| Kornhill Gardens | |
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| General information | |
| Construction started | 1980 |
| Completed | 1986 |
Kornhill (Chinese: 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 total population is approximately 30,000.
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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 the Taikoo Sugar Refinery and the first senior manager was Ferdinand Korn.[1] The hill was almost level by the early 1980s, and can hardly be recognised.
There is a total 32 blocks, with height ranging from 19 to 31 stories. In Kornhill, they are named under English letter and there are 2 blocks of each letter. For example, A1, A2, D1, D2, P1, P2. In Kornhill Gardens, blocks are named in Arabic numbers from 1 to 10. Kornhill Garden 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 (western bound) of King's Road.
MTR Property is responsible for management.
They were developed by Hang Lung, New World Development, and MTR Property.
There are two primary schools:
and nine kindergartens:
Greeneries are all around the residential areas.
A recreation club, 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 a barbecue site is available to club members only.
The Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension) is right next to Hong Shing Street.
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. A department store JUSCO (吉之島) is in Kornhill Plaza South. On top of Kornhill Plaza South is the Kornhill Apartments (康蘭居), and on top of Kornhill Plaza North is the Kornhill Metro Tower office building.
Kornhill has two constituencies at Eastern District Council.[2] 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 and EUNG. 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.