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Jubilee Garden () 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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situated at 2-18 Lok King Street,
Fo Tan
Fo Tan is an area of Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was developed as a light industrial area, but this activity has declined markedly in recent years. There are residential areas to the east, alongside the MTR line, and in the ...
,
Sha Tin District
Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most populo ...
,
New Territories
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,
Hong Kong
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. It is located near the
MTR Fo Tan station
Fo Tan () is a station on the of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It is located in the Fo Tan area of Sha Tin District, between and stations on the East Rail line's main branch. The is located parallel to Fo Tan, on the ...
and right next to
Sha Tin Racecourse
Sha Tin Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Sha Tin District, Sha Tin in the New Territories. It is managed by Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Penfold Park is encircled by the track, and the Hon ...
.
Overview
There are 9
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s of residential buildings providing a total of 2,260 units of apartment and duplex condo.
The buildings have 18-34 stories with units ranging from an area of to an area of . 8 different floor plans are available.
History
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Jubilee Garden was built by
Cheung Kong Holdings
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, is a multinational conglomerate, based in Hong Kong. It was one of Hong Kong's leading multi-national conglomerates. The company merged with its subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa on 3 June 2015, as part of a major ...
and
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC; ) is a Hong Kong wholly government-owned railway and land asset manager. It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon– ...
during the 1980s and it was the first large-scale property development in Lok King Street, Fo Tan. Jubilee Garden was also the first large-scale residential development by the KCRC. It was built above a podium over the stabling tracks of Ho Tung
Lau maintenance centre of the KCRC.
The construction of the Jubilee Garden apartments was completed in two stages (completion date):
* Stage One - Blocks 4 to 8 (1985)
* Stage Two - Blocks 1 to 3 (1986)
The Ho Tung Lau maintenance centre was later upgraded in three phases between 1989 and 1995. The
Royal Ascot
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, jointly 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 ...
and KCRC, was built above it, and was fully occupied by April 1997.
Resident facilities
![Jg swimming pool](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Jg_swimming_pool.jpg)
*Garden podium
*Outdoor swimming pool
*Tennis courts
*Basketball court
*Table tennis rooms
Transportation
It is in proximity to the
MTR East Rail line
The East Rail line () is one of ten lines of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It used to be one of the three lines of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR) network. It was known as the KCR British Section () from 1910 to 1996, ...
(
Fo Tan station
Fo Tan () is a station on the of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It is located in the Fo Tan area of Sha Tin District, between and stations on the East Rail line's main branch. The is located parallel to Fo Tan, on the ...
).
References
External links
Cheung Kong Holdings' introductionGoogle Profiles - An Unofficial Site of Jubilee GardenFacebook Jubilee Garden Community
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Fo Tan
Private housing estates in Hong Kong
CK Hutchison Holdings