Sceneway Garden is a private housing estate

Private housing estate

A private housing estate is a term in Hong Kong that refers to a housing estate developed by a private developer, as opposed to a public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority or the Hong Kong Housing Society. It usually is characterised with a cluster of high-rise buildings,...

 in Lam Tin

Lam Tin

Lam Tin is an area in the Kwun Tong District in southeastern New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Lam Tin is primarily a residential area, though it also hosts a major transport interchange and the location of several renowned shopping attractions. Lam Tin was once a large field in the vicinity of Kowloon Bay....

, 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...

, built by Cheung Kong Holdings, completed in 1992.

Structure and location

Sceneway Garden is built on top of the Lam Tin MTR Station

Lam Tin (MTR)

Lam Tin is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay. The station is linked to the hillside community of the Lam Tin area by a series of escalators.-History:...

 and Lam Tin Bus Terminus, providing transport to residents. Located near the Eastern Harbour Crossing

Eastern Harbour Crossing

The Eastern Harbour Crossing, abbreviated as "EHC" , is a tunnel in Hong Kong. It is a combined road and MTR rail link under Victoria Harbour between Quarry Bay in Hong Kong Island and Cha Kwo Ling in Kowloon.- History :...

, Sceneway Garden also has an outlet to Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

.

Situated on a platform above Route 2

Route 2 (Hong Kong)

Route 2 of Hong Kong runs from Quarry Bay of Hong Kong Island to Ma Liu Shui of the New Territories, formerly known as route 6, and renamed as route 2 in 2004 under the route numbering scheme proposed in the same year....

, the underlying layer of the platform houses a shopping mall, Sceneway Plaza

Sceneway Plaza

Sceneway Plaza is a shopping center in Hong Kong and the location of the Immigration Department East Kowloon Office. Established in 1991, it is located in Lam Tin, Kowloon, atop the Lam Tin MTR Station...

, and a link to the MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 station. Two other major shopping plazas in Hong Kong, APM

Apm Millennium City 5

apm is a shopping mall in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, which opened in April 2005. It is located within Millennium City 5, a commercial property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. Together with Millennium Cities 1, 2, 3, and 6, they are commercial properties situated along Kwun Tong Road. apm is next...

 and Laguna Plaza are close by.

Sceneway Garden consists of 17 blocks, blocks 9 to 17 in Phase B, which is unveiled earlier and are 28 floors tall each, and blocks 1 to 8 in Phase A, with heights varying from 31 floors to 34 floors.

Demographics

There are currently around 30,000 residents in the estate, mostly Hong Kong Chinese

Zhonghua minzu

Zhonghua minzu , usually translated as Chinese ethnic groups or Chinese nationality, refers to the modern notion of a Chinese nationality transcending ethnic divisions, with a central identity for China as a whole...

. However, due to the presence of a Japanese school nearby in Laguna City

Laguna City

Laguna City was one of the earliest large-scale private-housing estates built in Lam Tin, Kwun Tong District, in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was developed jointly by Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa Property and completed in the early 1990s....

, Japanese people

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 also form a large proportion of the residents, in comparison to other residential developments in Hong Kong.

Transport

MTR

• Exits B and D of Lam Tin
  Lam Tin (MTR)
  Lam Tin is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay. The station is linked to the hillside community of the Lam Tin area by a series of escalators.-History:...
  
   Station of Kwun Tong Line
  Kwun Tong Line (MTR)
  The Kwun Tong Line is one of the ten lines of the MTR network in Hong Kong. It starts at Yau Ma Tei in West Kowloon and ends at Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung. It is indicated in green on the MTR map. During the morning rush hour, the Kwun Tong Line utilises 27 trains on the tracks...
  
  

Franchised bus

• Kowloon Motor Bus
  Kowloon Motor Bus
  The Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited , a company of the Transport International Holdings Limited, is the largest franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world...
  
   routes 14, 14B, 14C, 15, 15A, 15P, 16M, 38, 42C, 62X, 74S, 89D, 89P, 93M, 215X, N216, 216M, 258D, 259D, 277X, 298P
• Citybus
  Citybus (Hong Kong)
  Citybus Limited is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. It provides both franchised and non-franchised bus service. The franchised route network serves mainly Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes , Ocean Park, North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport...
  
   routes A22, E22, E22P, R22, 61R
• Cross-harbour routes 601, N601, 606, 619, 619P, N619, 621, 641, 671, 690, 690P, N690, N691, 692, 694, 698R
• All at Lam Tin MTR Station
  Lam Tin (MTR)
  Lam Tin is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay. The station is linked to the hillside community of the Lam Tin area by a series of escalators.-History:...
  
   stop.

Minibus

Minibus

A minibus or minicoach is a passenger carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus. In the United Kingdom, the word "minibus" is used to describe any full-sized passenger carrying van. Minibuses have a...

• Green minibus routes 23, 23B, 23C at Sin Fat Road stop; 76, 108M at Lam Tin Bus Terminus
• Red minubus routes Chai Wan - Kwun Tong, Wan Chai - Lam Tin, Ko Chun Court - Yan Oi Square

Road transport

• Flyover access from Kai Tin Road near Lei Yue Mun Interchange
  Lei Yue Mun Interchange
  Lei Yue Mun Interchange is a roundabout interchange that feeds traffic from Eastern Harbour Crossing , to Yau Tong and Lam Tin via Lei Yue Mun Road & Kai Tin Road, respectively, and to/from Route 7....