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Kornhill is also a Nordic surname.

Kornhill (Chinese:

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

康怡花園) and Kornhill Gardens (康山花園) are apartment buildings on the northern slope of Mount Parker

Mount Parker, Hong Kong

Mount Parker is the highest peak on Hong Kong Island after Victoria Peak . It is the 40th highest peak of the territory of Hong Kong.-Ecology:...

, in Quarry Bay

Quarry Bay

Quarry Bay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. The western portion of the area was also formerly known as Lai Chi...

, Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

, 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...

. Kornhill is of 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,...

and Kornhill Gardens is of Private Sector Participation Scheme. The total population is approximately 30,000.

History

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

Taikoo Sugar Refinery

Taikoo Sugar Refinery was established by John Samuel Swire in June 1881 after a thorough investigation into the feasibility and openings for a new refinery in China. His determination to build the largest and most up-to-date plant was initially stimulated by a period of intense rivalry with...

and the first senior manager was Ferdinand Korn. The hill was almost level by the early 1980s, and can hardly be recognised.

Housing

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

Home Ownership Scheme

The Home Ownership Scheme is a subsidized-sale programme of public housing in Hong Kong managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority...

.

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.

Developers

They were developed by Hang Lung

Hang Lung

Hang Lung may refer to the following companies:*Hang Lung Group: a Hong Kong listed company in property development, car park management, property management and dry-cleaning businesses, and the parent company of Hang Lung Properties....

, New World Development

New World Development

New World Development Company Limited , based in Hong Kong, is active in property, infrastructure, services and telecommunications. It was established in 1970 with Dr Ho Sin Hang as Chairman and Chow Chi Yuen as Director and General Manager...

, and MTR Property.

Primary schools

There are two primary schools:

Shanghai Alumni Primary School
Shanghai Alumni Primary School
The Shanghai Alumni Primary School is a primary school in Kornhill, Hong Kong.-History:This school was founded by the Hong Kong Alumni Association of the Shanghai University to celebrate its 80th anniversary....

(滬江小學)
Buddhist Chung Wah Kornhill Primary School (佛教中華康山學校)

Kindergartens and Nurseries

and nine kindergarten

Kindergarten

A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

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)
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)

Parks and recreation

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

Barbecue

Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...

site is available to club members only.

The Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension)

Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay extension)

Tai Tam Country Park is the eastern part of the park system in Hong Kong Island called Tai Tam Country Park. This 270 hectare section of the park is located near Quarry Bay opened in 1979.Sites include:...

is right next to Hong Shing Street.

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

Kornhill Road

Kornhill Road is a road in Tai Koo, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is a main road which links King's Road and Shau Kei Wan Road.The Road is named after the Kornhill, that was the site of the company residence of the senior manager of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery and the first senior manager was...

. A department store

Department store

A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...

JUSCO

is the acronym for Japan United Stores Company, a chain of "general merchandise stores" and the largest of its type in Japan. The various JUSCO companies are subsidiaries of ÆON Co., Ltd.....

(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.

Public transport

Kornhill is served by Tai Koo MTR station on the Island Line
Island Line (MTR)
The Island Line is one of 10 lines of the MTR, the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Sheung Wan in the Central and Western District to Chai Wan in the Eastern District. The line first opened in 31 May 1985...

.
Tram
Hong Kong Tramways
Hong Kong Tramways is a tram system in Hong Kong and one of the earliest forms of public transport in Hong Kong. Owned and operated by Veolia Transport, the tramway runs on Hong Kong Island between Shau Kei Wan and Kennedy Town, with a branch circulating Happy Valley...

stops and bus
Buses in Hong Kong
Bus services in Hong Kong have a long history. As of 2005, five companies operate franchised public bus services. There are also a variety of non-franchised public buses services, including feeder bus services to railway stations operated by MTR, and residents' services for residential estates...

stops are available at Kornhill Road.
Public bus service by First Bus
First Bus
First Bus can mean:*New World First Bus, third largest bus operator in Hong Kong*FirstBus, a United Kingdom bus company that was renamed First Group in 1998...

, 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...

and KMB (KMB serves only cross-harbour
Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour situated between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on the South China Sea were instrumental in Hong Kong's establishment as a British colony and its subsequent...

routes) at Kornhill Road and King's Road.
Minibus
Public light bus
A Public light bus is a common public mode of transport in Hong Kong. It mainly serves the area that standard Hong Kong bus lines cannot reach as efficiently. It is also colloquially known as a minibus or a van, defined as a kind of share taxi....

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 and Kennedy Town (Red non-franchised minibuses)
The Hong Shing Street, Hong On Street, and Hong Yue Street and the Kornhill side (southern side, west bound) of King's Road are restricted and not open to public buses to avoid nuisance to residents.

Major streets and roads

Greig Road
Hong Shing Street
Hong Yue Street
Hong On Street
Kornhill Road
Kornhill Road
Kornhill Road is a road in Tai Koo, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is a main road which links King's Road and Shau Kei Wan Road.The Road is named after the Kornhill, that was the site of the company residence of the senior manager of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery and the first senior manager was...
King's Road
Sai Wan Terrace
An entrance to the west bound of Route 4
Route 4 (Hong Kong)
Route 4 is an east-west road artery along the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Formerly divided into routes 7 and 8, Route 4 consists of two sections:...

, i.e. Island Eastern Corridor
Island Eastern Corridor
Island Eastern Corridor is an expressway along the north shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It starts from Causeway Bay in the west and ends in Chai Wan in the east. It is part of Route 4...

(IEC) and Route 2
Route 2 (Hong Kong)
Route 2 of Hong Kong runs from Quarry Bay of Hong Kong Island to Ma Liu Shui of the New Territories, formerly known as route 6, and renamed as route 2 in 2004 under the route numbering scheme proposed in the same year....

, i.e. the Eastern Harbour Crossing
Eastern Harbour Crossing
The Eastern Harbour Crossing, abbreviated as "EHC" , is a tunnel in Hong Kong. It is a combined road and MTR rail link under Victoria Harbour between Quarry Bay in Hong Kong Island and Cha Kwo Ling in Kowloon.- History :...

(EHC) is available at the junction of Hong Yue and Hong On streets.

Politics

Kornhill has two constituencies at Eastern

Eastern District, Hong Kong

The Eastern District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 587,690 in 2006. The district has the second highest population while its residents have the third highest median household income among 18 districts....

District Council

District Council of Hong Kong

The District Councils, formerly District Boards until 1999, are the local councils for the 18 Districts of Hong Kong. Under the supervision of Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, they are consultative bodies on district administration and affairs.- History :In 1982, under the...

. 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

Eastern District, Hong Kong

Council

Districts of Hong Kong

The Districts of Hong Kong are the 18 political areas by which Hong Kong is geographically divided. Each district has a district council, which was formerly known as a district board. The districts were established in the early 1980s, when Hong Kong was under British rule...

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

Legislative Council

A Legislative Council is the name given to the legislatures, or one of the chambers of the legislature of many nations and colonies.A Member of the Legislative Council is commonly referred to as an MLC.- Unicameral legislatures :...

election, Kornhill belongs to the Hong Kong Island