Kornhill
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Kornhill (康怡花園) and Kornhill Gardens (康山花園) are apartment buildings on the northern slope of Mount Parker, in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Kornhill is of private housing estate and Kornhill Gardens is of Private Sector Participation Scheme.
The name came from a small hill within the area close to the foot of Mount Parker, which was named after a senior staff of Swire named Korn. The hill was almost level by the early 1980s, and can hardly be recognised.
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[edit] Introduction
Blocks A1, A2, B1, B2... to R1, R2 (Kornhill 康怡花園) are private apartments, and Blocks 1 to 10 (Kornhill Gardens 康山花園) are sold under the HOS 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 (eastern bound) of King's Road;.
The apartment buildings ranges from 20 to 31 stories.
[edit] Population
Population approximately 30 000.
[edit] Management
MTR Property is responsible for management.
[edit] Developers
They were developed by Hang Lung, New World Development, and MTR Property.
[edit] Education
[edit] Primary Schools
There are two primary schools, namely
- Shanghai Alumni Primary School 滬江小學 and
- Buddhist Chung Wah Kornhill Primary School 佛教中華康山學校,
[edit] Kindergartens and Nurseries
and nine kindergartens, namely
- Kornhill Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten 康怡中英文幼稚園 (Catholic),
- Kornhill International Kindergarten 康怡國際幼稚園 (Catholic),
- Kornhill Japanese Kindergarten 康怡日本語幼稚園 (Catholic),
- Kornhill Christian Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten 基督教康山中英文幼稚園 (Protestant),
- Creativity (Kornhill Gardens) Child Care Centre 躍思(康山)幼稚園, and
- Victoria Infant & Toddler Playland (維多利亞嬰幼樂園),
- Victoria (Kornhill) International Kindergarten (維多利亞(康怡)國際幼兒園),
- Victoria Kindergarten + Victoria International Nursery (維多利亞幼稚園,維多利亞國際幼兒園).
[edit] Parks and Recreation
Greeneries are all around the apartment buildings.
A recreation club 俱樂部, with two swimming pools, six tennis courts, one squash court, a fitness gymnasium, and a barbecue site is available to residents.
The Tai Tam Country Park Quarry Bay Extension is right next to Hong Shing Street.
[edit] Shopping and Offices
A shopping mall Kornhill Plaza 康怡廣場 (North and South, 北座 and 南座) is in between Kornhill and Kornhill Gardens, acrossing Kornhill Road 康山道. A department store Jusco 吉之島 is in Kornhill Plaza South. On top of Kornhill Plaza South is the Grand Plaza service apartments 康蘭居, and on top of Kornhill Plaza North is the Kornhill Metro Tower office building.
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Public Transport
- It is served by Tai Koo MTR station on the Island Line.
- Tram stops and bus stops are available at Kornhill Road.
- Public bus service by First Bus, Citybus and KMB (KMB serves only cross-harbour routes) at Kornhill Road and King's Road.
- Minibus service to North Point (33), Shau Kei Wan (32), and within Kornhill between Hong Shing Street and Tai Koo MTR station Hong On Street (33M), Mount Parker Lodge (32A), Wanchai (Red minibuses), Aldrich Bay and Taikoo Place (69)
- Hong Shing, Hong On, Hong Yue streets and the Kornhill side (southern side, west bound) of King's Road are restricted and not open to public buses to avoid noise nuisance.
[edit] Major streets and Roads
- Greig Road
- Hong Shing Street
- Hong Yue Street
- Hong On Street
- Kornhill Road
- King's Road
- Sai Wan Terrace
- An entrance to the west bound of Route 4, i.e. Island Eastern Corridor (IEC) and Route 2, i.e. the Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC) is available at the junction of Hong Yue and Hong On streets.
[edit] Politics
Kornhill has two constituencies at Eastern District Council. Blocks A1 to M2, together with Sai Wan Terrace and The Floridian, are in the Kornhill 康怡 constituency. Blocks N1 to R2, and blocks 1 to 10 are in the Kornhill Gardens 康山 constituency.
The current district council members of Kornhill to the Eastern District Council are Philip Shun Bong MAK and Siu Sun LEUNG. Yuk Chu TING, the current chair of the council and an appointed member, used to be elected through the constituency of LEUNG.
In the Legislative Council election, Kornhill belongs to the Hong Kong Island constituencies.
