Telford Plaza
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| Traditional Chinese | 德福花園 | ||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Défú Huāyuán |
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| Jyutping | dak1 fuk1 faa1 jyun4 |
Telford Gardens (Chinese: 德福花園) (often referred to as "Telford Garden") is a private housing estate located above the MTR Kowloon Bay Depot and alongside Kowloon Bay Station in Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was jointly built by Hang Lung Properties and Hopewell Holdings, and Telford Plaza II was built by New World Development. Being the first property development project of the Mass Transit Railway, the estate is now managed by the Corporation.
The estate comprises a total of 41 residential blocks completed in 1980, organised by alphabetical order (from A to U), with only Block L not sharing its lobby with a twin block. There are 4,992 flats in total. At the outset, many flats in Blocks R, S and T were bought by the Hong Kong Government as residences for its firemen and policemen, as well as by airlines for their flying staff as the estate is near the former Kai Tak Airport, closed 1998. Most of these properties are now back on the private market.
Telford Plaza I (德福廣場一期), recently substantially renovated, is one of the largest shopping centres in Kowloon Bay. Telford Plaza II was a more recent addition to Telford Plaza I and their exits face each other. Telford Plaza I has 2 levels while Telford Plaza II has 4. The complex includes shops, banks, restaurants, a cinema, a department store, electronics chain stores, etc. The open-air area has banks, a kindergarten, a community centre, music and dance centres, Telford Annex of the Community College of City University, and clinics.
Previously, nearby there was also Wellington College (now part of City University), a police station, the Independent Commission Against Corruption offices (now moved), a skatepark, and other facilities.
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