Richland Gardens

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Richland Gardens ({{zh|t=麗晶花園}}) is a home ownership scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme in Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, near the Kai Yip Estate. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Land Limited. It consists of 22 residential blocks and a shopping centre completed in 1985.[https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=2&id=1321347387580&dist=13 Richland Gardens, Kwun Tong, Kowloon]{{Cite web|title=Management Portfolio|url=https://www.socam.com/?route=property-management-portfolio&lang=1|access-date=2024-03-27|website=SOCAM Development}}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070321131646/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=102640 Richland Gardens]}} It was built next to Kai Tak and is one of the closest buildings to the former airport.

Kowloon Bay Health Centre Incident

In 1995, the government proposed the construction of a clinic which included a treatment centre for HIV/AIDS infection. The Richland Gardens residents were worried about bringing undesirable people and infectious disease to the area, and strongly protested against the plan.{{Cite web|title=Investigation Reports|url=https://www.eoc.org.hk/eoc/graphicsfolder/inforcenter/investigation/content.aspx?itemid=5213|access-date=2020-08-12|website=www.eoc.org.hk}}[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=37797&sid=&con_type=1&archive_d_str=19960501 Protest "based on ignorance"][http://www.info.gov.hk/aids/rrc/res/report05.pdf 2005 Report of Red Ribbon Centre] Although the centre could still open in 1999, the residents continued to protest against the centre, by blocking access to the clinic, annoying and attacking patients and health care workers.{{Cite web|title=HRW: Locked Doors: The Human Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS in China: V. HONG KONG: ONE COUNTRY, TWO EPIDEMICS?|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/china0803/6.htm|access-date=2020-08-12|website=www.hrw.org}} Several residents were then sued by the Equal Opportunities Commission, but finally the case was settled out of court in 2001.{{Cite web|title=EOC Newsletters|url=https://www.eoc.org.hk/eoc/graphicsfolder/inforcenter/newsletter/content.aspx?itemid=4079|access-date=2020-08-12|website=www.eoc.org.hk}}

Transport

A monorail station has been proposed for Richland Gardens as part of the Environmentally Friendly Linkage System (EFLS) (also known as the Kai Tak monorail).

Education

Richland Gardens is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 46. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-46b.pdf|title=POA School Net 46|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12}}

References

Category:Residential buildings completed in 1985

Category:Home Ownership Scheme

Category:Private Sector Participation Scheme

Category:Kowloon Bay

Category:Housing estates with centralized LPG system in Hong Kong