Sceneway Garden ( Chinese : 匯景花園 ) is a private housing estate in Lam Tin , Hong Kong , built by Cheung Kong Holdings , and completed in 1992. Sceneway Garden is one of the few dog-friendly and pet-friendly private housing estates in Hong Kong, with a large open space for recreation that is suitable for exercising dogs.
17-891: Sceneway Garden is built on top of the Lam Tin MTR station and Lam Tin Bus Terminus , providing transport to residents. Located near the Eastern Harbour Crossing , Sceneway Garden also has an outlet to Hong Kong Island . Situated on a platform above Route 2 , the underlying layer of the platform houses a shopping mall, Sceneway Plaza , and a link to the MTR station. Two other major shopping plazas in Hong Kong, APM and Laguna Plaza are close by. Sceneway Garden consists of 17 blocks, blocks 9 to 17 in Phase B, which
34-594: A new tunnel to Quarry Bay . It was later decided that before the entrance to the tunnel, trains would stop at a station in the Lam Tin Valley, where it goes into the Sai Tso Wan Hill and then underground to the entrance of the tunnel. The station was opened on 1 October 1989. As part of his official visit to Hong Kong with Princess Diana , the Prince of Wales Charles (now Charles III) officiated
51-667: Is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line and the Tseung Kwan O line . It is the only station of the Tseung Kwan O line located in Kowloon. The livery of the station is yellow. Although the train platforms are constructed above ground level, they are sealed from the outside with concrete walls to prevent the noise of trains from disturbing the nearby residents of Yau Tong Estate . Yau Tong station
68-409: Is mixed as an elevated, ground level, and underground station). The concourse is the first floor down the escalators from the hillside exits. It is divided into two parts: the paid area and the non-paid area. The paid area has escalators down to the platforms and has a postbox , while the non-paid area links the exits and houses a Hang Seng Bank branch. Between the paid and non-paid areas there are
85-606: The Tseung Kwan O line running from Po Lam / LOHAS Park to North Point . Passengers wanting to take the EHC from the Kwun Tong line now have to change trains at Yau Tong . Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. Like Lai King station , Lam Tin station is built on an elevated platform, in which half of the platform is immersed into the Lam Tin Hill and so the station is sealed like other underground stations (but it
102-536: The harbour on the Tseung Kwan O line towards the Kowloon side can cross over to Platform 2 to change to the Kwun Tong line to get to most destinations in East Kowloon. The lower platform level contains Platforms 1 and 4. Passengers travelling on the Kwun Tong line travelling towards Tiu Keng Leng can cross over to Platform 4 to change to the Tseung Kwan O line to cross the harbour to North Point. A new shopping centre, Domain , opened on 29 September 2012. It
119-508: The Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong line built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay . The station is linked to the nearby hillside community of Lam Tin by a series of escalators. In the 1980s, the Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC or EHT) was planned by the colonial government. Following the successful performance of the MTR since 1978, the government decided to extend the Kwun Tong line through
136-400: The MTR station's opening in 1989, the area around Lam Tin station has been developed into a major transportation interchange in Hong Kong. The shopping centre and Sceneway Plaza above the transportation interchange adjacent to the station were built on a site that used to be occupied by a hillside squatter village. The original Lam Tin community has also seen several rebuilding projects since
153-417: The entrance gates and a customer service centre which serves both areas. → Kwun Tong line towards North Point (Former service) ( Quarry Bay ) → The station offers, on a trial basis, an accessible car service for passengers using wheelchairs. On demand, the service will transport the passengers from either exit A or D1 to exit C, which is accessible. Following
170-443: The opening of the station, where a commemorative plaque remains on display. After the opening of the EHC, Lam Tin, with the MTR station and bus terminals, became a crucial transport interchange in east Kowloon . The station serves passengers between Tseung Kwan O and other parts of Kowloon, as well as between Hong Kong and Kowloon. Platform screen doors have been in use since late August 2005. The EHC has now been taken over by
187-403: The school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Kwun Tong Government Primary School. Coordinates : 22°18′25.16″N 114°14′00.55″E / 22.3069889°N 114.2334861°E / 22.3069889; 114.2334861 Lam Tin station Lam Tin ( Chinese : 藍田 ; Cantonese Yale : Làamtìn ) is a station on
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#1732787087565204-551: The station had been built. The interchange has brought in new residential and commercial demand in the community. The bus termini, the Lei Yue Mun Interchange, and other public transportation facilities had transformed the Lam Tin area into an important transportation hub as well as a commercial and residential centre. Yau Tong Station Yau Tong ( Chinese : 油塘 ; Cantonese Yale : Yàutòng )
221-455: The two lines. The new station made travel times between Lam Tin and Quarry Bay four minutes longer. The station was built without public toilets, like most other MTR stations at the time. New toilets and a babycare room were commissioned at the station on 29 May 2019. Yau Tong station has three main levels: the concourse, the upper platforms, and the lower platforms. The upper platform level consists of Platforms 2 and 3. Passengers crossing
238-540: Was completed in 1992. Census data indicate that Sceneway Garden had a population of 12,490 in 2011, mostly Hong Kong Chinese . However, due to the presence of a Japanese school nearby in Laguna City , Japanese people also form a large proportion of the residents, in comparison to other residential developments in Hong Kong. Sceneway Garden is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 48. Within
255-563: Was debate over whether the interchange should be built in a new station by redirecting the original route, or by utilising existing stations such as Lam Tin or Kwun Tong . Ultimately the interchanges were built in 2 brand new stations, Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng . This resulted in complaints from passengers because the new arrangement forced them to change trains twice when crossing the Victoria Harbour . The station opened on 4 August 2002 so that passengers could interchange between
272-547: Was originally built as a part of the MTR Tseung Kwan O extension , to make a cross-platform interchange between Kwun Tong line and the newly built Tseung Kwan O line, and to provide nearby residents in Lei Yue Mun and Sze Shan ( Chinese : 四山 ; lit. 'Mount Four') convenient access to the MTR system. The construction project was given to Kumagai Gumi and was valued at HK$ 457 million. There
289-438: Was unveiled earlier and are 28 floors tall each, and blocks 1 to 8 in Phase A, with heights varying from 31 floors to 34 floors. In the late 1980s, Cheung Kong acquired two pieces of land in Lam Tin, one being a former Shell oil depot , the other above the newly built Lam Tin MTR station and bus terminus, and developed them into Laguna City and Sceneway Garden respectively. Laguna City was completed in 1991 and Sceneway Garden
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