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'''Tseung Kwan O New Town''', commonly known as '''Tseung Kwan O''' ({{lang-zh|t=將軍澳新市鎮|j=Zoeng1 gwan1 ou3 san1 si5 zan3}}), is one of the nine [[New towns of Hong Kong|new town]]s in [[Hong Kong]], built mainly on [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|reclaimed land]] in the northern half of [[Junk Bay]] in southeastern [[New Territories]], after which it is named.

Development of the new town was approved in 1982, with the initial population intake occurring in 1988. As of 2016, the town is home to around 396,000 residents. The total development area of Tseung Kwan O, including its industrial estate,{{failed verification|date=October 2021}} is about {{convert|17.18|km2}}, with a planned population of 445,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/towns&urban_developments.pdf|title=Hong Kong: The Facts - New Towns, New Development Areas and Urban Developments|location=Hong Kong|publisher=Civil Engineering and Development Department|date=May 2016|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> Major residential neighbourhoods within the new town include [[Tsui Lam Estate|Tsui Lam]], [[Po Lam]], [[Hang Hau]], Tseung Kwan O Town Centre, [[Tiu Keng Leng]] (also known by its English name Rennie's Mill) and Siu Chik Sha, etc.

Administratively, the new town belongs to [[Sai Kung District]] in southeastern [[New Territories]], although it is often incorrectly regarded as part of [[Kowloon]] / [[New Kowloon]] due to its close proximity to the city — the new town is bordered by [[Kwun Tong District]], a high rise built-up area, to Tseung Kwan O's west.
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==History and urban development==
[[File:Tseung Kwan O Town Park Pano 201405.jpg|center|thumb|800px|{{center|The view from Hong Kong Velodrome Park, the town park of Tseung Kwan O. [[Hang Hau]] and Tseung Kwan O Town Centre are on the left and right, respectively.}}]]

The land where Tseung Kwan O New Town now stands was, until the 1980s, a long narrow [[inlet]] named [[Junk Bay]], with small fishing villages (such as [[Tseung Kwan O Village]] and [[Hang Hau]] Village, etc.) and a few small shipbuilding establishments dotting its coastline.<ref name=cedd_e1>{{cite web |url=https://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/about-us/achievements/land/regional-development/e1-tseung-kwan-o-new-town/index.html |title=E1 Tseung Kwan O New Town |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[Civil Engineering and Development Department]] |access-date=2019-11-04 }}</ref> The present-day neighbourhood of [[Tiu Keng Leng]] (then known as Rennie's Mill) was, from the 1950s to 1990s, a [[refugee]] village housing [[Kuomintang]] loyalists who fled to Hong Kong after their party's defeat in the [[Chinese Civil War]].

The [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]] had long been interested in developing a new town at Hang Hau because of its proximity to the urban area. The project was postponed for a long time owing to the extensive scale of [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|reclamation]] in the bay, which is rather deep. The project finally took off under the name of Tseung Kwan O in 1983, when the development of the new town's Phase I was endorsed by the [[Governor-in-Council]].<ref name=pland>{{cite web |url=https://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/press/publication/nt_pamphlet02/tko_html/hist.html |title=Tseung Kwan O: Historical Background |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[Planning Department (Hong Kong)|Planning Department]] |access-date=2018-10-12 }}</ref> This was followed by the decision to proceed with Phase II, which entailed further reclamation and the clearance of the Kuomintang refugee village at [[Tiu Keng Leng|Rennie's Mill]] (later renamed [[Tiu Keng Leng]]), with a view to increase the planned population from 175,000 to 325,000.<ref name=pland/> The first families moved in to the new town in 1988 when public housing at the Head of the Bay ([[Po Lam Estate]]) was completed.<ref name=pland/>

The New Town was developed in three phases. The first phase encompasses Northern Tseung Kwan O, which includes [[Po Lam station|Po Lam MTR station]] and [[Hang Hau station]], while the second and third phase comprise Southern Tseung Kwan O, which includes [[Tseung Kwan O station]] (Town Centre) and [[Tiu Keng Leng station]].
* Phase I – [[Hang Hau]], [[Po Lam]], Siu Chik Sha, Tsui Lam
* Phase II – Town Centre North, [[Tiu Keng Leng]]
* Phase III – Town Centre South, [[Pak Shing Kok]], Tai Chik Sha

The design of the new town was highly [[Transit-oriented development|transit-oriented]]. Developments centred along the [[MTR]]-corridor, with more than 80% of the population living within five minutes of an MTR station, with huge residential complexes surrounding the MTR stations. As most of the residential complexes surrounds the MTR station, [[urban open space]] are usually planned at the periphery of each neighbourhood in Tseung Kwan O. Neighbourhoods are therefore separated by parks.

==Geography==
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Tseung Kwan O is located near the southeastern tip of the [[New Territories]] mainland, {{convert|9|to|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} east-southeast from the [[Central, Hong Kong|Central District]] of Hong Kong.

The town is bounded on the south by the namesake [[Junk Bay]], known as Tseung Kwan O ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|將軍澳}}) in Chinese. Most of the residential developments in the new town stand on land reclaimed from the bay. The mountains of [[Devil's Peak, Hong Kong|Devil's Peak]], Chiu Keng Wan Shan, Black Hill and Tai Sheung Tok form the new town's western boundary, where it borders [[Kwun Tong District]] of [[Kowloon]]. Lying to the north and southeast of the town are [[Razor Hill]] and [[High Junk Peak]], which separate the new town from the rural parts of [[Sai Kung District]].

The whole of Tseung Kwan O belongs to [[Sai Kung District]], part of the New Territories. The town is, however, situated far away from other major population centres of the New Territories, and is instead in close proximity with [[Kwun Tong]] in Kowloon. While the town is entirely within the [[New Territories East (constituency)|New Territories East geographical constituency]], a number of governmental bodies and large corporations would, for the sake of administrative convenience, classify Tseung Kwan O as part of Kowloon East, adding to the confusion of the town's residents. For example, the [[Hospital Authority]] places Tseung Kwan O under its [[Kowloon East Cluster]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ha.org.hk/visitor/ha_visitor_text_index.asp?Content_ID=10178&Lang=ENG|title=Introduction of Clusters: Kowloon East Cluster|website=[[Hospital Authority]]|access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref> 

From 1992 to 2017, Tseung Kwan O had been [[Hong Kong Police Force|policed]] under the Tseung Kwan O Division of the Kwun Tong Police District, and the upgraded Tseung Kwan O Police District still belongs to the Kowloon East Police Region.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201707/21/P2017072100570.htm|title=Establishment of Tseung Kwan O Police District|publisher=The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|date=2017-07-21}}</ref> It is under such a situation that the new town is often incorrectly, or intentionally, referred to as part of Kowloon. This is illustrated by the fact that the two hotels in Tseung Kwan O are named [[Crowne Plaza]] Hong Kong Kowloon East and Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon East.

===Neighbourhoods===
[[File:Tsang Kwan O The Wings View1 201305.jpg|thumb|upright|Two hotels complex in Tseung Kwan O Town Centre]]

The development of Tseung Kwan O New Town commenced from the head of the original inlet, on reclaimed land in front of the original indigenous villages of Tseung Kwan O and Yau Yue Wan. The [[Po Lam]] neighbourhood is where the earliest developments in the new town could be found. Notably, [[Po Lam Estate]] (1988) was the first residential development in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propertyType=1&id=2772|title=Housing Authority Property Location and Profile|publisher=[[Hong Kong Housing Authority]]|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref> [[Metro City (Hong Kong)|Metro City Plaza]], with its three phases surrounding the [[Po Lam station|MTR terminus]], remains the largest shopping mall in the new town.

To the southeast of Po Lam lies the residential neighbourhood of [[Hang Hau]]. It was once a small market town that served the whole of [[Clear Water Bay Peninsula]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/press/publication/nt_pamphlet02/tko_html/hist.html|title=Pamphlets on Planning for New Territories > Tseung Kwan O > Historical Background|publisher=[[Planning Department (Hong Kong)|Planning Department]]|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref> and was also a hub for [[ship breaking]] industries. When the new town was developed, residents of Hang Hau Town were resited into the Hang Hau Town Resite Area at the neighbourhood's northern edge, known presently as Hang Hau Village. The reclaimed part of Hang Hau is now home to a number of residential developments as well as community facilities such as the [[Tseung Kwan O Hospital|District Hospital]] and [[Sai Kung District Council]] facilities.

Tseung Kwan O Town Centre refers to the area to the south of Po Lam, southwest of Hang Hau and east of Tiu Keng Leng. Centered on MTR [[Tseung Kwan O station]], this is the major growth area in the new town where new residential developments are being built. The development of the town centre commenced with the construction of [[Sheung Tak Estate]] in 1998. It has since been extended southwards to the shoreline of Junk Bay. Early private residential developments in the area include [[Sun Hung Kai Properties]]' [[Park Central (Hong Kong)|Park Central]] (2002)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.park-central.com.hk/chi/home.html |title=將軍澳中心 - Park Central |website=www.park-central.com.hk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117063926/http://www.park-central.com.hk/chi/home.html |archive-date=2009-11-17}}</ref> and The Wings (2012),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shkp.com/en-US/Pages/hkproperties-residential |title=Sun Hung Kai Properties - Residential |website=www.shkp.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628165534/http://www.shkp.com/en-US/Pages/hkproperties-residential/ |archive-date=2011-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewingsii.com.hk/ |title=Home |website=thewingsii.com.hk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ps.hket.com/project/239|title=新盤一覽 &#124; 新盤專頁 - 地產站 Property Station}}</ref> and [[Nan Fung Group]]'s Tseung Kwan O Plaza (2004).<ref>[http://www.tkoplazahk.com/ Official website of Tseung Kwan O Plaza] Retrieved 2011-09-18</ref>

[[Tiu Keng Leng]] (formerly Rennie's Mill) was once a cottage area housing [[refugee]]s who settled in Hong Kong after the [[Kuomintang]]'s defeat in the [[Chinese Civil War]]. The refugee village was cleared before the [[Handover of Hong Kong|handover]]. It has since been redeveloped into a mid-size high-rise residential neighbourhood.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

==Demographics==
The 2016 Population By-census records the population of Tseung Kwan O New Town at 398,479, a 7.12% increase from 2011.<ref name=2016bycensus>{{cite web|url=https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-dp-new-town.html|title=District Profiles|website=2016 Population By-census|publisher=[[Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong)|Census and Statistics Department]]|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> This is equivalent to 86% of [[Sai Kung District]]'s total population.

Among the residents of Tseung Kwan O, 42% live in private housing, 34% in some form of subsidized home ownership housing (e.g. [[Home Ownership Scheme|HOS]] courts) and 23% in [[Public housing in Hong Kong|public rental housing]].<ref name=2016bycensus/> Each of 4 more well-developed neighbourhoods in the new town, namely [[Po Lam]], [[Hang Hau]], Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and [[Tiu Keng Leng]], is a combination of the above 3 types of housing clustering around a metro station. Private housing estates usually come in the form of podium-tower structures, where the podium levels are [[shopping mall]]s. Most [[public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O]] are equipped with their own shopping malls as well, although mostly smaller in size than their private counterparts.

The [[LOHAS Park]] residential project in the southern part of the new town will become the largest single residential enclave in Hong Kong, with 50 high-rises skyscrapers from 46 to 76 floors high after its full completion in 2025.

A handful of pre-existing indigenous villages are also retained in the new town design.

==Economy==
Tseung Kwan O displays the characteristics of a [[commuter town]] as only less than 10% of the workforce living there works within the same district, according to the 2016 Population By-census.<ref name=2016bycensus/>

===Industries===
[[File:Tseung_Kwan_O_Industrial_Area_201705.jpg|thumb|A bird's-eye view of [[Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate]]]]
[[Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate]] is located in the southeastern part of the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkstp.org/en/our-stories/our-footprint/tseung-kwan-o-industrial-estate/|title=Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate|publisher=[[Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation]]|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> Apart from various manufacturing industries that could not be housed in conventional multi-storey industrial buildings, the estate is also where a number of mass media outlets locate their headquarters at, including [[TVB City]], the headquarters of Hong Kong's largest television broadcaster, and news agencies like ''[[Apple Daily]]'' ([[Apple Daily raids and arrests|forcibly closed on 24 June 2021]]) and ''[[Sing Tao Daily]]''. The industrial estate hosts a high concentration of [[data centre]]s due to the fact that three out of the eight [[submarine communications cable]]s connecting to Hong Kong make their [[cable landing point|landfall]] at the marine frontage of the estate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ofca.gov.hk/en/industry_focus/telecommunications/facility_based/infrastructures/submarine_cables/index.html|title=Landing of Submarine Cables in Hong Kong|publisher=[[Office of the Communications Authority]]|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tgthkdc2.com/prime-location/|title=Prime Location|publisher=TGT Hong Kong Data Centre 2|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>

Bus routes 797M ([[New World First Bus|NWFB]]) and 298E ([[Kowloon Motor Bus|KMB]]) connect the industrial estate to southern Tseung Kwan O. A spur line of the MTR's [[Tseung Kwan O line]] to the [[LOHAS Park station]] was completed in July 2009 and provides easy access to the industrial estate from [[Kowloon]] and [[Hong Kong Island]].

===Shopping complexes===
[[File:Tseung Kwan O Plaza Mall.jpg|thumb|Shopping mall of Tseung Kwan O Plaza]]
Tseung Kwan O has several major shopping complexes, all sitting atop of or in close proximity to MTR stations. The largest shopping centre in the new town now is [[Metro City (Hong Kong)|Metro City Plaza]], which boasts three phases surrounding [[Po Lam station|Po Lam MTR station]].

[[Hang Hau station|Hang Hau MTR station]] is surrounded by an extensive network of mid-sized shopping arcades linked by footbridges. The mainstay of this multifarious complex is [[East Point City]].

Tseung Kwan O Town Centre ([[Tseung Kwan O station|Tseung Kwan O MTR station]]) is home to [[Park Central (Hong Kong)|Park Central]], PopCorn, and [[Tseung Kwan O Plaza]].

An iconic 480,000-square-foot MTR shopping mall [[LOHAS Park#The LOHAS|The LOHAS]] has been built atop [[LOHAS Park station]]. It has the largest indoor ice rink in Hong Kong as well as the largest cinema in Tseung Kwan O.

==Infrastructure==
===Transport===
====Rail====
[[File:Hang Hau Station Exterior View 201405.jpg|thumb|[[Hang Hau station]] on the lower levels of the Residence Oasis development]]
Tseung Kwan O is linked to urban [[Hong Kong Island]] by the namesake [[Tseung Kwan O line]] of the [[MTR]] metro system. The commutes from Po Lam and Tiu Keng Leng to [[Central District, Hong Kong|Central District]] take 31 and 24 minutes, respectively. Currently the line calls at five stations in the new town: [[Tiu Keng Leng station|Tiu Keng Leng]], [[Tseung Kwan O station|Tseung Kwan O]], [[Hang Hau station|Hang Hau]], [[Po Lam station|Po Lam]], and [[LOHAS Park station|LOHAS Park]]. [[Tiu Keng Leng station]] is also the terminus of MTR's [[Kwun Tong line]] which connects the town with [[East Kowloon|Kowloon East]]. All MTR stations within the new town are either connected to or in the proximity of shopping centres and large private housing developments.

====Bus services====
[[File:Hang Hau (North) Public Transport Interchange.JPG|thumb|Hang Hau (North) Bus Terminus]]
The new town is also well-covered by the local public [[Buses in Hong Kong|bus]] and [[Public light bus|minibus]] network. As of November 2019, a total of 50 bus routes ply between Tseung Kwan O and other districts of Hong Kong. Another 3 operate entirely within the new town. These are complemented by 37 [[green minibus]] routes. On the other hand, [[red minibus]]es are banned from entering Tseung Kwan O.

Hong Kong's three major bus operators all have [[List of bus routes in Hong Kong|routes]] serving Tseung Kwan O. [[Kowloon Motor Bus]], the major bus operator in the New Territories, serves mainly [[Po Lam]] and [[Hang Hau]] areas. Having successfully tendered for a package of bus routes serving southern Tseung Kwan O, [[New World First Bus]] now operates an extensive network serving [[Tiu Keng Leng]], Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and most of the town's southern part. The new town is linked to the [[Hong Kong International Airport|airport]] at Chek Lap Kok by a handful of [[Citybus (Hong Kong)|Citybus]] routes.

Bus termini could be found at [[Metro City (Hong Kong)|Metro City Plaza]] in Po Lam; [[Tsui Lam Estate]] and [[Hong Sing Garden]] in Tsui Lam; Hang Hau station and Hang Hau (North) in Hang Hau; Tseung Kwan O station and [[Sheung Tak Estate]] in Tseung Kwan O Town Centre; Tiu Keng Leng station and [[Kin Ming Estate]] in Tiu Keng Leng; as well as at [[Oscar by the Sea]], [[LOHAS Park]] and the Industrial Estate in the town's southeastern part.

====Road network====
[[File:2022年10月-將軍澳跨灣連接路.jpg|thumb|[[Cross Bay Link|Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Bridge]]]]
The new town is connected to urban [[Kowloon]] through two road tunnels. The [[Tseung Kwan O Tunnel]] acts as the major road link between Tseung Kwan O and Kwun Tong. Built to alleviate the heavy pressure on Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, the [[Tseung Kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel]] opened to traffic in 2022 and offers a more direct linkage to the [[Eastern Harbour Crossing]].

Other main roads leading to Tseung Kwan O include:
* [[Po Lam Road]], connected to Kwun Tong.
* Hang Hau Road and Ying Yip Road, connected to [[Sai Kung Town|Sai Kung]] and [[Clear Water Bay]].
* Wan Po Road, connected to Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.

The [[Cross Bay Link|Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Bridge]] spans Junk Bay and is Hong Kong's first marine viaduct that boasts carriageways, a cycle track and a footway.<ref name=cbl>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbltko.hk/en/needs.php|title=We need Cross Bay Link|website=Cross Bay Link, Tseung Kwan O|publisher=[[Civil Engineering and Development Department]]|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref>

===Healthcare===
[[File:TKO_Hospital.jpg|thumb|[[Tseung Kwan O Hospital]]]]
[[Tseung Kwan O Hospital]] in Hang Hau North is the only [[Health care#Secondary care|secondary care]] hospital within the new town boasting a 24-hour [[emergency department]].

Situated on the western slopes of Tseung Kwan O is [[Haven of Hope Hospital]], where subacute medical care, comprehensive rehabilitation and long-term care is provided.

The two hospitals are supplemented by public healthcare facilities like the Tseung Kwan O Jockey Club General Out-patient Clinic and Po Ning Road Health Centre, as well as the numerous private physician practices scattered among the various residential areas in the new town.

===Waste management===
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East of the [[Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate]] is the 10-hectare South East New Territories Landfill (SENT), one of the three remaining landfills in Hong Kong.

==Culture and recreation==
[[File:Hong_Kong_Velodrome_View1_201405.jpg|thumb|[[Hong Kong Velodrome]]]]
[[File:TKO_football_training_grounds_filling_underway.jpg|thumb|[[Tseung Kwan O Football Training Centre]] under construction]]
Tseung Kwan O's largest cultural and recreational complex is situated by the road interchange at the end of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road. It comprises a swimming Pool, an [[Leisure centre|indoor games hall]] and a public library. Additional sports centres are available in [[Po Lam]] Estate, Hang Hau and Tiu Keng Leng, albeit smaller in size. Tseung Kwan O still lacks a performing arts centre, however.

Located between Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and Hang Hau, [[Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground]] was built for the [[2009 East Asian Games]]. It was completed in early 2009 and started to host [[Hong Kong Premier League|top-division football]] matches afterwards. The adjacent [[Hong Kong Velodrome]] has also hosted world-class cycling events like the [[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]], since its completion in 2013.

[[Tseung Kwan O Football Training Centre]] is being developed to deliver six state of the art pitches; three artificial and three natural. It is being funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, spearheaded by [[Hong Kong Football Association]], and constructed by Projexasia.

There are two [[public library|public libraries]] in Tseung Kwan O. The amphitheatre-shaped Tseung Kwan O Public Library, which opened in 2001, is part of the new town's largest recreational complex mentioned above.<ref>[https://www.fso-createhk.gov.hk/en/locations_search_details.php?File_No=00726&search_type=1& Film Services Office Location Library - Tseung Kwan O Public Library]</ref> It was the only library in the new town until 2015, when the Tiu Keng Leng Public Library was established. Both libraries belong to the [[Hong Kong Public Libraries]] system managed by the [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]].

==Education==
[[File:HKDI_201001.JPG|thumb|The purpose-built campus of the [[Hong Kong Design Institute]] in Tiu Keng Leng]]
Tseung Kwan O has an array of 24 primary schools and 24 secondary schools teaching the local curriculum, scattering across its major residential areas. There are also more than 40 kindergartens in the new town. In 2018, the [[French International School of Hong Kong]] (香港法國國際學校) and [[Shrewsbury International School Hong Kong]] ([[:zh:思貝禮國際學校|思貝禮國際學校]]) opened their campuses in the new town, in Areas 67 and 85 of Tseung Kwan O respectively.<ref>"[https://www.fis.edu.hk/en/tseung-kwan-o Tseung Kwan O]." [[French International School of Hong Kong]]. Retrieved on February 10, 2017. "Area 67, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong"</ref>

Tseung Kwan O is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 95. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Tseung Kwan O Government Primary School (將軍澳官立小學).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-95b.pdf|title=POA School Net 95|publisher=[[Education Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-10-09}}</ref>

[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]] operates the Tseung Kwan O Public Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/locations/sai-kung/library/tseung-kwan-o.html|title=Tseung Kwan O Public Library|publisher=[[Hong Kong Public Libraries]]|access-date=2025-10-12}}</ref>

[[Tiu Keng Leng]] is home to the [[Hong Kong Design Institute]] and Lee Wai Lee Campus of the [[Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education]] (IVE), two [[vocational education]] establishments operated by the [[Vocational Training Council]]. [[Caritas Institute of Higher Education]] is also located in the same neighbourhood. Although not located within the new town's boundaries, [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology|The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]] is only a 10-minute ride from [[Hang Hau]] in the new town.

The [[Fire and Ambulance Services Academy]], where all new recruits of the [[Hong Kong Fire Services Department]] are trained, is located in [[Pak Shing Kok]] of Tseung Kwan O South.

==Politics==
The town is located within [[Sai Kung District]] and covered by a number of{{how many|date=October 2021}} constituencies of the [[Sai Kung District Council|District Council]]. However, except several functions that are provided by the [[Home Affairs Department]], the executive branch of the Hong Kong Government and its departments are not subdivided along the same borders as the districts and often have their own subdivisions. For example, the public hospitals of the town belong to the [[Kowloon East Cluster]] of the [[Hospital Authority]].

==Climate==

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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	24.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 	33.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 	88.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 	128.4
|May precipitation mm = 	331.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 	491.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 	344.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 	369.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 	338.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 	97.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 	49.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 	23.6
|Jan humidity = 	74.8
|Feb humidity = 	80.2
|Mar humidity = 	82.4
|Apr humidity = 	85.1
|May humidity = 	85.3
|Jun humidity = 	85.0
|Jul humidity = 	83.4
|Aug humidity = 	84.5
|Sep humidity = 	81.3
|Oct humidity = 	74.8
|Nov humidity = 	74.5
|Dec humidity = 	71.1
|source 1 = [[Hong Kong Observatory]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/cis/awsMonthlyElement.htm?stn=JKB&ele=TEMP
| title = Monthly Data for Single Element
| publisher = Hong Kong Observatory
| access-date = 5 April 2024
}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
* [[List of places in Hong Kong]]
* [[Public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070211120930/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/about/achievements/regional/regi_tko.htm Civil Engineering and Development Department: Tseung Kwan O New Town]
* [http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hong_kong_statistics/statistical_tables/index.jsp Census and Statistics Department: Statistical Tables]

==External links==
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{{Wiktionary|Tseung Kwan O}}
* [https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/sk/english/welcome/welcome.html Sai Kung District Council]
* [http://www.info.gov.hk/eac/pdf/distco/maps/dc2003q1.pdf Electoral Boundary Map 1]
* [http://www.info.gov.hk/eac/pdf/distco/maps/dc2003q2.pdf Electoral Boundary Map 2]
* [https://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/about-us/achievements/land/regional-development/e1-tseung-kwan-o-new-town/index.html Tseung Kwan O New Town] - Civil Engineering and Development Department
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041211213606/http://tkoweb.info/ The Website of Tseung Kwan O (Informal) – Chinese Version Only]
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