East Point City () is a
private housing estate
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex or housing development) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country.
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and
shopping centre
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The first known colle ...
in
Hang Hau
Hang Hau () is a residential area in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located at the eastern edge of the Tseung Kwan O New Town. Most of the land was reclaimed from Hang Hau Village and Shui Bin Village ().
H ...
,
Tseung Kwan O
Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named ...
,
New Territories
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, Hong Kong, near the
Hang Hau
Hang Hau () is a residential area in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located at the eastern edge of the Tseung Kwan O New Town. Most of the land was reclaimed from Hang Hau Village and Shui Bin Village ().
H ...
MTR
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station. Built on
reclaimed land
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and developed by
Sun Hung Kai Properties
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP; ) is a listed corporation and the largest property developer in Hong Kong as of 2019. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust, largely the Kwok brothers. The Kwok family trust was set up by Kw ...
, the estate consists of seven high-rise buildings and a two-storey shopping centre. A large-scale renovation of the shopping centre was completed in 2008.
Demographics
According to the
2016 by-census, East Point City had a population of 7,054. The median age was 41.6 and the majority of residents (90.4 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 3.4 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$59,160.
Politics
East Point City is located in
Nam On constituency of the
Sai Kung District Council
The Sai Kung District Council () is the district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council currently consists of 31 members, of which the district is divided into 29 constituenc ...
. It is currently represented by Francis Chau Yin-ming, who was elected in the
2019 elections
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.
Gallery
File:Eastpointcity VOID 2018.jpg, East Point City Atrium in 2018
File:East Point City.jpg, East Point City Atrium in 2008
File:EPCJuscoSupermarket 20070621.jpg, JUSCO
is the acronym for Japan United Stores Company, a chain of "general merchandise stores" (or hypermarket) and the largest of its type in Japan.
The various JUSCO companies are subsidiaries of the ÆON supermarket chain.
The JUSCO name was adopte ...
Department Store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...
was located at East Point City, but closed in 2007
File:HK East Point City Level 1 Corridor 2008.jpg, 1st Floor of East Point City Shopping Centre after renovation in 2008
References
External links
Official website of East Point City
{{Private housing estates in Hong Kong
Buildings and structures completed in 1997
Sun Hung Kai Properties
Private housing estates in Hong Kong
Shopping centres in Hong Kong
Tseung Kwan O
Hang Hau
1997 establishments in Hong Kong