Public housing estates in Sheung Shui explained

The following is a list of public housing estates in Sheung Shui Town, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.

Overview

NameTypeInaug.No BlocksNo UnitsNotes
祥龍圍邨 Public 201521,358
清河邨 Public 200787,200
彩蒲苑 HOS 198442,112
彩園邨 Public 198265,076
安盛苑 HOS 19901612
寶石湖邨 Public 201931,144
順欣花園 PSPS 19924830
太平邨 TPS 19894424
天平邨 TPS 198671,522
翠麗花園 PSPS 199062,012
旭埔苑 HOS 198281,248

Cheung Lung Wai Estate

See main article: Cheung Lung Wai Estate. Cheung Lung Wai Estate is the latest public estate in North District, it has 2 blocks built in 2015.

Name[1] Type Completion
Ching Cheung House (Block 1) Non-standard (Cruciform) 2015
King Cheung House (Block 2)

Ching Ho Estate

See main article: Ching Ho Estate. Ching Ho Estate is the second latest public estate in North District. Its name, "Ching Ho", means "clear river" in Chinese.[2]

The estate is developed into 3 phases, with a total of 8 "New Harmony" residential buildings and a shopping centre. Phase 3 consists of 3 blocks completed in 2007.[3] Phase 2 and Phase 1 consists of a total of 5 blocks and the shopping centre completed in 2008.[4] [5] [6]

Name[7] Type Completion
Ching Chak House New Harmony 1 2007
Ching Long House
Ching Chiu House
Ching Chung House 2008
Ching Ping House
Ching Yun House
Ching Yu HouseNew Harmony 1 with New Harmony Annex 5
Ching Hin House
Ching Long House was placed under lockdown for mandatory covid test on 15 February 2022.[8]

Choi Po Court

See main article: Choi Yuen Estate. Choi Po Court is an HOS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town, near Choi Yuen Estate[9] and Sheung Shui station. It has totally 4 blocks built in 1982.

Name[10] Type Completion
Choi Ying House Windwill 1982
Choi Ching House
Choi Pik House
Choi Ngan House

Choi Yuen Estate

See main article: Choi Yuen Estate. Choi Yuen Estate is a public estate located near Sheung Shui station and Landmark North in Sheung Shui Town.[11] [12] It is the first public housing estate in North District,[13] which consists of 6 residential blocks built between 1981 and 1983.

The site of Choi Yuen Estate was formerly occupied by vegetable farms and the nearby village was called Tsoi Yuen Tsuen, which meant Vegetable Farm Village in Chinese.[14] In the 1970s, the vegetable farms were removed to construct Choi Yuen Estate; "菜園村" and "彩園邨" sound almost the same except the tone of the character "菜" / "彩". In the 1990s, the village was demolished to build Landmark North, one of the largest shopping malls in North District.

Name[15] Type Completion
Choi Yuk House 1981
Choi Ping House
Choi Chu House
Choi Lai House
Choi Wu House Triple H
Choi Wah House 1983

Po Shek Wu Estate

See main article: Po Shek Wu Estate. Po Shek Wu Estate is a public housing estate at the junction of Po Shek Wu Road and Choi Yuen Road in Sheung Shui, near MTR Sheung Shui station. It comprises 3 blocks of 25, 29 and 33 storeys on a 3-storeyed carpark podium including one semi-basement storey for car park at a total number of 1,144 units. One ancillary facility block including socket-H pile foundation, superstructure and E&M services, one kindergarten, ground floor retail facilities and roof garden site formation and slope upgrading works.[16]

Name[17] Type Completion
Shan Wu House Non-standard 2019
Tsz Jing House
Bik Yuk House

On Shing Court

See main article: Tin Ping Estate. On Shing Court is a HOS court in Sheung Shui, near Tin Ping Estate.[18] It has only 1 block built in 1990.

Sunningdale Garden

See main article: Sunningdale Garden. Sunningdale Garden is a PSPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town, near Sheung Shui Town Centre and Shek Wu Hui.[9] [20] It has 4 blocks built in 1992.

Name[21] Type Completion
Block 1 Private Sector Participation Scheme 1992
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4

Tai Ping Estate

See main article: Tai Ping Estate. Tai Ping Estate is a mixed public and TPS housing estate consisting of 4 residential buildings completed in 1989. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5 in 2002.[22] [23]

Name[24] Type Completion
Ping Chi House Linear 1 1989
Ping Ching House
Ping Hay House
Ping Yee House

Tin Ping Estate

See main article: Tin Ping Estate.

Tin Ping Estate is the northernmost mixed public and TPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town. It consists of 7 residential buildings completed between 1986 and 1990. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.[25]

Name[26] Type Completion
Tin Yee House Trident 2 1986
Tin Cheung House
Tin Hor House
Tin Mei House Trident 3 1989
Tin Hee House
Tin Long House Trident 4 1990
Tin Ming House New Slab 1990

Tsui Lai Garden

Tsui Lai Garden is a PSPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town, near North District Sports Ground.[27] [28] It has 6 blocks built in 1990.

Name[29] Type Completion
Block 1 Private Sector Participation Scheme 1990
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5
Block 6

Yuk Po Court

See main article: Choi Yuen Estate. Yuk Po Court is an HOS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town, near Choi Yuen Estate and Sheung Shui station. It has totally 8 blocks built in 1982.

Name[30] Type Completion
Ching Wu House Old-Cruciform 1982
Ming Wu House
Tong Wu House
Hon Wu House
Chun Wu House
Chow Wu House
Seung Wu House
Tsun Wu House

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propertyType=1&id=15160 Cheung Lung Wai Estate
  2. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/rental/RHC78-00.pdf Naming of Public Housing Estate at Fanling Area 36
  3. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary1/shc/SHC7005.pdf Domestic Rents for New Estate
  4. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/b5/commercial/shoppingcentres/chingho.pdf Ching Ho Shopping Centre
  5. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary1/shc/SHC2108.pdf Domestic Rents for New Estates
  6. http://news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/071102/html/071102en05007.htm HA sets rents for new estates
  7. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-1_14999,00.html Ching Ho Estate
  8. Web site: Covid hit 393 more buildings in HK, including 65 in Yuen Long .
  9. http://www.swd.gov.hk/doc/ifsc/SSIFSC.pdf Sheung Shui Integrated Family Service Centre
  10. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-1_5632,00.html Choi Po Court
  11. http://www.landsd.gov.hk/en/legco/pgicos/North.pdf Provision of Facilities and/or Open Space required under lease for the use by the public in private developments completed in or after 1987 (as at October 2008)
  12. http://www.abcdhk.com/en-MTR-EastRail.php?abc=Sheung-Shul Sheung Shui Station
  13. http://www.pland.gov.hk/press/publication/nt_pamphlet02/fss_html/develop_e.html Government Planned Development
  14. http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr&param=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentPhoto&ctrlid=2006122&lang=cht Comparison between Tsoi Yuen Tsuen and Choi Yuen Estate
  15. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-0-1_4946,00.html Choi Yuen Estate
  16. https://www.hanison.com/eng/projects.aspx Hanison Construction Company Limited
  17. https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/common/pdf/commercial-properties/tender-notices-and-awards/5445e.pdf Special Conditions of Tender: Po Shek Wu Estate – Shop
  18. http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/lsb/en/facilities.php?ftid=0&did=7 Tin Ping Sports Centre
  19. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-347-1_5644,00.html On Shing Court
  20. http://www.gohome.com.hk/english/resources/district.asp?code=60 Sheung Shui
  21. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-1_5646,00.html Sunningdale Garden
  22. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200201/04/0104212.htm Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5 to be sold at favourable prices
  23. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5
  24. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-0-1_4948,00.html Tai Ping Estate
  25. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3
  26. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-1_4930,00.html Tin Ping Estate
  27. Web site: CEDD - Archives . www.cedd.gov.hk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070329160355/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/archives/programmes/00_01_north_district_part1_description.htm . 2007-03-29.
  28. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/others/HD64.pdf List of Home Ownership Scheme Courts
  29. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-1_5648,00.html Tsui Lai Garden
  30. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-347-1_5624,00.html Yuk Po Court