Nob Hill () 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. Popular throughout the United States a ...

Lai Chi Kok Lai Chi Kok is a neighbourhood in Kowloon, Hong Kong, east of Kwai Chung and west of Cheung Sha Wan. Mei Foo Sun Chuen is the largest housing estate in the area and also the largest in Hong Kong with 99 blocks. Administratively, it belongs t ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

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, located at the former site of

Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park was an amusement park on the west shore of Lai Chi Kok Bay in Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong. It was once the largest amusement park in Hong Kong, and attracted people from all walks of life in the territory. History Operat ...

, together with

Wah Lai Estate Wah Lai Estate () is a public housing estate in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It consists of a total of two residential blocks completed in 2001. Lai Yan Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme housing court in Lai Chi Kok near Wah Lai Estate and ...

and Lai Yan Court. It has three residential blocks and a shopping centre. It was jointly developed 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 Far East Hotels and Entertainment in 2002.

History

Far East Hotels and Entertainment surrendered the Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park and Sung Dynasty Village attractions to the Hong Kong Government in exchange for the 90,000-square foot site that is now home to Nob Hill. The residential estate was developed as a joint venture between Far East and Cheung Kong. The developers also paid a land premium of about $710 million. The development was approved by the

Town Planning Board The Town Planning Board () is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Government tasked with developing urban planning, urban plans with an aim to ensuring the "health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the community through the process of ...

in mid-1996.

Features

Nob Hill has three residential blocks housing a total of 696 flats. The estate's shopping centre, Nob Hill Square, opened in 2002. It has a gross floor area of about 100,600 square feet. The estate is built above the Lai Chi Kok Bus Terminus.

District boundary issue

Nob Hill straddled at two different districts during the first few years after occupation. Block 1 and Lai Chi Kok Bus Terminus at its ground floor belonged to

Sham Shui Po District Sham Shui Po District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the poorest district in Hong Kong, with a predominantly working-class population of 405,869 in 2016 and the lowest median household income of all districts. Sham Shui Po has long ...

while Block 2 and 3 belonged to

Kwai Tsing District Kwai Tsing is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 520,572 in 2016. The district h ...

. However, this arrangement caused many inconveniences for handling district council matters. Some residents asked to assign the whole estate into Sham Shui Po District because the estate is near

Mei Foo Sun Chuen Mei Foo Sun Chuen or simply Mei Foo is a large private housing estate in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Mei Foo Sun Chuen was the first large scale private housing estate in Hong Kong and at the time of completion, the 99-tower complex w ...

. As a result, the government decided to put Nob Hill wholly into Sham Shui Po District in 2007.Speech by SHA in moving resolution on District Councils Ordinance in 2006
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History

Features

District boundary issue

See also

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