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    Urban Oasis

    Jun 21, 2021 4 minutes

    The established Hong Kong district of Kwun Tong is turning a new page in its development. Currently, the area is undergoing a major rejuvenation led by the Kwun Tong Town Centre project, a mixed-use project that forms an innovative recreational and retail hub and also brings unprecedented public green space. The largest urban renewal project in Hong Kong, it comprises the Grand Central residential complex offering 1,999 residential units, plus a public open space on its third floor, Hong Kong’s first air-conditioned public transport interchange and a shopping mall in the podium.

    Atop Yue Man Square, the shopping mall, is the public open space, a green swathe of more than 6,000 square metres. The ecology of this

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