Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine

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s in

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, built mainly on

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in the northern half of

Junk Bay Junk Bay known in Chinese as "Tseung Kwan O" (; also transliterated as "Cheung Kwan O") is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the northern tip of the bay lies the Tseung Kwan O Village. The Tseung Kwan O New Town, o ...

(known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/

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language) in southeastern

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, after which it is named. The town/land area is usually known simply as Tseung Kwan O. 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, is about , with a planned population of 445,000. Major residential neighbourhoods within the new town include Tsui Lam,

Po Lam Po Lam ( Chinese: 寶琳 or 寶林) is a neighbourhood in northern Tseung Kwan O, New Territories. An MTR station with the same name, Tseung Kwan O Village, Yau Yue Wan Village, King Lam Estate, and Po Lam Estate are located there. Name ...

Hang Hau Hang Hau () is a residential area in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located at the eastern edge of the Tseung Kwan O New Town. Most of the land was reclaimed from Hang Hau Village and Shui Bin Village (). H ...

, Tseung Kwan O Town Centre,

Tiu Keng Leng Tiu Keng Leng (), formerly Rennie's Mill, 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 Kon ...

(also known by its English name Rennie's Mill) and Siu Chik Sha, etc. Administratively, the new town belongs to

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in southeastern

, although it is often incorrectly regarded as part of

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due to its close proximity to the city — the new town is bordered by

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, a high rise built-up area, to Tseung Kwan O's west.

History and urban development

The land where Tseung Kwan O New Town now stands was, until the 1980s, a long narrow

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named

, with small fishing villages (such as

Tseung Kwan O Village Tseung Kwan O Village () is a community in the Tseung Kwan O area, in the Sai Kung District of Hong Kong. Administration Tseung Kwan O Village is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Geography Lying at the north ...

and

Village, etc.) and a few small shipbuilding establishments dotting its coastline. The present-day neighbourhood of

(then known as Rennie's Mill) was, from the 1950s to 1990s, a

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village housing

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loyalists who fled to Hong Kong after their party's defeat in the

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. The

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had long been interested in developing a new town at Hang Hau because of its proximity to 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

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. This was followed by the decision to proceed with Phase II, which entailed further reclamation and the clearance of the Kuomintang refugee village at Rennie's Mill (later renamed

), 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 the second and third phase comprise Southern Tseung Kwan O, which includes

Tseung Kwan O station Tseung Kwan O (; : ) is a station on the MTR located at the town centre of the Tseung Kwan O New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The previous station is and the line splits after this station to and . The entrances to the station ...

(Town Centre) and

Tiu Keng Leng station Tiu Keng Leng station is an MTR station located in Tiu Keng Leng. The station features cross-platform interchange between the and the , and serves as the eastern terminus of the Kwun Tong line. It is between and stations on the Tseung Kwan ...

. * Phase I –

, Siu Chik Sha, Tsui Lam * Phase II – Town Centre North,

* Phase III – Town Centre South,

Pak Shing Kok Pak Shing Kok is an area in eastern Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. The Fire and Ambulance Services Academy is located in Pak Shing Kok. References

Tseung Kwan O {{HK-geo-stub ...

, Tai Chik Sha The design of the new town was highly

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. Developments centred along the

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-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 the residential complexes surrounds the MTR station,

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are usually planned at the periphery of each neighbourhood in Tseung Kwan O. Neighbourhoods are therefore separated by parks.

Geography

Tseung Kwan O is located near the southeastern tip of the

mainland, east-southeast from the Central District of Hong Kong. The town is bounded on the south by the namesake

, known as Tseung Kwan O () 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

. Lying to the north and southeast of the town are Razor Hill and

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, which separate the new town from the rural parts of

. The whole of Tseung Kwan O belongs to

, 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 Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowl ...

in Kowloon. While the town is entirely within the New Territories East geographical constituency, a number of governmental bodies and large corporations would, for 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

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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 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

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Hong Kong Kowloon East and Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East.

Neighbourhoods

The development of Tseung Kwan O New Town commenced from the head of the original inlet, on reclaimed land in front of the original indigenous villages of Tseung Kwan O and Yau Yue Wan. The

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.

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, with its three phases surrounding the MTR terminus, remains the largest shopping mall in the new town. To the southeast of Po Lam lies the residential neighbourhood of

. It was once a small market town that served the whole of

Clear Water Bay Peninsula :''The Chinese name'' 清水灣半島 ''should not be confused with Oscar by the Sea, a private housing estate in Tseung Kwan O.'' Clear Water Bay Peninsula (), is a peninsula in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. The peninsula separates Junk Bay f ...

, and was also a hub for

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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 a number of residential developments as well as community facilities such as the

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and

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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

, this is the major growth area in the new town where new residential developments are being built. The development of 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

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(2002) and The Wings (2012), and Nan Fung Group's Tseung Kwan O Plaza (2004).

(formerly Rennie's Mill) was once a cottage area housing

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s who settled in Hong Kong after

's defeat in the

. The refugee village was cleared before the handover. It has since been redeveloped into a mid-size high-rise residential neighbourhood.

Demographics

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

'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 the new town, namely

, Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and

, 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

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s. 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 LOHAS Park () is a Hong Kong seaside residential development of the MTR Corporation, located in Tseung Kwan O Area 86, New Territories. After its full completion, it will be the largest single residential enclave in the territory. Name and c ...

residential project in 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.

Economy

Tseung Kwan O displays the characteristics of a

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as only less than 10% of the workforce living there works within the same district, according to the 2016 Population By-census.

Industries

Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate (, branded as ) is located in the southeast of the Tseung Kwan O New Town, Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. Location Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate has an area of 75 ha (other sources mention 86 haTVB City TVB City (), is the headquarters of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties located at 77 Chun Choi Street in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Tseung Kwan O, Kowloon. The HK$2.2 billion facility officiall ...

, the headquarters of Hong Kong's largest television broadcaster, and news agencies like ''

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'' and ''

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''. The industrial estate hosts a high concentration of

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s due to the fact that three out of the eight

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s connecting to Hong Kong make their

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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 the industrial estate from

and

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Shopping complexes

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

, 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 is

East Point City East Point City () is a private housing estate and shopping centre in Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong, near the Hang Hau MTR station. Built on reclaimed land and developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, the estate consists of sev ...

. Tseung Kwan O Town Centre ( Tseung Kwan O MTR station) is home to

, PopCorn, and Tseung Kwan O Plaza. There will be an iconic 480,000-square-foot MTR shopping mall The LOHAS, with the largest indoor ice rink in Hong Kong and the largest cinema in Tseung Kwan O. There will be supermarkets and alfresco dining areas in the mall too. The mall is atop the MTR LOHAS Park station.

Infrastructure

Transport

Rail

Tseung Kwan O is linked to urban

by the namesake Tseung Kwan O line of the

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:

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named ...

, and

is also the terminus of MTR's

Kwun Tong line The Kwun Tong line is a heavy-rail rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong, coloured green on the MTR map. Starting at Whampoa station, Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng station, Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, S ...

which connects the town with Kowloon East. All MTR stations within the new town are either connected to or in the proximity of shopping centres and large private housing developments.

Bus services

Hang Hau (North) Public Transport Interchange

The new town is also well-covered by the local public

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and

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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

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routes. On 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.

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, the major bus operator in the New Territories, serves mainly

and

areas. Having successfully tendered for a package of bus routes serving southern Tseung Kwan O,

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now operates an extensive network serving

, Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and most of the town's southern part. The new town is linked to the

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at Chek Lap Kok by a handful of Citybus routes. Bus termini could be found at

in Po Lam;

Tsui Lam Estate Tsui Lam Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate located to the west of Po Lam in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the second public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O and is the only public housing estate in Tseung Kwa ...

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 the Sea,

and the Industrial Estate in the town's southeastern part.

Road network

Part of Route 7, the

Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Tseung Kwan O Tunnel () is a 900-metre tunnel beneath Ma Yau Tong in Hong Kong. The tunnel was opened on 9 November 1990. Part of Route 7, it links Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong, Kowloon and the Tseung Kwan O New Town, Sai Kung District, the New Te ...

acts as the major road link between Tseung Kwan O and urban

. Other main roads leading to Tseung Kwan O include: * Po Lam Road, connected to Kwun Tong. * Hang Hau Road and Ying Yip Road, connected to Sai Kung and Clear Water Bay. * Wan Po Road, connected to Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. The Tseung Kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel currently under construction is set to alleviate the heavy pressure on Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. Together with the Cross Bay Link road bridge to be built across Junk Bay, the linkage between southeastern Tseung Kwan O and Kowloon will be strengthened.

Healthcare

Tseung Kwan O Hospital in Hang Hau North is the only secondary care hospital within the new town boasting a 24-hour

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. Situated on the western slopes of Tseung Kwan O 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.

Waste management

East of the

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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

Estate, Hang Hau and Tiu Keng Leng, albeit smaller in size. Tseung Kwan O still lacks a performing arts centre, however. Located between Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and Hang Hau,

Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground (), located in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, is a multi-purpose sports ground and home of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. It was the main venue for track and field events for the 2009 Hong Kong Games, 2009 East Asia ...

was built for the

2009 East Asian Games ) , Host city = Hong Kong , Teams participating = 9 , Athletes participating = 2,377 , Events = 262 events in 22 sports , Opening ceremony = December 5, 2009 , Closing ceremony = December 13, 2009 , Officially opened by = State Councilor ...

. It was completed in early 2009 and started to host top-division football matches afterwards. The adjacent

Hong Kong Velodrome Hong Kong Velodrome is a velodrome in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. It has a 250-metre cycling track and spectator facilities for 3,000 people. It opened on 30 December 2013 next to the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground. History The Hong Kong governmen ...

has also hosted world-class cycling events like the

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, since its completion in 2013. Tseung Kwan O Football Training Centre 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

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, and constructed by Projexasia. There are two

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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 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

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Education

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 the new town. In 2018, the

French International School of Hong Kong French International School "Victor Segalen" of Hong Kong (FIS in English, french: Lycée français international Victor-Segalen; LFI; ) is a French international school in Hong Kong. It is the only accredited French school in Hong Kong (li ...

and Shrewsbury International School Hong Kong ( 思貝禮國際學校) opened their campuses in the new town. 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).

is home to the

Hong Kong Design Institute Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) is a design school in Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. It was founded by the Vocational Training Council in 2007 and moved into a purpose-built campus in 2010. The school offers higher diplomas, a ...

and Lee Wai Lee Campus of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE), two

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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,

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is only a 10-minute ride from

in the new town. The Fire and Ambulance Services Academy, where all new recruits of the

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are trained, is located in

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Tseung Kwan O {{HK-geo-stub ...

of Tseung Kwan O South.

Politics

The town is located within

and covered by a number of constituencies of the District Council. However, except several functions that are provided by the

Home Affairs Department The Home Affairs Department is an executive agency in the government of Hong Kong responsible for internal affairs of the territory. It reports to the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, headed by the Secretary for Home Affairs. Purpose The D ...

, 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

Photo gallery

Image:Dusk view of Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool and Sports Centre.JPG, Tseung Kwan O Library at Dusk Image:Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool and Sports Centre.JPG, Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool and Sports Centre. Image:Tseung Kwan O Village 2004.jpg, Tseung Kwan O Village Image:Tsui Lam Estate.jpg, Tsui Lam Estate

References

Civil Engineering and Development Department: Tseung Kwan O New Town

Census and Statistics Department: Statistical Tables

External links

Electoral Boundary Map 1

Electoral Boundary Map 2

- Civil Engineering and Development Department
The Website of Tseung Kwan O (Informal) – Chinese Version Only
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