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Kingswood Villas

嘉湖山莊

gā wùh sāan jōng

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiāhú Shānzhuāng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	gā wùh sāan jōng
Jyutping	gaa1 wu4 saan1 zong1

Kingswood Villas (Chinese: 嘉湖山莊) is a private housing estate in Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong. It has a total of 58 residential blocks and 15,808 units in six phases.^[1] It is the first private housing estate in Tin Shui Wai and one of the largest private housing estates in Hong Kong. It was developed by Cheung Kong Holdings from 1991 to 1999.^[2]

Phases

Phase 1: Locwood Court (Chinese: 樂湖居; Jyutping: lok6 wu4 geoi1)
Phase 2: Sherwood Court (Chinese: 賞湖居; Jyutping: soeng2 wu4 geoi1)
Phase 3: Chestwood Court (Chinese: 翠湖居; Jyutping: ceoi3 wu4 geoi1)
Phase 4: Kingswood Ginza (Chinese: 嘉湖銀座; Jyutping: gaa1 wu4 ngan4 zo6)
Phase 5: Lynwood Court (Chinese: 麗湖居; Jyutping: lai6 wu4 geoi1)
Phase 6: Maywood Court (Chinese: 美湖居; Jyutping: mei5 wu4 geoi1)
Phase 7: Kenswood Court (Chinese: 景湖居; Jyutping: ging2 wu4 geoi1)

Phase 1 (Locwood Court)
Phase 2 (Sherwood Court)
Phase 3 (Chestwood Court)
Phase 4 (Kingswood Ginza)
Phase 5 (Lynwood Court)
Phase 6 (Maywood Court)
Phase 7 (Kenswood Court)

Demographics

In the 2016 by-census, the population of the estate was recorded as 39,964. The median age of the residents was 44.4, slightly more than the Hong Kong-wide figure of 43.4.^[3]

Transportation

Light Rail
- Locwood stop (for Locwood Court and Sherwood Court)
- Chestwood stop (for Chestwood Court)
- Tin Wing stop (for Lynwood Court)
- Ginza stop (for Maywood Court, Kingswood Court and +WOO)
Residential Service Bus
- There are several non-franchised residential bus routes between Kingswood Villas and urban districts, which started operations in 1991.^[4] It was originally operated by Citybus. But Citybus decided to withdraw all routes and Kwoon Chung Motors replaced Citybus to operate them in 2006.^[5]

References

^ Yuen Long housing set for expansion
^ "Western Corridor lures buyers". Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
^ "Major Housing Estates". 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department.
^ The non-franchised residential bus service for Kingswood Villas came into operation
^ Withdrawal of Citybus Kingswood Villas Residential Bus Services

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingswood Villas.

Kingswood Villas Official Site
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

Yuen Long District

History

Wang Chau housing controversy

Areas

Kam Tin villages	Fung Kat Heung Kam Hing Wai Kam Tin Shi Kam Tin Shing Mun San Tsuen Kat Hing Wai Ko Po Tsuen Sha Po Tsuen Shui Mei Tsuen Shui Tau Tsuen Tai Hong Wai Tsz Tong Tsuen Wing Lung Wai
Wang Chau	The "Six Villages of Wang Chau" Chung Sum Wai Fuk Hing Tsuen Sai Tau Wai Tung Tau Wai Yeung Uk Tsuen Lam Uk Tsuen Fung Ka Wai Ng Uk Tsuen Shing Uk Tsuen Tai Tseng Wai "Waterside area" Fung Chi Tsuen Ha Mei San Tsuen Shui Pin Tsuen Shui Pin Wai Shui Tin Tsuen Wing Ning Tsuen

Landmarks

Transport

MTR stations	Kam Sheung Road Lok Ma Chau Long Ping Tin Shui Wai Yuen Long
Light rail	Chestwood Chung Fu Fung Nin Road (ex-Town Hall) Ginza Hang Mei Tsuen Hong Lok Road Hung Shui Kiu Locwood Ping Shan Shui Pin Wai Tai Tong Road Tin Fu Tin Heng Tin Sau Tin Shui Tin Shui Wai Tin Tsz Tin Yat Tin Yiu Tin Yuet Tin Wing (ex-Tin Shui Wai Terminus) Tin Wu Tong Fong Tsuen Wetland Park Yuen Long
Bus centres	Tai Lam Tunnel Bus Interchange
Airports	Shek Kong Airfield

Border crossings

Lok Ma Chau Control Point

Education

This list is incomplete.

Private housing estates in Hong Kong

Private housing estates in Sha Tin District

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