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Tseung Kwan O (also called Cheung Kwan O or Junk Bay) is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the northern tip of the bay lies the Tseung Kwan O Village.

The

In Cantonese, Tseung Kwan (將軍) means the "general" of an army, and O (澳) means "bay". Therefore, Tseung Kwan O literally means "general's Bay".

The exact origin of the name Tseung Kwan O is unknown, but it is said to be named in honour of a

The current town center of Tseung Kwan O stands on reclaimed land. The English name Junk Bay was said to be derived from the existence of junks in the bay, and the reclamation land based on the landfill ^{[citation needed]}. The first landfill was opened in 1978, decades after Junk Bay was named.^[2] The Fat Tong Chau (Junk Island) is in the southeastern part of the bay.

History and geography

The bay is near the eastern mouth of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. A local gazette: Genuine record of Guangdong province ( Chinese traditional: < 粵大記> ) clearly contained the place name: 將軍澳 (Chinese characters of Tseung Kwan O). Genuine record of Guangdong province published in Ming Dynasty, therefore, we can be sure there were residents inhabited in Tseung Kwan O area during Ming Dynasty.

Before the development of the new town, the area around the bay was occupied by a number of fishing towns and villages. Settlements in the area began as early as in the 13th Century, 800 years ago. Major settlements, however, did not occur until the late 16th Century when small fishing villages were founded in the area. Hang Hau quickly emerged into a market town and became the most populated and prosperous place in the whole of Clear Water Bay Peninsula, and continued for the next few centuries as such.

The

In 1983, development of Phase I of the New Town to an initial population of about 175,000 was formally endorsed. By 1986, construction of the two tubes of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel began, which provided potential for further increasing the population of the New Town. To maximize the utilization of the road infrastructure and to meet the demand for land for public housing, the Government decided that the New Town should include a Phase II development, with an increase in the projected population to about 325,000. To cater for redevelopment of the Tiu Keng Leng Cottage Area and to provide land for development of Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate and deep waterfront industries, in 1988, the Government further decided to proceed with Phase III development of the New Town for about 490,000 people.[6]^[7]

Education

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A new campus of the French International School of Hong Kong as well as the new Shrewsbury International School Hong Kong are scheduled to open in 2018 in Areas 67 and 85 of Tseung Kwan O respectively.^[8]

Photo gallery

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  Tseung Kwan O Library at Dusk
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  High density buildings in Hang Hau
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  Tseung Kwan O Town Centre
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  Tseung Kwan O Village
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  Po Lam Estate
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  Tseung Kwan O South
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  Above Tseung Kwan O

See also

• List of bays in Hong Kong
• Tiu Keng Leng
• Po Lam

References

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