Amoy Gardens is a high-density middle-class private housing estate

Private housing estate

A private housing estate is a term in Hong Kong that refers to a housing estate developed by a private developer, as opposed to a public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority or the Hong Kong Housing Society. It usually is characterised with a cluster of high-rise buildings,...

 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 completed from 1981 to 1987. It was the most seriously affected location during the 2003 SARS

Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a respiratory disease in humans which is caused by the SARS coronavirus . Between November 2002 and July 2003 an outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong nearly became a pandemic, with 8,422 cases and 916 deaths worldwide according to the WHO...

 outbreak, with over 300 infected people.

Location

Amoy Gardens is located in the Ngau Tau Kok

Ngau Tau Kok

Ngau Tau Kok is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, located at the northern part of Kwun Tong District, next to Kowloon Bay. It covers Jordan Valley, Ngau Tau Kok and Upper Kwun Tong town centre. The population of Ngau Tau Kok exceeds 210,000...

 area of Kowloon

Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

, in the north east of Kowloon Peninsula

Kowloon Peninsula

The Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong. The Kowloon Peninsula and the area of New Kowloon are collectively known as Kowloon....

 of Hong Kong. It was on the land formerly the factory of soy sauce

Soy sauce

Soy sauce is a condiment produced by fermenting soybeans with Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds, along with water and salt...

 and other foods of Amoy Food Limited. Administratively, it is part of the Kwun Tong District

Kwun Tong District

Kwun Tong is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon. It had a population of 562,427 in 2001. The district has the third highest population while the income is below average....

.

Features

Amoy Gardens comprises 19 blocks, from A to S, with height ranging from 30 to 40 floors. The eight blocks A-H are 33 stories/105 m high, and situated on a podium 14 m high, which houses a commercial and shopping center. These eight blocks have 8 apartments per floor arranged in a cruciform shape. Each arm of the cruciform contains 2 apartments.

There is a shopping mall (Amoy Plaza) as well as a food square within the entire Amoy Gardens estate.

SARS outbreak

Towards the end of March 2003, an outbreak of SARS occurred among residents of Amoy Gardens. As of April 15, 2003, there were a total of 321 cases of SARS in the estate. A concentration of cases was recorded in block E, accounting for 41% of the cumulative total. Block C (15%), block B (13%) and block D (13%) recorded the second, third and fourth highest incidence of SARS infections. The other cases (18%) were scattered in 11 other blocks. Most of the initial 107 patients from Block E lived in flats that were vertically arranged.

All residents were subsequently moved to Lei Yue Mun

Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village

Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village used to be Lyemun Barracks, barracks for the British Soldiers stationed in Hong Kong.-Old Lyemun Barracks:Lyemun Barracks was named after the fishing village of Lei Yue Mun....

 and MacLehose Holiday Camps for isolation. In the mid-2003, the authority concern found that there were serious problems of water pipes which may have contributed to the spread of SARS.

The estate was decontaminated and the residents could return.

Transportation

Amoy Gardens is served by the Kowloon Bay Station of the MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 metro

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 system.
KMB

• 1A- Sau Mau Ping (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
• 3D- Tsz Wan Shan (Central) ↔ Kwun Tong (Yue Man Square)
• 11B- Kwun Tong (Tsui Ping Road) ↔ Kowloon City Ferry
• 11C- Sau Mau Ping (Upper) ↔ Chuk Yuen Estate
• 11D- Lok Fu ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 13P- Po Tat → Lai Kok (rush time service)
• 14- Yau Tong ↔ China Hong Kong City
• 15- Ping Tin ↔ Hung Hom Ferry
• 16- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
• 17- Oi Man ↔ Kwun Tong (Yue Man Square)
• 38- Kwai Shing (East) ↔ Ping Tin
• 40- Laguna City ↔ Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower)
• 42C- Cheung Heng ↔ Lam Tin Station
• 62X- Tuen Mun Town Centre
  Tuen Mun Town Centre
  Tuen Mun Town Centre is an area in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, that serves as the focal point of Tuen Mun District. It features a range of cultural and entertainment facilities and several government buildings, including Tuen Mun Town Plaza, Tuen Mun Cultural Square, Tuen Mun Town Hall, Tuen Mun Public...
  
   ↔ Yau Tong (rush time service)
• 70X- Sheung Shui ↔ Kwun Tong (Tsui Ping Road)
• 74A- Tai Wo ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 74X- Tai Po Central ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 80- Mei Lam ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 80X- Chun Shek ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 83X- Kwun Tong Ferry ↔ Wong Nai Tau (rush time service)
• 89- Lek Yuen ↔ Kwun Tong Station
• 89B- Sha Tin Wai ↔ Kwun Tong Station
• 89C- Heng On ↔ Kwun Tong (Tsui Ping Road)
• 89D- Wu Kai Shan Station ↔ Lam Tin Station
• 89X- Sha Tin Station ↔ Kwun Tong Station
• 93K- Po Lam ↔ Mong Kok East Station
• 258D- Po Tin ↔ Lam Tin Station
• 259D- Lung Mun Oasis ↔ Yau Tong
• 268C- Long Ping Station ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 269C- Sha Tin Station ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 277X- Luen Wo Hui ↔ Ping Tin
• 292P- Sai Kung → Kwun Tong( Millennium City) (rush time service)
• 296C- Sheung Tak ↔ Sham Shui Po (Tonkin Street)

NWFB

• N796- Tseung Kwan O Station ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui

Citybus

Citybus (Hong Kong)

Citybus Limited is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. It provides both franchised and non-franchised bus service. The franchised route network serves mainly Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes , Ocean Park, North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport...

• A22- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Lam Tin Station
• E22- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Lam Tin (North)
• E22A- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam
• E22P- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Yau Tong (rush time service)
• E22S- Tung Chung (Yat Tung Estate) ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam
• R22- Disneyland Resort → Yau Tong

Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus

• 101- Kwun Tong (Yue Man Square) ↔ Kennedy Town
• 101R- Happy Valley Racecourse → Kwun Tong (Yue Man Square)
• 671- Diamond Hill Station ↔ Ap Lei Chau (Lee Lok Street)

External links

• 淘大花園住戶網 (討論區)
• amoygardens.com
• Case Study: Amoy Gardens Outbreak
• S.K. Hui, A. Cheung, J. Pang, "A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach for Residential Property Valuation:Application to Hong Kong Housing Market", International Real Estate Review, 2010 Vol. 13 No.1: pp. 1 – 29