of Clear Water Bay Peninsula , and was also a hub for ship breaking industries. When the new town was developed, residents of Hang Hau Town were resited into the Hang Hau Town Resite Area at the neighbourhood's northern edge, known presently as Hang Hau Village. The reclaimed part of Hang Hau is now home to

2408-484: The sake of administrative convenience, classify Tseung Kwan O as part of Kowloon East, adding to the confusion of the town's residents. For example, the Hospital Authority places Tseung Kwan O under its Kowloon East Cluster . From 1992 to 2017, Tseung Kwan O had been policed under the Tseung Kwan O Division of the Kwun Tong Police District, and the upgraded Tseung Kwan O Police District still belongs to

2464-568: The same district, according to the 2016 Population By-census. Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate is located in the southeastern part of the town. Apart from various manufacturing industries that could not be housed in conventional multi-storey industrial buildings, the estate is also where a number of mass media outlets locate their headquarters at, including TVB City , the headquarters of Hong Kong's largest television broadcaster, and news agencies like Apple Daily ( forcibly closed on 24 June 2021 ) and Sing Tao Daily . The industrial estate hosts

2520-404: The second and third phase comprise Southern Tseung Kwan O, which includes Tseung Kwan O station (Town Centre) and Tiu Keng Leng station . The design of the new town was highly transit-oriented . Developments centred along the MTR -corridor, with more than 80% of the population living within five minutes of an MTR station, with huge residential complexes surrounding the MTR stations. As most of

2576-444: The south by the namesake Junk Bay , known as Tseung Kwan O ( 將軍澳 ) in Chinese. Most of the residential developments in the new town stand on land reclaimed from the bay. The mountains of Devil's Peak , Chiu Keng Wan Shan, Black Hill and Tai Sheung Tok form the new town's western boundary, where it borders Kwun Tong District of Kowloon . Lying to the north and southeast of the town are Razor Hill and High Junk Peak , which separate

2632-411: The southern part of the new town will become the largest single residential enclave in Hong Kong, with 50 high-rises skyscrapers from 46 to 76 floors high after its full completion in 2025. A handful of pre-existing indigenous villages are also retained in the new town design. Tseung Kwan O displays the characteristics of a commuter town as only less than 10% of the workforce living there works within

2688-555: The surrounding area, Tiu Keng Leng could be reached by the winding, hilly and narrow Po Lam Road South , which ran past numerous busy quarries. At that time, Tiu Keng Leng's only public transport connections were Kowloon Motor Bus routes 90 and 290, served with minibuses , and by water transport. In 2001, with the redevelopment, a segment of Po Lam Road South was rebuilt and extended to near Kwong Tin Estate in Yau Tong . The reconstructed road

2744-475: The town centre commenced with the construction of Sheung Tak Estate in 1998. It has since been extended southwards to the shoreline of Junk Bay. Early private residential developments in the area include Sun Hung Kai Properties ' Park Central (2002) and The Wings (2012), and Nan Fung Group 's Tseung Kwan O Plaza (2004). Tiu Keng Leng (formerly Rennie's Mill) was once a cottage area housing refugees who settled in Hong Kong after Kuomintang 's defeat in

2800-651: The town's southern part. The new town is linked to the airport at Chek Lap Kok by a handful of Citybus routes. Bus termini could be found at Metro City Plaza in Po Lam; Tsui Lam Estate and Hong Sing Garden in Tsui Lam; Hang Hau station and Hang Hau (North) in Hang Hau; Tseung Kwan O station and Sheung Tak Estate in Tseung Kwan O Town Centre; Tiu Keng Leng station and Kin Ming Estate in Tiu Keng Leng; as well as at Oscar by

2856-475: The urban area. The project was postponed for a long time owing to the extensive scale of reclamation in the bay, which is rather deep. The project finally took off under the name of Tseung Kwan O in 1983, when the development of the new town's Phase I was endorsed by the Governor-in-Council . This was followed by the decision to proceed with Phase II, which entailed further reclamation and the clearance of

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2912-456: The village. Simon Yam Tat-Wah was a long term resident among others. In the 1960s due to its isolation and lack of transport facility, the local villagers set up a primary school for its inhabitants. The school was called Kwong Pui primary school. Tai Po Tsai is a Cantonese village founded in 1629, making it one of the older villages in Sai Kung. Tai Po Tsai was part of the inter-village grouping,

2968-513: Was held on the site ( Kohima Camp ) that was to become the future home of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology . The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and TVB City are major facilities within Tai Po Tsai. 22°20′15″N 114°15′35″E  /  22.337383°N 114.259653°E  / 22.337383; 114.259653 Tseung Kwan O New Town Tseung Kwan O New Town , commonly known as Tseung Kwan O ,

3024-423: Was renamed O King Road and became the first road connection to modern Tiu Keng Leng. Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel , opened in 2022, provides a direct and fast route into Kowloon and the city centre. The various centres of Tseung Kwan O were always intended to be served primarily by the MTR metro system, and the 2002 opening of Tiu Keng Leng station of the Tseung Kwan O line and Kwun Tong line provided

3080-614: Was the only library in the new town until 2015, when the Tiu Keng Leng Public Library was established. Both libraries belong to the Hong Kong Public Libraries system managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department . Tseung Kwan O has an array of 24 primary schools and 24 secondary schools teaching the local curriculum, scattering across its major residential areas. There are also more than 40 kindergartens in

3136-488: Was to settle these refugees temporarily before they would be repatriated to Taiwan by the Kuomintang or to mainland China by the Chinese Communists . But this day never came for the Kuomintang (under the auspices of a political-oriented charitable body named Free China Relief Association which became prominent after the government suspended food ration in 1953), the residents of the enclave became more supportive to

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