Public housing estates in Kwun Tong

The following shows the public housing estates (including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS)) in Kwun Tong of Kwun Tong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Overview

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The Kwun Tong area has 6 housing estates in total: 3 Public Housing Estates, 2 Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) housing estates, and 1 Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) housing estate. All of which are managed by the Hong Kong Housing Society.

Name Type Inaug. No Blocks No Units Notes
Cheung Wo Court 祥和苑 HOS 1984 6 1,584
Po Pui Court 寶珮苑 HOS 1995 5 1,750
Tsui Ping (North) Estate 翠屏(北)邨 TPS 1982 12 3,913
Tsui Ping (South) Estate 翠屏(南)邨 Public 1989 7 5,039
Wan Hon Estate 雲漢邨 Public 1998 2 1,003
Wo Lok Estate 和樂邨 Public 1962 11 1,941

Cheung Wo Court

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Cheung Wo Court (Chinese: 祥和苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, opposite to Po Pui Court. It consists of 6 blocks built in 1984.

Houses

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Name[1] Type Completion
Wo Kwan House Flexi 1, 2 1984
Wo Yuet House
Wo Shing House
Wo Kin House
Wo Hang House Slab
Wo Tung House Flexi 1, 2

Po Pui Court

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Po Yiu House of Po Pui Court

Po Pui Court (Chinese: 寶珮苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, opposite to Cheung Wo Court. It consists of 5 blocks built in 1995.

Houses

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Name[2] Type Completion
Po Shan House New Cruciform (Ver.1984) 1995
Po Wu House
Po Ying House
Po Chui House
Po Yiu House

Tsui Ping Estate

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Main article: Tsui Ping Estate
Tsui Ping (South) Estate

Tsui Ping Estate (Chinese: 翠屏邨) is an estate redeveloped in the 1980s and the 1990s. It is divided into Tsui Ping (South) Estate (Chinese: 翠屏(南)邨) and Tsui Ping (North) Estate (Chinese: 翠屏(北)邨).[3] The redeveloped estate has 19 blocks in total.

Wan Hon Estate

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Main article: Wan Hon Estate
Hon Pak House of Wan Hon Estate

Wan Hon Estate (Chinese: 雲漢邨) is named for nearby Wan Hon Street, the estate consists of two blocks completed in 1998. It was built on the site of a former squatter area, which was cleared in the 1970s and left vacant until Wan Hon Estate started construction in 1996.[4]

Houses

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Name[5] Type Completion
Hon Chung House Small Household Block 1998
Hon Pak House

Wo Lok Estate

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Main article: Wo Lok Estate
Seven-storey blocks in Wo Lok Estate

Wo Lok Estate (Chinese: 和樂邨) the oldest existing public housing estate in Kwun Tong District, and the first public housing estate with seven-storeys blocks.[6]

The estate comprises 11 blocks of buildings of Old Slab type built from 1962 to 1966. It was developed into 2 phases. Phase 1 included 8 seven-storey blocks built in 1962 and 1963, while Phase 2 included 3 blocks built in 1965 and 1966.[7] In 2007, the government evaluated the condition of the buildings, and found them all structurally sound. However, structural repair and improvement works were carried out to sustain the buildings for the next 15 years.[8]

Houses

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Name[9] Type Completion
Kin On House Old Slab 1962
Tai On House
Ping On House
Yee On House
Cheung On House 1963
Hing On House
Fu On House
Man On House
Kui On House 1965
Sun On House
Hang On House 1966

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung Wo Court
  2. ^ Po Pui Court
  3. ^ Kwun Tong District Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 屋村前身 (Chinese)
  5. ^ Wan Hon Estate
  6. ^ Wo Lok Estate[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ WO LOK ESTATE (Chinese)
  8. ^ Wo Lok Estate and Ma Tau Wai Estate structurally safe
  9. ^ Wo Lok Estate
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