Features
Amoy Gardens comprises 19 blocks, from A to S, with height ranging from 30 to 40 floors. The eight blocks A-H are 33 stories/105 m high, and situated on a podium 14 m high, which houses a commercial and shopping center. These eight blocks have 8 apartments per floor arranged in a cruciform shape. Each arm of the cruciform contains 2 apartments.
There is a shopping mall (Amoy Plaza) as well as a food square within the entire Amoy Gardens estate.
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