Kwun Tong Garden Estate (), or Garden Estate (), is a

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in Ngau Tau Kok,

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon ...

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, Hong Kong, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society, near the

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Kwun Tong line's

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.Ngau Tau Kok Station
/ref> It is the largest Housing Society estate by number of flats (4,921). It was the first public housing estate in Kwun Tong District. It comprises five blocks built in 1965 and 1967 respectively, plus Lotus Tower (), which comprises four blocks built on the site of the earliest Garden Estate blocks. Kwun Tong Garden Estate was built by the Hong Kong Housing Society between the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate the workers working in the

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on the newly reclaimed land along Kwun Tong harbourfront. 7 blocks of Phase 1 were completed in 1958 and 1959, while 5 blocks of Phase 2 were completed in 1965 and 1967. To cope with the redevelopment project of the estate, Phase 1 blocks were

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in 1983 and 1987 respectively. They were replaced by the blocks of Lotus Tower built in 1987 (Block 4) and 1990 (Block 1 to 3) respectively.

Demographics

According to the 2016 population by-census, Kwun Tong Garden Estate has a population of 12,578. 97% of the population is Chinese. Median monthly domestic household income is HK$15,500. __NOTOC__

Houses

Kwun Tong Garden Estate

Lotus Tower

References

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