From the flowery spot of reclaimed Tsim Sha Tsui East, we move on to another relatively recently created residential area at Tseung Kwan O, often considered to be part of Kowloon, but really belonging to the New Territories. Unlike Tsim Sha Tsui East, which is a very urban and gentle development with mainly commercial buildings, Tseung Kwan O has a mainly residential and industrial mix and its sky-pointing towers dwarf the buildings in Tsim Sha Tsui East. Tseung Kwan O was developed after we resided in Hong Kong (from 1979 to 1984) and thus this was our first visit in 2013 to this new town. The following brief history of this town is gleaned, as usual in my information, from an article in Wikipedia.

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 (Tseung Kwan O in Cantonese) 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, is about 17.2 km² (6.6 sq mi), with a planned population of 445,000. Administratively, the new town belongs to the Sai Kung District in southeastern New Territories, although it is often incorrectly regarded as part of Kowloon due to its close proximity to the city; the new town is bordered by the Kwun Tong District in Kowloon, a high rise built-up area, to Tseung Kwan O's west, while Tseung Kwan O is at quite a distance from Sai Kung in the New Territories.

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 a few small shipbuilding establishments dotting its coastline. The present-day neighborhood 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 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 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 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.

In this first post on Tseung Kwan O, we look at the central Tong Ming Street Park, providing open greenery and a playground for the children. The park is adjacent to the local subway station and is surrounded by massive, good quality residential high-rise buildings and two large, 4+ star hotels.


Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction to THIS SERIES on SOUTH & EAST ASIA. See it at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724330-1.html

HONG KONG COUNTRY INFO in set # 196: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-762698-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list at UHH, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105

Thanks for visiting, for improved clarity please view the downloads. I look forward to your comments and questions.

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From the flowery spot of reclaimed Tsim Sha Tsui East, we move on to another relatively recently created residential area at Tseung Kwan O, often considered to be part of Kowloon, but really belonging to the New Territories. Unlike Tsim Sha Tsui East, which is a very urban and gentle development with mainly commercial buildings, Tseung Kwan O has a mainly residential and industrial mix and its sky-pointing towers dwarf the buildings in Tsim Sha Tsui East. Tseung Kwan O was developed after we resided in Hong Kong (from 1979 to 1984) and thus this was our first visit in 2013 to this new town. The following brief history of this town is gleaned, as usual in my information, from an article in Wikipedia.

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 (Tseung Kwan O in Cantonese) 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, is about 17.2 km² (6.6 sq mi), with a planned population of 445,000. Administratively, the new town belongs to the Sai Kung District in southeastern New Territories, although it is often incorrectly regarded as part of Kowloon due to its close proximity to the city; the new town is bordered by the Kwun Tong District in Kowloon, a high rise built-up area, to Tseung Kwan O's west, while Tseung Kwan O is at quite a distance from Sai Kung in the New Territories.

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 a few small shipbuilding establishments dotting its coastline. The present-day neighborhood 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 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 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 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.

In this first post on Tseung Kwan O, we look at the central Tong Ming Street Park, providing open greenery and a playground for the children. The park is adjacent to the local subway station and is surrounded by massive, good quality residential high-rise buildings and two large, 4+ star hotels.


Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction to THIS SERIES on SOUTH & EAST ASIA. See it at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724330-1.html

HONG KONG COUNTRY INFO in set # 196: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-762698-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list at UHH, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105

Thanks for visiting, for improved clarity please view the downloads. I look forward to your comments and questions.

.