Nob Hill, Hong Kong

Last updated April 28, 2019

Nob Hill (Chinese :盈暉臺) is a private housing estate in Mei Foo, Sham Shui Po/Kwai Chung, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located at the former site of Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park, together with Wah Lai Estate and Lai Yan Court.^[1] It has totally 3 blocks^[2] and it was jointly developed by Cheung Kong Holdings and Far East Hotels and Entertainment in 2002.^[3]

Traditional Chinese characters are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. They are most commonly the characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong and Macau, and in the Kangxi Dictionary. The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty, and have been more or less stable since the 5th century.

Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei 石硤尾. It is located in, and is the namesake of the Sham Shui Po District.

Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District District of Hong Kong. Kwai Chung is the site of the container port. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000. Its area is 9.93 km². Areas within Kwai Chung include: Kwai Fong, Kwai Hing, Lai King, Tai Wo Hau.

District boundary issues

Nob Hill straddled at two different districts during the first few years after occupation. Block 1 and Lai Chi Kok Bus Terminus at its ground floor belonged to Sham Shui Po District while Block 2 and 3 belonged to Kwai Tsing District.^[4]^[5] However, this arrangement caused many inconvenience for handling district council matters. Some residents asked to assign the whole estate into Sham Shui Po District because the estate is near Mei Foo Sun Chuen. As a result, the government decided to put Nob Hill wholly into Sham Shui Po District in 2007.^[6]^[7]

Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the poorest district in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham Shui Po has long been home to poorer new immigrants from mainland China. It also saw the birth of public housing in Hong Kong, as the government sought to resettle those displaced by a devastating fire in its slums. Sham Shui Po also hosted a Vietnamese refugee camp during the influx of migration in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520 572 in 2016. The district has the third least educated residents and their income is below average.

Mei Foo Sun Chuen or simply Mei Foo (美孚) is a large private housing estate in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Mei Foo Sun Chuen was the first large scale private housing estate in Hong Kong and at the time of completion, the 99 tower complex was considered the largest private housing development in the world, accommodating some 70,000 – 80,000 people in 13,500 apartments. It is considered to be one of the world's largest privately financed residential condominium projects.

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Coordinates: 22°20′30″N114°08′15″E / 22.3418°N 114.1375°E / 22.3418; 114.1375

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[1] Nob Hill to be united on poll days

[2] Nob Hill

[3] Pre-sale Consent (Residential Units) (2001-2002)

[4] Summaries of Representations Related to General Issues

[5] List of Consents to Sell, Consents to Assign and Approvals of Deeds of Mutual Covenant

[6] Legal Service Division Report on Proposed Resolution under section 8 of the District Councils Ordinance

[7] Speech by SHA in moving resolution on District Councils Ordinance in 2006

Nob Hill, Hong Kong

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