Celestial Heights
{{short description|Housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong}}
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| location = Quarry Hill, Kowloon
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| buildings = 33 blocks, 939 units
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File:Tin Kwong Road Police Quarters.jpg
Celestial Heights ({{zh|t=半山壹號|j={{kCantonese|半山壹號}}}}) is a private housing estate on Quarry Hill in Kowloon, Hong Kong, jointly developed by Cheung Kong Holdings and Nan Fung Group near To Kwa Wan station. There are 939 housing units, with an average price of HK$19,000,000.{{cite news |title=Celestial launch as prices rise |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=65702&sid=18892055&con_type=1 |newspaper=The Standard |date=May 13, 2008 |author=Stephanie Tong |access-date=2009-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124050/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=65702&sid=18892055&con_type=1 |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead }} It is composed of several more-than-50-floor buildings.{{cite news |title=$18,000 psf expected for first Celestial Heights flats |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=65973&sid=18985022&con_type=1 |newspaper=The Standard |date=May 19, 2008 |author=Alfred Liu |access-date=2009-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124058/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=1&art_id=65973&sid=18985022&con_type=1 |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead }} It was completed in 2009 and 2010.
History
In 2004, Cheung Kong Holdings paid HK$9.4 billion for the land of the former Ho Man Tin Police Married Quarters during an auction. This price was the second highest record in Hong Kong property history after Sino Land paid HK$11.8 billion for the land in Siu Sai Wan, later Island Resort, in 1997. In 2020, lots{{How many|date=May 2025}} of people moved there.{{cite news |title=Ma Tau Kok Outline Zoning Plan approved|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200811/14/P200811140161.htm|publisher= Government of Hong Kong |date=November 14, 2008}}[http://www.robroad.com/data/2006/0719/article_71129_1.htm Ka 9.4 billion auction was 87.6% higher than in Hong Kong] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715210539/http://www.robroad.com/data/2006/0719/article_71129_1.htm |date=2011-07-15 }}Building Journal Hong Kong China, Oct 2008, p46
Features
The shopping arcade of Celestial Heights could only be accessed on Kau Pui Lung Road, which is very distant from the address listed.
Education
Celestial Heights is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/index.html|title=POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-10-13}} Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Farm Road Government Primary School ({{lang|zh-HK|農圃道官立小學}}) and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School ({{lang|zh-HK|馬頭涌官立小學}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-34b.pdf|title=POA School Net 34|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12}}
References
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- [http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/program_video/index.php?video_id=49915 i-CABLE︰長實半山壹號4個廁所3個漏水]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www1.hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20090918&sec_id=15307&subsec_id=15320&art_id=13221639 Apple Daily: 富甲半山首日僅賣40伙]
External links
{{Portal|Hong Kong|Architecture}}
{{Commons category|Celestial Heights}}
- {{cite web |url=http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/bswmwong/pl/pdf/Large_site_formation.pdf |title=Large-scale site formation for a residential development at Sheung Shing Street, Ho Man Tin |last=Wong|first=Raymond |date=October 2010 |publisher=Div. of Building Science & Technology, City University of Hong Kong }}
{{Kowloon City District}}
{{Private housing estates in Hong Kong}}
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Category:Private housing estates in Hong Kong
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