Amoy Gardens (淘大花園) is a high-density middle-class housing estate in Hong Kong completed from 1980 - 1987. It was the most seriously affected location during the 2003 SARS outbreak, with over 300 infected people. The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is an atypical form of pneumonia. ...

Location

Amoy Gardens is located in the Ngau Tau Kok area of Kowloon, in the north east of Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Kwun Tong district of Hong Kong. Geography Ngau Tau Kok (牛頭角) locates at the northern part of Kwun Tong Distinct, next to the Kowloon Bay. ... In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍, Mandarin: Jiulong, lit. ... The Kowloon Peninsula, commonly referred to as Kowloon, is a peninsula, in the south of the mainland part of the Hong Kong territory. ... Kwun Tong (觀塘; originally 官塘; Jyutping: gwun1 tong4; Cantonese IPA: ) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... The territory of Hong Kong is divided in 18 administrative districts (Population as of 2000) Hong Kong Island Central and Western (274,400) Eastern (620,800) Southern (282,400) Wan Chai (190,300) Kowloon (New Kowloon included) Kowloon City (406,000) Kwun Tong (564,700) Sham Shui Po (372,200...

Features

Amoy Gardens comprises the blocks A to S.

SARS outbreak

Main article: Progress of the SARS outbreak The following is a timeline of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). ...

Towards the end of March 2003, an outbreak of SARS occurred among residents of Amoy Gardens. As of April 15, 2003, there were a total of 321 cases of SARS in the estate. A concentration of cases was recorded in block E, accounting for 41% of the cumulative total. Block C (15%), block B (13%) and block D (13%) recorded the second, third and fourth highest incidence of SARS infections. The other cases (18%) were scattered in 11 other blocks. Most of the initial 107 patients from Block E lived in flats that were vertically arranged. April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ...

All residents were subsequently moved to Lei Yue Mun and MacLehose Holiday Camps for isolation. In the mid-2003, WHO found that there were serious problems of water pipes which may have contributed to the spread of SARS. For other meanings of the acronym WHO, see WHO (disambiguation) WHO flag Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health. ...

The estate was decontaminated and the residents could return.

Transportation

Amoy Gardens is served by the Kowloon Bay station of the MTR metro system. Kowloon Bay (九龍灣, Jyutping: gau2 lung4 waan1) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. ... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... This page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. ...

See also

• List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong

The following is a list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong: List of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, with a partial list of their sub-areas and streets Hong Kong Island Central and Western Central Admiralty Kennedy Town Mid-levels Sai Ying Pun Shek Tong Tsui Sheung...

External link

• Case Study: Amoy Gardens Outbreak (http://www.openscar.com/amoygardens.html)