Island Harbourview
Housing estate in Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong
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Island Harbourview (Chinese: 維港灣; Jyutping: wai4gong2waan1) is one of the largest private housing estates in Tai Kok Tsui, Yau Tsim Mong District,[1] Kowloon, Hong Kong.[2] It is one of the property projects in MTR Olympic station Phase I. Developed by MTR Corporation, Sino Land, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Kerry Properties, China Overseas Land and Investment and Capitaland Commercial Limited, it comprises nine high-rise buildings, which were completed in 1998 and 1999.[3][4] The towers are numbered from one to ten, but there is no tower four due to local superstition.
Flats in the development range in size from 609 to 1,215 square feet (56.6 to 112.9 m2).[5] It is the first estate to be completed in the new Reclamation Area which was part of the 1997 Construction Project.
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Island Harbourview had a population of 6,549. The median age was 42.6 and the majority of residents (85.9 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.9 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$90,000.[6]
Politics
Island Harbourview is located in Olympic constituency of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council.[7] It is currently represented by James To Kun-sun, who was elected in the 2019 elections.[8]
Education
Island Harbourview is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 32.[9] Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Tong Mei Road Government Primary School (塘尾道官立小學).[10]
References
- ^ "District Council Constituency Boundaries - Yau Tsim Mong District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2021. - Location indicated
- ^ Sino allowed hotel in West Kowloon project[permanent dead link]
- ^ Olympic Station
- ^ SINO LAND COMPANY LIMITED
- ^ Don Lyons (7 April 1999). "Project relaunch proves popular". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Major Housing Estates". 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yau Tsim Mong District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Yau Tsim Mong District Council - Yau Tsim Mong DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage". Education Bureau. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "POA School Net 32" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
External links
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- Official website of Island Harbourview
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