Public housing estates in Kwun Tong explained

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

NameTypeInaug.No BlocksNo UnitsNotes
Cheung Wo Court 祥和苑 HOS 198461,584
Po Pui Court 寶珮苑 HOS 199551,750
翠屏(北)邨 TPS 1982123,913
翠屏(南)邨 Public 198975,039
雲漢邨 Public 199821,003
和樂邨 Public 1962111,941

Cheung Wo Court

Cheung Wo Court 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

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

Po Pui Court 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

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

See main article: Tsui Ping Estate.

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

Wan Hon Estate

Wan Hon Estate 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

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

Wo Lok Estate

See main article: Wo Lok Estate.

Wo Lok Estate 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

Name[9] Type Completion
Kin On House 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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-13_5654,00.html Cheung Wo Court
  2. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-13_5638,00.html Po Pui Court
  3. https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/workplace/rbrp_participating_estates_KT.pdf Kwun Tong District
  4. http://www.hk-place.com/db.php?post=d005033 屋村前身 (Chinese)
  5. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-13_4964,00.html Wan Hon Estate
  6. http://www.fso-tela.gov.hk/lib/locations_details.cfm?Photo_Num=00697 Wo Lok Estate
  7. http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=202 WO LOK ESTATE (Chinese)
  8. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200704/20/P200704200137.htm Wo Lok Estate and Ma Tau Wai Estate structurally safe
  9. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-13_4962,00.html Wo Lok Estate