Discovery Park ， D·PARK (), formerly and still commonly known as D·PARK, is a

residential development A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residen ...

in Hong Kong, located at 398

Castle Peak Road Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. Completed in 1920, it runs in the approximate shape of an arc of a semi-circle. It runs West from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, to Tuen Mun, then north to Yuen Long then east to Sh ...

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...

in the

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

. The whole estate including the residential flats and the shopping centre spans over . Its developer is Hong Kong Resort Company Limited and New World Development Company Limited is responsible for the management of the shopping centre.

Phases of development

* Phase 1: Block 1 to 4 (completed in May 1997) * Phase 2: Block 5 to 8 (completed in January 1998) * Phase 3: Block 8 to 12 (completed in May 1998) There are a total of 3,360 units with unit size ranged from . to . The development has a shopping centre, a clubhouse of ., a swimming pool of . tennis courts, golf putting green, sauna rooms, carpark, etc. The price of development was considered attractive to small families, as most of the estates in the vicinity were relatively old constructions.愉景新城旋風惠及深井一帶
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Centaline Holdings Centaline Property Agency Limited is one of the largest property agencies in Hong Kong. It was established in 1978 by Shih Wing-ching. Centaline has nearly 40,000 employees and more than 2,000 offices in 39 cities in Mainland China, Hong Kong a ...

, 18 September 1996 The first phase of the development was launched amid the property bubble in 1997, and units were subject of many speculators' interest. The intensity spilled over to properties in neighbouring estates in

Sham Tseng Sham Tseng is a coastal area in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong, between Ting Kau and Tsing Lung Tau. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sham Tseng was 72. The number of males was 32. In 1982, the Government launched ...

and Castle Peak, and stimulated a three-fold increase in transactions in the area in September compared with the month before, according to

Centaline Centaline Property Agency Limited is one of the largest property agencies in Hong Kong. It was established in 1978 by Shih Wing-ching. Centaline has nearly 40,000 employees and more than 2,000 offices in 39 cities in Mainland China, Hong Kong an ...

, Hong Kong's leading

real estate Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...

agency chain.

Shopping mall

The . shopping centre was conceived as a mixture of shopping mall and park. It is considered as the first of its kind as a "Shopping Park". The shopping centre is themed as a

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, an

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and pillars decorated by big fruits were made. The roof of the main lobby is a stained glass dome which allows penetratration of natural daylight. The shopping centre was recently renamed "D•Park", remodeled, and rebranded as Hong Kong's first "parenting-oriented shopping mall".

Facilities nearby

Above the Discovery Park bus terminus is the

Tsuen King Circuit Tsuen King Circuit () is an area and a road in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located on a hill in the northwest of the Chai Wan Kok Industrial Area, so it was also called "West Chai Wan Kok". There are mainly private housing estates ...

Indoor Recreation Centre. Tsuen Wan Police District Headquarters and Divisional Station is opposite to the estate, between them is Tsuen King Circuit.

Location

Geographical coordinates:

Transport

Road

Route 9 extension

On 8 February 2007, Cheung Pei Shan Road, the section of Route 9 linking

Chai Wan Kok Chai Wan Kok () is an area in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. It is located at the west end of Tsuen Wan Town. While its southeast is industrial area, its hilly northeast and coastal southwest are residential. It is on the main access between Tuen Mun ...

and

Shek Wai Kok Shek Wai Kok () is a hilly area at the northeast of Tsuen Wan in Hong Kong. History Both the original Shek Wai Kok and Lo Wai villages have been described as the oldest villages of Tsuen Wan. In late 19th Century, it was one of four ''yeuk'' ...

was opened. This section passes through the reserved area of the shopping mall building. However, the road is not directly connected to the development.

MTR

Five-minute walk from to Tsuen Wan MTR station in the air-conditioned walkway which links from the estate.

Bus

As it is located at the side of Castle Peak Road, there are numerous bus routes with stops at Discovery Park.

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Discovery Park had a population of 8,893. The median age was 42.3 and the majority of residents (92.7 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.7 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$51,500.

Politics

Discovery Park is located in Discovery Park constituency of the

Tsuen Wan District Council The Tsuen Wan District Council () is the district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Tsuen Wan District Council currently consists of 21 members, of which the district is divided into 19 constitue ...

. It is currently represented by Lau Cheuk-yu, who was elected in the 2019 elections.

References

External links

Official website
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