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{{not to be confused with|Cornhill, London}}
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[[File:Kornhill Upper Residentional.jpg|thumb|250px|Kornhill apartment buildings.]]
[[File:Kornhill Upper Garden View 200905.jpg|thumb|250px|Children's playground]]

'''Kornhill''' and '''Kornhill Gardens''' are [[apartment building]]s on the northern slope of [[Mount Parker (Hong Kong)|Mount Parker]], in [[Quarry Bay]], [[Hong Kong Island]], [[Hong Kong]]. Kornhill is a [[private housing estate]] and Kornhill Gardens is a [[Private Sector Participation Scheme]] estate. The total population is approximately 30,000.
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==History==
The name comes from a small hill within the area close to the foot of Mount Parker. Kornhill was the site of the company residence of the senior manager of the [[Taikoo Sugar Refinery]] and the first senior manager was Ferdinand Korn.<ref>{{cite book |title= Signs of a Colonial Era|last1= Yanne|first1=Andrew|last2= Heller|first2= Gillis|year= 2009|publisher=[[Hong Kong University Press]]|isbn= 978-962-209-944-9|page=135}}</ref> The hill was almost levelled by the early 1980s, and can hardly be recognised. The modern-day housing estate was constructed in concert with the [[Island line (MTR)|MTR Island line]] and opened by 1987.<ref name=lau/>

==Modern development==
There are a total 44 blocks, with heights ranging from 20 to 34 storeys, including 42 conventional residential buildings, one block of serviced apartments, and an office tower.<ref name=lau>{{cite book|title=Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man: Selected and Current Works|date=2002|publisher=The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd|location=Victoria, Australia|isbn=1-876907-11-8|page=150|editor=Renée Otmar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kornhill Apartments|url=http://www.hanglung.com/en/hong-kong-properties/serviced-apartments/kornhill-apartments.aspx|publisher=Hang Lung Properties|access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> The residential blocks in Kornhill are named after English letters and there are two blocks of each letter (i.e. A1, A2, D1, D2, P1, P2.) In Kornhill Gardens, the blocks are named in Arabic numbers from 1 to 10. Kornhill Gardens blocks are sold under the [[Home Ownership Scheme|HOS Scheme]].

Blocks A1 to H2 are on Hong Shing Street ({{zh|t=康盛街|labels=no}}). Blocks J1 to M2 are on Hong Yue Street ({{zh|t=康愉街|labels=no}}). Blocks N1 to R2 are on Hong On Street ({{zh|t=康安街|labels=no}}). There is no block I, O, and S to Z. Blocks 1 to 10 are on southern side (western bound) of [[King's Road (Hong Kong)|King's Road]].

===Management===
[[MTR Properties|MTR Property]] is responsible for management.

===Developers===
They were developed by [[Hang Lung Properties|Hang Lung]], [[New World Development]], and [[MTR Properties|MTR Property]].

==Education==

===Primary schools===
There are two [[primary school]]s:
*Shanghai Alumni Primary School (滬江小學)
*Buddhist Chung Wah Kornhill Primary School (佛教中華康山學校)

Kornhill is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 14.<ref>{{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=2022-09-27}}</ref> Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and North Point Government Primary School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-14b.pdf|title=POA School Net 14|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-09-12}}</ref>

===Kindergartens and Nurseries===
There are nine [[kindergarten]]s:
*Magart International Kindergarten (瑪歌瑞特)
*Kornhill International Kindergarten (康怡國際幼稚園) 
*Kornhill Japanese Kindergarten (康怡日本語幼稚園)
*Creativity (Kornhill Gardens) Child Care Centre (躍思(康山)幼稚園)
*Victoria Infant & Toddler Playland (維多利亞嬰幼樂園)
*Victoria (Kornhill) International Kindergarten (維多利亞(康怡)國際幼兒園)
*Victoria Kindergarten + Victoria International Nursery (維多利亞幼稚園,維多利亞國際幼兒園)

==Parks and recreation==
Greeneries are all around the residential areas.

A clubhouse, in two phases (one near Block B and another near Block H) with two swimming pools, seven tennis courts, one squash court, a fitness gymnasium, and a [[barbecue]] site is available to club members only.

The [[Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension)|Tai Tam (Quarry Bay Extension) Country Park]] is right next to Hong Shing Street.

==Transport==
===Public transport===
*Kornhill is served by [[Tai Koo station|Tai Koo MTR station]] on the [[Island line (MTR)|Island line]].
*[[Hong Kong Tramways|Tram]] stops and [[Buses in Hong Kong|bus]] stops are available at Kornhill Road.
*Public bus service by [[Citybus (Hong Kong)|Citybus]] and [[Kowloon Motor Bus]] (KMB serves only cross-[[Victoria Harbour|harbour]] routes) at Kornhill Road and King's Road.
*[[Public light bus|Minibus]] service to [[North Point]] (33), [[Shau Kei Wan]] (32), and within Kornhill between Hong Shing Street and [[Tai Koo station|Tai Koo MTR station]] Hong On Street (33M), [[Mount Parker (Hong Kong)|Mount Parker Lodge]] (32A), [[Cyberport]] & [[Aberdeen, Hong Kong|Aberdeen]] (69), [[Wan Chai]] and [[Kennedy Town]] (Red non-franchised minibuses)
*The Hong Shing Street, Hong On Street, and Hong Yue Street and the Kornhill side (southern side, west bound) of [[King's Road (Hong Kong)|King's Road]] are restricted and not open to public buses to avoid nuisance to residents.

===Major streets and roads===
*[[Greig Road]]
*[[Hong Shing Street]]
*[[Hong Yue Street]]
*[[Hong On Street]]
*[[Kornhill Road]]
*[[King's Road (Hong Kong)|King's Road]]
*[[Sai Wan Terrace]]
*An entrance to the west bound of [[Route 4 (Hong Kong)|Route 4]], i.e. [[Island Eastern Corridor]] (IEC) and [[Route 2 (Hong Kong)|Route 2]], i.e. the [[Eastern Harbour Crossing]] (EHC) is available at the junction of Hong Yue and Hong On streets.

==Politics==
Kornhill has two constituencies within the [[Eastern District, Hong Kong|Eastern]] [[District councils of Hong Kong|District Council]].<ref>[http://www.eac.gov.hk/pdf/distco/maps/dc2007c.pdf District Council electoral boundaries: Eastern District]</ref> Blocks A1 to M2, together with Sai Wan Terrace and The Floridian, are in the Kornhill (康怡) constituency. Blocks {{update inline span|N1|date=December 2022}} to R2, and blocks 1 to 10 are in the Kornhill Gardens (康山) constituency.

The current district council members of Kornhill to the [[Eastern District Council]] are NGAI Chi Ho Derek{{update inline|date=December 2022}} and LEUNG Siu Sun Patrick.

In the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] elections, Kornhill belongs to the [[Hong Kong Island (constituency)|Hong Kong Island]] constituency.{{update inline|date=December 2022}}

==See also==
*[[Taikoo Shing]]
*[[Nam Fung Sun Chuen]]
*[[List of Home Ownership Scheme Courts in Hong Kong]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.282419,114.215648&spn=0.008411,0.013883&t=k&hl=en Satellite image of Kornhill, Kornhill Gardens and the vicinity from Google Maps]
* S.K. Hui, A. Cheung, J. Pang, [http://www.umac.mo/fba/irer/papers/current/vol13n1_pdf/01.pdf "A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach for Residential Property Valuation:Application to Hong Kong Housing Market"], ''International Real Estate Review'', 2010 Vol. 13 No.1: pp.&nbsp;1 – 29
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[[Category:Quarry Bay]]
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