Tseung Kwan O is located near the southeastern tip of the
New Territories mainland, east-southeast from the
Central District of Hong Kong. The town is bounded on the south by the namesake
Junk Bay, known as Tseung Kwan O () in Chinese. Most of the residential developments in the new town stand on land reclaimed from the bay. The mountains of
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 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. From 1992 to 2017, Tseung Kwan O had been
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. 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 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.
Metro City Plaza, with its three phases surrounding the
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, 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
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 (2002) and The Wings (2012), and
Nan Fung Group's Tseung Kwan O Plaza (2004).
Tiu Keng Leng (formerly Rennie's Mill) was once a cottage area housing
refugees who settled in Hong Kong after the
Kuomintang's defeat in the
Chinese Civil War. The refugee village was cleared before the
handover. It has since been redeveloped into a mid-size high-rise residential neighbourhood. ==Demographics==