Public housing estates in Ho Man Tin explained

The following is an overview of public housing estates in Quarry Hill and No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, 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
Cascades 欣圖軒 Sandwich 19994712 HK Housing Society
俊民苑 HOS 1981121,800
何文田邨 Public 199894,738
冠暉苑 HOS 19992300
冠熹苑 HOS 20001796
冠德苑 HOS 20193603
愛民邨 Public 1974126,289
常樂邨 Public 19981358

Cascades

Cascades is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme estate developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in Chung Hau Street, No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located near Chun Man Court, Ho Man Tin Estate, Ho Man Tin Government Offices, Hong Kong Metropolitan University and the Hong Kong Housing Authority Headquarters.[1] [2] [3] It consists of four residential blocks completed in 1999[4] and offering 712 units.[5] Cascades is located in Oi Man constituency of the Kowloon City District Council.[6] It was formerly represented by Mak Sui-ki, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.[7]

Houses

Name[8] Chinese name Completed
Block 1 第1座 1999
Block 2 第2座
Block 3 第3座
Block 4 第4座

Cascades is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Farm Road Government Primary School and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School.[9]

Chun Man Court

See main article: Oi Man Estate. Chun Man Court is a Home Ownership Scheme court on No. 12 Hill, near Oi Man Estate.[10] It consists of 12 blocks built in 1981.

Houses

Name[11] Type Completion
Man Fuk House Non-Standard 1981
Man Pan House
Man Lan House
Man Hor House
Man Chung House
Man Hoi House
Man Hung House
Man Hei House
Man Ming House
Man Oi House
Man Shui House
Man Yin House

Ho Man Tin Estate / Kwun Fai Court / Kwun Hei Court

See main article: Ho Man Tin Estate.

Ho Man Tin Estate consists of 9 residential blocks[12] and a shopping arcade,[13] including 8 blocks and the shopping arcade of Ho Man Tin (South) Estate on Quarry Hill.[14]

Oi Man Estate

See main article: Oi Man Estate.

Oi Man Estate is a public housing estate on No. 12 Hill, Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong.[15] It is the largest public housing estate in Kowloon City District. It has a total of 12 residential blocks which were completed between 1974 and 1975. It was officially opened by the Acting Governor Sir Denys Roberts on 20 November 1975.[16]

The estate was built at a cost of $186 million and comprises 6,200 flats designed to house some 46,000 residents based on the Housing Authority's former space allocation standards of 35 square feet per person.[16] The "authorised population" of Oi Man Estate has since been revised to 18,900 residents.[15] It was designed by Housing Department architects, and followed the 1970s estate design innovation of being planned as to "provide every convenience for its residents from banks, markets to barbershops."[16] To this end the estate opened with a three-storey air-conditioned commercial complex, a market, and cooked food stalls.

The British Hong Kong Government admired the construction of the estate because its construction showed improvements in public housing standards in Hong Kong.[17] Oi Man Estate was on the itinerary of Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Hong Kong in 1975. Leader of the British Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher also visited in 1977 and toured Tak Man House, commenting on the modern living conditions, cleanliness of the block, and the cool air circulating within the Twin Tower block's atrium.[18]

Houses

English name Chinese name Type Completion
Wai Man House 衛民樓 1974–1975
Sun Man House 新民樓
Tak Man House 德民樓
Tun Man House 敦民樓
Shun Man House 信民樓
Chiu Man House 昭民樓 Old Slab
Chung Man House 頌民樓
Hong Man House 康民樓
Kin Man House 建民樓
Lai Man House 禮民樓
Po Man House 保民樓
Kar Man House 嘉民樓

Sheung Lok Estate

Sheung Lok Estate was built on the former site of Sheung Shing Street Temporary Housing Area, the estate has only one residential building built in 1998 on Quarry Hill.[19] [20]

House

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Housing Society Launches Sandwich Class Housing Scheme Remaining Units for Sale. 16 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20110711172205/http://www.hkhs.com/eng/wnew/pr_080624.asp. 11 July 2011. dead.
  2. Web site: Home – Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Hong Kong Metropolitan University. 12 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Home Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department. Hong Kong Housing Authority. 11 February 2022.
  4. News: HKHS to release Bel Air Units. South China Morning Post. Sandy. Li. 10 June 1999. 12 February 2022.
  5. Web site: Cascades . 2009-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716082429/http://www.hkhs.com/eng/business/32.asp?contentid=1&estid=32 . 2011-07-16 . dead .
  6. Web site: Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Kowloon City District). Electoral Affairs Commission. 11 February 2022.
  7. Web site: Kowloon City District Council - List of Former Kowloon City DC Members. District Council. 11 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Cascades. Hong Kong Housing Society. 11 February 2022.
  9. Web site: POA School Net 34. Education Bureau. 2022-09-12.
  10. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200905/15/P200905150119.htm Ho Man Tin Outline Zoning Plan approved
  11. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-11_5734,00.html Chun Man Court
  12. http://wikimapia.org/4297060/Ho-Man-Tin-Estate Ho Man Tin Estate
  13. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hkhd/hab/cpd/shop_e/english/homantin/introduction.html Homantin Plaza
  14. http://www.fso-tela.gov.hk/lib/locations_search_details.cfm?type=1&File_No=00343 Ho Man Tin Estate
  15. Web site: Oi Man Estate, Kowloon City, Kowloon West. Hong Kong Housing Authority. 21 November 2014.
  16. News: A showpiece of public housing in Hong Kong. South China Morning Post. 20 November 1975.
  17. http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/pdoc/Pah74.PDF THE SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE,K.C.M.G.,M.B.E. TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 16th 1974.
  18. News: Margaret sees Hongkong's best and worst. Hong Kong Standard. 18 April 1977.
  19. http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr07-08/chinese/panels/hg/papers/hg0107cb1-506-8-c.pdf Homantin South Phase 2
  20. http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/prm/moc/moc91-97.pdf Naming of Estate and Domestic Block - Sheung Shing Street Infill Site for Small Households
  21. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-11_5062,00.html Sheung Lok Estate