Hong Lok Yuen

Hong Lok Yuen (Chinese: 康樂園) is a low-density luxury residential housing estate in Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong, located near Cloudy Hill.

Hong Lok Yuen
Traditional Chinese康樂園
Simplified Chinese康乐园
Literal meaningHappy healthy garden/leisure garden[1]
Panoramic view of Hong Lok Yuen with Tai Po and Tolo Harbour in the background

It is north of Tai Po Town.[1]

History

Hong Lok Yuen was previously an orchard owned by General Li Fulin.[2] It is reputed to have excellent feng shui.[3]

Hong Lok Yuen was approved for development in 1977 as a new garden estate.[4] Canadian Overseas Development and Clifford Wong Chun-fai (黃振輝) were the developers.[1] The developing company Hong Lok Yuen Property Co Ltd a joint venture between Wong, a well known architect, and Winpole International Ltd (永保國際有限公司) with Sun Hung Kai Properties also later participating in the development.[5] Hong Lok Yuen was sub-divided into a total of 1,196 units between 1980 and September 1993.[6]

The estate

The total area of the Hong Lok Yuen estate covers an area of 558,000 square meters, of which 40% is reserved for forests and parks. Most of the units are 1600-3500 sq ft two to three storey independent villas with garages and gardens.[7] Hong Lok Yuen is one of the few large-scale bungalow-style luxury residential areas in Hong Kong and has attracted many officials and artists as residents. There is a shopping centre, clubhouse and international school, International College Hong Kong, located in the estate. [8][9]

Incidents
  • "The Three Corpse Robbery Case"[10] - No. 135, 10th Street, Hong Lok Yuen - On September 28, 1982, between about 9:30 am to 11:30 am a 32-year-old renovation worker entered the house to burgle it but was discovered by a resident.[10] The suspect afraid of being arrested killed the 33-year-old housewife and her 8-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son.[10] He strangled the three with wires and ties and placed the bodies in the storage room and bathroom.[10] The suspect stole HK$4,000 yuan,[11] a gold chain,[11] a diamond ring,[11] golden cufflink,[10] a bead necklace,[11] a women's handbag [10] and a bank safety deposit box key.[10] The murder was discovered at 20:10 when the male head of the household returned home from work.[10] Then incident was one infamous events of the year.[12] The suspect left Hong Kong on the day of the killing, but returned on October 5, and was arrested by the police on October 16.[10] On June 14, 1983 at trial in the High Court of Hong Kong,[11] the defendant denied three charges of murder and one charge of robbery.[10] On June 27 seven male jurors unanimously found the defendant guilty.[10] The judge Michael Wong Kin Chow sentenced the murderer to death for three counts of murder,[10] and to the maximum penalty for robbery of life imprisonment.[10] The judge denounced the inhuman and cold-blooded nature of the killing[10] saying it was difficult to describe the behaviour using pen and ink[10] and the defendant must be completely isolated from society.[10] In November 1966, Hong Kong had ceased carrying out the death penalty following the United Kingdom. The sentence was, therefore, commuted and the defendant and was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Hong Kong judge.
  • The Hong Lok Yuen International School was sued for adverse possession of land used by the Man family for ancestral halls that is used by the school as a playground and flower garden.[13]
  • No. 8, Second Street, Hong Lok Yuen. In December 2014, a 33-year-old female tenant hanged herself in the toilet inside the house, making the house a death home. Afterwards the unit became difficult to sell. It was placed auction with an initial reserve price of HK$33.8 million. The house was eventually sold for a 40% discount at HK$20 million.[14]

Well-known residents

Transportation

Hong Lok Yuen has a shuttle bus service (NR51) for residents that travels to Tai Wo station on the MTR East Rail line, Tai Po Town Centre and Tai Po Market.

The following buses also stop at Hong Lok Yuen bus stop located on the Tai Po Road - Tai Wo Section about 300 metres walk from the entrance to the estate:

64P, 64K, 65K, 73, 73A, 74C, 74D, N73

The following red minibuses also stop on Tai Po Road - Tai Wo Section.

  • Sheung Shui to Castle Peak route[20]
  • Sheung Shui to Jordan Road route (24 hours)[21]
  • Sheung Shui to Mong Kok route (on demand)[22]
  • Sheung Shui to Causeway Bay route (night service)[23]
  • Kwun Tong to Lok Ma Chau route[24]

District Council Seat

Because Hong Lok Yuen does not have sufficient population for a seat, it is in the same electorate as Sha Lo Tung, and other villages.

Year/Area2000-20032004-20072008-20112012-20152016-20192020-2023
Hong Lok YuenP17 Hong Lok Yuen constituency

Note: There are other minor adjustments (including numbering) in the above main areas. Please refer to the relevant district board election constituency boundary map and entries.

See also

References
  1. "Hong Lok Yuen". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. 口頭傳統和表現形式 - 宗族口述傳說（泰亨文氏）
  3. "聚寶之地 康樂園" (in Chinese). 東周網. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  4. 港工商日報, 1977-06-06 第3頁
  5. "大埔康樂園座落地段靚 望樓景觀遜" (in Chinese). 蘋果日報. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  6. 利嘉閣數據
  7. "靚盤巡禮：大埔康樂園 200萬豪裝 擁千呎花園" (in Chinese). 蘋果日報. 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  8. 新鴻基地產網頁
  9. "康樂園小鎮風情" (in Chinese). 太陽報. 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  10. 康樂園三屍命案 被告昨判處死刑 行劫罪名則判終身監禁 檢察官懷疑兇手行劫被識破後殺人滅口. Ta Kung Pao (in Chinese). 1983-06-28. p. 8 – via HK Public Libraries MMIS.
  11. 康樂園三屍劫殺案 定期下星期二聆訊 法庭選出全男性陪審團. 華僑日報 (in Chinese). 1983-06-10. p. 第四張第三頁 – via HK Public Libraries MMIS.
  12. 大埔康樂園別墅發生 驚人三屍兇殺案 母與子女同與害. The Kung Sheung Daily News (in Chinese). 1982-09-29. Retrieved 2015-05-27 – via HK Public Libraries MMIS.
  13. 案件速遞 學校涉霸文氏祖堂地
  14. "【女租客自殺】康樂園銀主凶宅呎價僅八千 低市價50%". 蘋果日報. 2017-09-28.
  15. 許冠傑低價沽康樂園. Apple Daily (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  16. 張柏芝新居增設地牢唱K房. Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 2001-11-12. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  17. 陳小春沽康樂園 帳面賺450萬. Ming Pao (in Chinese). 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  18. 中環在線：杜汶澤爽購康樂園 $1,400萬屋 老婆冇名. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  19. 受夠村屋龜速上網 翁靜晶：每戶俾一萬鋪光纖？. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 2015-11-07. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  20. 青山道欽州街　—　大埔及上水
  21. 上水及大埔　＞　佐敦道
  22. "旺角亞皆老街 — 大埔及上水". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  23. 銅鑼灣鵝頸橋　—　大埔及上水
  24. 觀塘同仁街　—　落馬洲
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