Richland Gardens
Encyclopedia
Richland Gardens is a Home Ownership Scheme
and Private Sector Participation Scheme in Kowloon Bay
, Kowloon
, Hong Kong
, near Kai Yip Estate. It was jointly developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority
and Shui On. It consists of 22 residential blocks and a shopping centre completed in 1985.
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. 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. Several residents were then sued by the Equal Opportunities Commission
, but finally the case was settled out of court in 2001.
Home Ownership Scheme
The Home Ownership Scheme is a subsidized-sale programme of public housing in Hong Kong managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority...
and Private Sector Participation Scheme in Kowloon Bay
Kowloon Bay
Kowloon Bay is a bay located at the east of the Kowloon Peninsula and north of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is the eastern portion of Victoria Harbour, between Hung Hom and Lei Yue Mun...
, Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, near Kai Yip Estate. It was jointly developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority
Hong Kong Housing Authority
The Hong Kong Housing Authority is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong...
and Shui On. It consists of 22 residential blocks and a shopping centre completed in 1985.
Kowloon Bay Health Centre Incident
In 1995, the government proposed the construction of a clinicClinic
A clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...
which included a treatment centre
Treatment centre
Treatment centres are medical institutions in the United Kingdom which provide routine diagnostic and surgery procedures to day-case and short-stay patients. By diverting these patients away from hospitals, they aim to reduce waiting lists by allowing hospitals to concentrate on emergency and more...
for HIV/AIDS infection. The Richland Gardens residents were worried about bringing undesirable people and infectious disease
Infectious disease
Infectious diseases, also known as communicable diseases, contagious diseases or transmissible diseases comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism...
to the area, and strongly protested against the plan. 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. Several residents were then sued by the Equal Opportunities Commission
Equal Opportunities Commission
The Equal Opportunities Commission was an independent non-departmental public body, in the United Kingdom, which tackled sex discrimination and promoted gender equality...
, but finally the case was settled out of court in 2001.