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| Kornhill, Kornhill Gardens | |
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 Kornhill apartment buildings. | |
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| Construction started | 1980; 45 years ago (1980) |
| Completed | 1986; 39 years ago (1986) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 康怡花園 | ||||||||
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| Kornhill Gardens | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 康山花園 | ||||||||
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Kornhill andKornhill Gardens areapartment buildings on the northern slope ofMount Parker, inQuarry Bay,Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. Kornhill is aprivate housing estate and Kornhill Gardens is aPrivate Sector Participation Scheme estate. The total population is approximately 30,000.
The name comes from a small hill within the area close to the foot of Mount Parker. Kornhill was the site of the company residence of the senior manager of theTaikoo Sugar Refinery and the first senior manager was Ferdinand Korn.[1] The hill was almost levelled by the early 1980s, and can hardly be recognised. The modern-day housing estate was constructed in concert with theMTR Island line and opened by 1987.[2]
There are a total 44 blocks, with heights ranging from 20 to 34 storeys, including 42 conventional residential buildings, one block of serviced apartments, and an office tower.[2][3] The residential blocks in Kornhill are named after English letters and there are two blocks of each letter (i.e. A1, A2, D1, D2, P1, P2.) In Kornhill Gardens, the blocks are named in Arabic numbers from 1 to 10. Kornhill Gardens blocks are sold under theHOS Scheme.
Blocks A1 to H2 are on Hong Shing Street (康盛街). Blocks J1 to M2 are on Hong Yue Street (康愉街). Blocks N1 to R2 are on Hong On Street (康安街). There is no block I, O, and S to Z. Blocks 1 to 10 are on southern side (western bound) ofKing's Road.
MTR Property is responsible for management.
They were developed byHang Lung,New World Development, andMTR Property.
There are twoprimary schools:
Kornhill is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 14.[4] Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and North Point Government Primary School.[5]
There are ninekindergartens:
Greeneries are all around the residential areas.
A clubhouse, in two phases (one near Block B and another near Block H) with two swimming pools, six tennis courts, one squash court, a fitness gymnasium, and abarbecue site is available to club members only.
TheTai Tam (Quarry Bay Extension) Country Park is right next to Hong Shing Street.
Kornhill has two constituencies within theEasternDistrict Council.[6] Blocks A1 to M2, together with Sai Wan Terrace and The Floridian, are in the Kornhill (康怡) constituency. BlocksN1[needs update] to R2, and blocks 1 to 10 are in the Kornhill Gardens (康山) constituency.
The current district council members of Kornhill to theEastern District Council are NGAI Chi Ho Derek[needs update] and LEUNG Siu Sun Patrick.
In theLegislative Council elections, Kornhill belongs to theHong Kong Island constituency.[needs update]
