Metro City (Hong Kong)

Metro City Phase 2

Platform garden of Metro City Phase 2

Metro City (Chinese: 新都城) is the largest private housing estate and shopping centre in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong, developed by Henderson Land Development.^[1] Built on the reclaimed land in Po Lam, the estate is developed into 3 phases. The MTR Po Lam Station, the terminus of Tseung Kwan O Line, is located between the three phases.^[2]

Residential Buildings

The estate are divided into 3 phases by development, offering a total of 6768 units.^[3] Phase 1 consists of 6 blocks completed in 1996. Phase 2 consists of 11 blocks completed in 1998. Phase 3, also called The Metropolis (Chinese: 都會豪庭),^[4] consists of 4 blocks completed in 2000.^[5]

Shopping Centre

Each phase of Metro City has its own shopping centre. The shopping centre is the largest in Tseung Kwan O and covers 1.5 million square metres in size. It has department store, superstore, food court, restaurants and furniture. Also, the only cinema is located in Metro City.^[6] The shopping centres and Po Lam Station are connected together by footbridges.^[7]

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  Metro City Plaza 2

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  Metro City Plaza 2 Shopping Arcade

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  The cinema in Metro City

Transport interchange

KMB

• 91M- Po Lam ↔ Diamond Hill Station
• 93A- Po Lam ↔ Kwun Tong Ferry
• 93K- Po Lam ↔ Mong Kok East Station
• 93M- Po Lam ↺ Lam Tin Station (Rush Time Service)
• 98A- Hang Hau (North) ↺ Ngau Tau Kok Station
• 98C- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Mei Foo
• 98D- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 98P- Hong Shing Garden → Tsim Sha Tsui East (Rush Time Service)
• 98S- LOHAS Park ↔ Mei Foo (Rush Time Service)
• 296M- Hong Shing Garden ↔ Hang Hau Station
• 297- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Hung Hom Ferry
• 893- Sha Tin Racecourse → Hong Shing Garden (Race Day Service)
• N293- Mong Kok East Station ↔ Sheung Tak (Midnight Service)

NWFB

• 694- Tiu Keng Leng Station ↔ Siu Sai Wan Estate
• 798- Tiu Keng Leng Station ↔ Fo Tan (Shan Mei Street)

Citybus

• E22A- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam
• E22B- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam (Rush Time Service)
• E22S- Tung Chung (Yat Tung Estate) ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam (Rush Time Service)
• N29- Tung Chung Station (via Airport) ↔ Tseung Kwan O Po Lam (Midnight Service)

Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus

• 690- Central (Exchange Square) ↔ Hong Shing Garden
• 690P- Central (Exchange Square) ↔ Hong Shing Garden
• N691- Tiu Keng Leng ↔ Central (Macau Ferry)

References

1. ^ Henderson Land sweetens rate terms for Metro City
2. ^ Metro City
3. ^ No. of Units of These 100 Secondary Estates
4. ^ Henderson Club
5. ^ Metro City
6. ^ Metro City
7. ^ Metro City Phase I

External links

• Official website of Metro City
• S.K. Hui, A. Cheung, J. Pang, "A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach for Residential Property Valuation:Application to Hong Kong Housing Market", International Real Estate Review, 2010 Vol. 13 No.1: pp. 1 – 29