Harbour Place () is a

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History

Hunghom Peninsula

Formerly called Hunghom Peninsula () and built on the

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Hung Hom Bay Hung Hom Bay was a bay in Victoria Harbour, between Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Since 1994, parts of the bay were reclaimed, and by 2019 it had been completely extinguished. All of present-da ...

, it was an HOS estate comprising 2,470

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s completed by the

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in 2002.

Harbour Place

Since the government decided to suspend the scheme, Hunghom Peninsula was sold to

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and

New World Development New World Development Company Limited (NWD), is a Hong Kong-based company focused on property developer in Hong Kong, property, hotels, infrastructure and services and department stores. It was established on 29 May 1970 by Cheng Yu-tung. The ...

in February 2004. In November 2004, the developers decided to

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and rebuild the buildings. The

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and

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were worried about the

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and strongly opposed the plan. One month later, due to public concerns, the developers decided not to demolish the buildings and renovate existing flats and upgrade facilities instead. In 2008, the extensive renovation and refurbishment of what was once a public housing estate into a luxury residential complex was completed, the flats renamed to Harbour Place () and were sold to the public.

Property description and facilities

Harbour Place comprises seven towers with a clubhouse with food and beverage service and an independent shopping arcade. Harbour Place also offers a bowling alley, games room, movie theater,karaoke room, gym, basketball, tennis, badminton courts and both indoor and outdoor swimming pools.

Leung Chin-man appointment controversy

In August 2008,

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, former Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Housing) and Director of Housing, joined

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and

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of the company. This raised public concern on

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since Leung involved in the deal of Hung Hom Peninsula with New World China Land's

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, New World Development, during his term of service. The Government and Legislative Council also involved in investigating Leung's case. One week later, New World China Land announced to terminate

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with Leung without any compensation.New World China land announced the Contract termination with Leung Chin-man
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