Baguio Villa

Baguio Villa
Traditional Chinese碧瑤灣
Simplified Chinese碧瑶湾
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBì Yáo wān
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingbik1 jiu4 waan1

Baguio Villa (Chinese: 碧瑤灣) is a large scale luxury private housing estate located in Pok Fu Lam, Southern District, Hong Kong. It is divided by Victoria Road into Upper Baguio Villa (555 Victoria Road) and Lower Baguio Villa (550 Victoria Road).

Configuration

The estate was developed by New World Development in the late 1970s, and was completed in December 1979. The entire estate consists of a total of 1515 residential units, configured in 33 blocks, numbered from 16 to 48 inclusive.[1] With total area up to 800,000 square feet (74,000 m2), only one-tenth was reserved for the construction of residential towers. Unit area ranges from 1,100 square feet (100 m2) to 2,700 square feet (250 m2).

Upper Baguio Villa consists of blocks 19-27 (odd numbers) and 20-26 (even numbers); Lower Baguio Villa, which consists of blocks 16-18 and 28-48 (even numbers), is close to the Cyberport.

Facilities

There is a swimming pool, a tennis court, and a playground in both Upper and Lower Baguio Villa for the residents' use. There is a Shell gas station situated in-between Upper and Lower Baguio Villa.

Shopping

There is a ParknShop Supermarket located in Lower Baguio Villa and the Cyberport shopping complex is within walking distance.

Transportation

There are six minibuses serving Baguio Villa. Minibus 8 runs only in the morning for 3 departures towards Central only (previously running all day). Minibus 8X runs between Baguio Villa and Central (Exchange Square) every 5 minutes. The 8X does not serve Upper Baguio Villa before 8:30, so passengers can use minibuses 8 or 28.[2] Minibus 28 runs between Baguio Villa (with the terminus in Upper Baguio Villa) and Causeway Bay (Sun Wui Road), via Central and Cotton Tree Drive. The 28S runs the same route but not serving Central, instead going via Kennedy Road. The 28 and 28S services both use Bonham Road and Caine Road, with bus service 28 going via Old Bailey Street into Hollywood Road. The 28S has a frequency of 30 minutes after 8:00am. The 28 service after 8:00 runs hourly. Minibus 28X runs between Baguio Villa and Causeway Bay but going via Hill Road Flyover non-stop to AIA building in Central, and then resuming the normal 28 route. the 28X runs only in the morning with 3 departures Causeway Bay bound only. The 28 service runs every 5 minutes from 7-8 am.[3] The cost per ride is 10.0HKD for 28 & 28M & 28X and 9.4HKD for 8 & 8X respectively. The HR42 shuttle bus service runs between Baguio Villa and Kennedy Town MTR station. The Citybus route 73 bus to Stanley Market can be caught from Cyberport.[4]

Landslide

There was a landslide at Baguio Villa on 8 May 1992 caused by torrential rains, killing four people. Hong Kong's rainstorm warning system was implemented as a result.[5]

Education

Baguio Villa is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School.[6]

References

  1. ^ Baguio Villas. Centaline Property Agency. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. ^ HKSAR Transport Department - GMB Route 8
  3. ^ HKSAR Transport Department - GMB Route 28
  4. ^ "Citybus (Hong Kong) - Route 73". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  5. ^ "How Hong Kong's rainstorm warning system came into force". South China Morning Post. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  6. ^ "POA School Net 18" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
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