Public housing estates in Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay explained

The following shows the public housing estates (including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS)) in Ngau Tau Kok, Jordan Valley, Kowloon Bay and surrounding neighbourhoods, in Kwun Tong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Overview

NameTypeInaug.No BlocksNo UnitsNotes
Choi Ha Estate 彩霞邨 TPS 19893790
彩德邨 Public 201085,800
彩福邨 Public 201054,556
Choi Hing Court 彩興苑 HOS 201931,358
Choi Ying Estate 彩盈邨 Public 200853,900
Chun Wah Court 振華苑 HOS 19901232
Kai Tai Court 啟泰苑 HOS 19834624
Kai Yip Estate 啟業邨 Public 198164,300
樂雅苑 HOS 198461,331
樂華(北)邨 Public 198582,972
樂華(南)邨 Public 198266,998
牛頭角下(二)邨 Public 196775,406
On Kay Court 安基苑 HOS 19824920
坪石邨 Public 197074,575
麗晶花園 PSPS 1985225,904
牛頭角上邨 Public 200396,684
觀塘花園大廈/玉蓮臺 Public 1965/198794,926 HK Housing Society

Choi Ha Estate

Choi Ha Estate is a public estate and TPS estate in the hillside of Jordan Valley near Amoy Gardens.[1] It consists of 3 blocks built in 1989. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.[2] [3] Its name comes from nearby Choi Ha Road.[4]

Houses

Name[5] Type Completion
Choi Sing House Trident 3 1989
Choi Yat House Trident 4
Choi Yuet House

Choi Ha Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 46. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.[6]

Choi Fook Estate

See main article: Choi Fook Estate. Choi Fook Estate, formerly Choi Wan Road Site 3B, is a public estate in Ping Shan next to Choi Ying Estate. Formerly a quarry site, Choi Fook Estate is a part of the housing development near Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley.[7] It is developed into 2 phases. All blocks in Phrase 1 & 2 occupied in 2010. other 1 further block in Phase 3 will be occupied in 2020.

Choi Hing Court

Choi Hing Court is a home ownership scheme court located at a hillside near New Clear Water Bay Road and Ping Shek Playground in Choi Hing Road, Ping Shan of Kwun Tong District, opposite to Choi Wan Estate in Wong Tai Sin District. Its location is usually described as Choi Hung,[8] Ngau Tau Kok or Kowloon Bay.[9] It comprises 3 blocks with 1,341 flats in total and completed in 2019.[10]

Houses

Name Type Completion
Choi Huen House(彩萱閣)(Block A) Non standard 2019
Choi Wui House (彩薈閣)(Block B)
Choi Kiu House (彩蕎閣) (Block C)

Choi Tak Estate

See main article: Choi Tak Estate. Choi Tak Estate, formerly Choi Wan Road Site 2 and Choi Wan Road Site 3A, is a public estate in Ping Shan next to Choi Ying Estate. Choi Tak Estate is a part of the housing development near Jordan Valley.[7] It is developed into 3 phases. All blocks occupied in 2010.

Choi Ying Estate

Choi Ying Estate, formerly Choi Wan Road Site 1, is a public estate in Ping Shan next to Choi Ha Estate. Formerly the Ping Shan Quarry site, Choi Ying Estate is a part of the housing development near Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley.[7] The estate has 5 blocks and a shopping centre, Choi Ying Place,[11] completed in 2008. There is also a footbridge linking Choi Ying Estate with MTR Kowloon Bay station.[12]

Houses

Name[13] Type Completion
Ying Fu House New Harmony 1 2008
Ying On House
Ying Hong House
Ying Lok House
Ying Shun House

Choi Ying Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 46. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.[14]

Chun Wah Court

Chun Wah Court is a HOS court in Ngau Tau Kok, near On Kay Court.[15] Formerly a site of an administration building of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the court consists of 1 block built in 1990.

House

Kai Tai Court

Kai Tai Court is a HOS court in Kowloon Bay,[17] next to Kai Yip Estate.[18] It has totally 4 blocks built in 1983.

Houses

Name[19] Type Completion
Kai Pong House Old-Cruciform 1983
Kai On House
Kai Hong House
Kai Fan House

Kai Yip Estate

Kai Yip Estate is a public estate in Kowloon Bay, next to Richland Gardens.[1]

Background

The site of Kai Yip Estate was the basement of the Royal Air Force,[20] in which the land was obtained from land reclamation of Kowloon Bay. In 1927, the basement started operations at the south of Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen, and the current sites of Richland Gardens and Kwun Tong Bypass. In 1981, the basement was relocated and Kai Yip Estate was built at part of the site. For the estate name, "Kai" means Kai Tak and "Yip" means "prospect" in Chinese.[21] [22]

Houses

Name[23] Type Completion
Kai Cheung House Triple I 1981
Kai Ning House
Kai Shing House
Kai Yin House Old Slab
Kai Lok House
Kai Yue House

Kai Yip Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 46. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.[24]

Lok Wah Estate / Lok Nga Court

See main article: Lok Wah Estate. Lok Wah Estate is a public housing estate located in Dragon Hill, located on Chun Wah Road, northwest of Kwun Tong Town Central. It is divided into Lok Wah South Estate (樂華南邨) and Lok Wah North Estate (樂華北邨), together with 14 blocks of residential buildings.

Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate

See main article: Lower Ngau Tau Kok (II) Estate. Lower Ngau Tau Kok (II) Estate (or Chinese: 牛頭角下(二)邨) is a 7-block public estate in Ngau Tau Kok, located opposite to the MTR Kowloon Bay station. It was demolished from 2009 to 2012. The estate, along with the now demolished Lower Ngau Tau Kok (I) Estate, forms the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate.

On Kay Court

On Kay Court (Chinese: 安基苑) is a HOS court in Ngau Tau Kok,[25] near Chun Wah Court. It was developed into 2 phases in 1982 and 1984 respectively, and it consists of 4 blocks of 29–30 storeys.[26]

Houses

Name[27] Type Completion
Kay Yan House Flexi 1 1982
Kay Shun House
Kay Hong House 1984
Kay Yue House

Ping Shek Estate

See main article: Ping Shek Estate. Ping Shek Estate (Chinese: 坪石邨) is a public estate in Jordan Valley, Ngau Tau Kok. It is situated between the Kowloon entrance of Clear Water Bay Road to Sai Kung and the entrance of Kwun Tong Road to Kwun Tong. Although it is near Choi Hung Estate, it is just out of the boundary of Wong Tai Sin District[28] and belongs to Kwun Tong District.[29]

Richland Gardens

See main article: Richland Gardens. Richland Gardens is a HOS and Private Sector Participation Scheme in Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, near Kai Yip Estate. It was jointly developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On. It consists of 22 residential blocks and a shopping centre completed in 1985.[30] [31] [32]

Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate

See main article: Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate. Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate is a public estate in Ngau Tau Kok,[33] next to Kwun Tong Garden Estate and between MTR Ngau Tau Kok station and Kowloon Bay station. After redevelopment, the estate has 9 blocks developed into 3 phases.

Kwun Tong Garden Estate and Lotus Tower

See main article: Kwun Tong Garden Estate. Kwun Tong Garden Estate, or Garden Estate, is a public estate in Ngau Tau Kok Road, Ngau Tau Kok, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society,[34] near MTR Ngau Tau Kok station.[35] It is the first public housing estate in Kwun Tong District.[36] It comprises 5 blocks built in 1965 and 1967 respectively.[37]

Lotus Tower is a public housing estate near Kwun Tong Garden Estate,[35] which was redeveloped from old Kwun Tong Garden Estate blocks.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.swd.gov.hk/doc/ifsc/KPIFSC.pdf Kai Ping Integrated Family Service Centre
  2. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html Estates for Sale in TPS Phase 3
  3. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/homeown/HOC26-02.pdf Summary of Selling Prices of Remaining TPS Phases 1 to 3 Flats from 1 January 2001 to 31 March 2002 after the First Two Years of Sale and the Review of List Prices
  4. http://www.td.gov.hk/traffic_notices/index_inmode_3_trafficid_16422_t.htm Restricted Zone on Choi Ha Road, Kwun Tong
  5. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-13_4980,00.html Choi Ha Estate
  6. Web site: POA School Net 46. Education Bureau. 2022-09-12.
  7. http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr00-01/english/panels/hg/papers/a407e04.pdf Development near Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley
  8. http://www.kansai.com.hk/us/project/0/%E5%BD%A9%E8%88%88%E8%8B%91 Choi Hing Court
  9. https://en.midland.com.hk/estate/CHOI+HING+COURT-Kowloon+Bay-E000016259 CHOI HING COURT
  10. https://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/access/pec/planning_brief/ChoiHingRoad_PB.pdf Choi Hing Court Planning Brief
  11. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/centre/0,,1-347-0_19393,00.html Choi Ying Place
  12. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200903/13/P200903130276.htm STH visits Ping Shek Estate and Choi Ying Estate
  13. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-13_18063,00.html Choi Ying Estate
  14. Web site: POA School Net 46. Education Bureau. 2022-09-12.
  15. http://www.hk-place.com/vp.php?board=1&id=1814-1 Hong Kong Place – Ngau Tau Kok (Chinese)
  16. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-13_5656,00.html Chun Wah Court
  17. Web site: Archived copy . 5 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610042456/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kt_d/Community%20contacts%20in%20Kwun%20Tong/docs%20for%20web/Kwun%20Tong%20West/Kwun%20Tong%20West_3(eng).pdf . 10 June 2011 . dead .
  18. http://www.swd.gov.hk/doc/ifsc/KPIFSC.pdf Kai Ping Integrated Family Service Centre
  19. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-13_5676,00.html Kai Tai Court
  20. Web site: Archived copy . www.ozp.tpb.gov.hk . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609170006/http://www.ozp.tpb.gov.hk/pdf/S_K13_21_e.pdf . 9 June 2011 . dead.
  21. http://www.takungpao.com/news/08/12/04/HY-999607.htm 啟業邨/ 陳志華 (Chinese)
  22. http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/08/12/11/HY-1002923.htm 再談啟業邨/ 陳志華 (Chinese)
  23. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-13_4950,00.html Kai Yip Estate
  24. Web site: POA School Net 46. Education Bureau. 2022-09-12.
  25. Web site: Archived copy . 6 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610042756/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kt_d/Community%20contacts%20in%20Kwun%20Tong/docs%20for%20web/Kwun%20Tong%20West/Kwun%20Tong%20West_1(eng).pdf . 10 June 2011 . dead .
  26. http://www.fso-tela.gov.hk/lib/locations_details.cfm?Photo_Num=00196 On Kay Court
  27. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-13_5652,00.html On Kay Court
  28. http://www.eac.gov.hk/pdf/distco/maps/dc2007j.pdf Map of Kwun Tong District
  29. https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/workplace/rbrp_participating_estates_KT.pdf Kwun Tong District
  30. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-13_5642,00.html Richland Gardens
  31. http://www.shuion.com.hk/eng/Socam/ConsDiv/sobc17.asp Richland Gardens, Kowloon Bay
  32. https://web.archive.org/web/20070321131646/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=102640 Richland Gardens
  33. https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/workplace/rbrp_participating_estates_KT.pdf Kwun Tong District
  34. Web site: Kwun Tong Garden Estate . 2 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081611/http://www.hkhs.com/eng/business/06.asp?contentid=1&estid=06 . 16 July 2011 . dead .
  35. http://www.explorehk.com/en/pedia/station/ngau-tau-kok/ Ngau Tau Kok Station
  36. http://www.kwuntong.org.hk/eg_submain3.htm History of Kwun Tong
  37. https://archive.today/20070520010156/http://www.fso-tela.gov.hk/lib/locations_search_details.cfm?type=1&File_No=00432 Kwun Tong Garden Estate