The following is an overview of

public housing estates Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authorities, government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the d ...

Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui P ...

, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and

Tenants Purchase Scheme Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) is a scheme which allows tenants in public housing estates under the Hong Kong Housing Authority to purchase their flats. The price is set to be much lower than the market prices of private flats and Home Ownersh ...

(TPS) estates.

History

The site where

Sham Shui Po Park Sham Shui Po Park () is a park in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises two physically discontiguous sites on either side of Lai Chi Kok Road. The larger site is more well-known as Sham Shui Po Park. The smaller, located within La ...

, Lai Kok Estate,

Lai On Estate Lai On Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong located near Lai Kok Estate, Dragon Centre, and Sham Shui Po station. It consists of 5 residential blocks completed in 1993. Yee Ching Court () is a Home Owner ...

and Dragon Centre are located were formerly the

Sham Shui Po Barracks Sham Shui Po Barracks was a British Army facility built in the 1920s in the Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon, Hong Kong. The base was bounded by Fuk Wa Street to the east by Yen Chow Street and to the west by Tonkin Street and Camp Street. The bu ...

() of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

between the 1910s to 1977. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the barrack was attacked by the

Japanese Army The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ( ja, 陸上自衛隊, Rikujō Jieitai), , also referred to as the Japanese Army, is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service b ...

and was used as a

concentration camp Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simply ...

during the Japanese occupation from 1941–45. After the war, the barracks were once again used by

until 1977, when they were closed. Part of the site became Lai Kok Estate in 1981, and Sham Shui Po Park in 1983, while another part was a

refugee camp A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Refugee camps usually accommodate displaced people who have fled their home country, but camps are also made for internally displaced peo ...

for

Vietnamese boat people Vietnamese boat people ( vi, Thuyền nhân Việt Nam), also known simply as boat people, refers to the refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its h ...

. In 1989, the refugee camp was closed and replaced by Lai On Estate and

Dragon Centre Dragon Centre is a nine-storey shopping centre in the Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was the largest in West Kowloon until the Elements opened above the Kowloon MTR station. History Located beside the historic Sham Shui Po P ...

in 1993 and 1994 respectively. In 1992, the

Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier () was a ferry pier in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong that operated from 1924 to 1992. It was one of the important ferry piers in West Kowloon and had a bus terminus nearby. History The pier began operating in 1924, ...

terminated ferry service due to

West Kowloon West Kowloon () is the western part of Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong, situated within the Yau Tsim Mong District and Sham Shui Po District. It is bounded by Canton Road to the east, Victoria Harbour to the west and the south, and Jorda ...

Reclamation Project.

Fu Cheong Estate Fu Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, built on the reclaimed land of the southwest of Sham Shui Po near MTR Nam Cheong station. Built in 2001, the estate was constructed on the former site of the Sh ...

was built in 2001 on the site of the bus terminus of the former pier, located between

Yen Chow Street Yen Chow Street () is a main street in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It runs from hill side towards the shore of Victoria Harbour, between Castle Peak Road and Sham Mong Road. Its extension Yen Chow Street West () spans further to the re ...

and Tung Chau Street. In 1977, the sea outside Tung Chau Street was

reclaimed Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lak ...

, the ferry pier was relocated near the newly reclaimed land near Yen Chow Street in 1978, and

Nam Cheong Estate Nam Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Nam Cheong Park, Tung Chau Street Park and MTR Nam Cheong station. It is named from nearby Nam Cheong Street, a main street in Sham Shui Po District. It co ...

was built in 1989 on land beyond the old ferry pier富昌邨 (Chinese Version)
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located at the junction of

Pei Ho Street Pei Ho Street () is street in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The street is also a market and full of hawkers. The former Urban Council had built a Pei Ho Street Municipal Services Building (then known as Pei Ho Street Urban Council Com ...

and Tung Chau Street.

Overview

Cronin Garden

Cronin Garden () is a

Flat-for-Sale Scheme Flat-for-Sale Scheme is a housing development scheme by Hong Kong Housing Society in 1980s. The flats under the scheme are for sale at a concessionary price. It is similar to Home Ownership Scheme by Hong Kong Housing Authority. The first estate ...

estates at the junction of

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Po On Road Po or PO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Po (Kung Fu Panda), the protagonist of the ''Kung Fu Panda'' franchise * Po, one of the titular ''Teletubbies'' * Po, a character in the novel ''Graceling'' by Kristin Cashore M ...

and

Pratas Street Pratas Island,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also known as the Tungsha Islands or the Dongsha Islands (), is a coral island situated in the northern part of the South China Sea administered as part of Cijin District, Ka ...

in Sham Shui Po. It has totally seven 13-storey blocks, built in 1995 and developed by the

Hong Kong Housing Society The Hong Kong Housing Society or Housing Society for short, is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong (the first being the Hong Kong Housing Authority). The Society housed around 130,000 residents as of 2020. The Housing Societ ...

. It was built on the site of Sheung Li Uk Estate (), the first estate built by the

, designed by

Stanley Feltham Terence Stanley Crathern Feltham (1896–1971) was Chief Architect in the Public Works Department of Hong Kong. He designed many public buildings in Hong Kong, including: * He was the project architect for Fanling Lodge, a summer residence for th ...

, and completed in 1952.Extracts from the 1997 Annual Report of the Housing Society setting out the history and development of the Society
Appendix I: History and Development
10 September 2001

Houses

Fu Cheong Estate

Fu Cheong Estate () was built on

reclaimed land Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lak ...

of the southwest of

near

Nam Cheong station Nam Cheong is a MTR interchange station located at ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong opposite the Fu Cheong Estate. It is served by the Tung Chung and Tuen Ma lines and provides cross-platform interchange ...

. Fu Cheong Estate was built in 2001, Fu Cheong Estate was constructed on the former site of the Sham Shui Po bus terminus. Its name, "Fu Cheong", comes from nearby Nam Cheong Estate and means "

Wealthy Wealth is the abundance of valuable financial assets or physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the originating Old English word , which is from an I ...

and

Prosperity Prosperity is the flourishing, thriving, good fortune and successful social status. Prosperity often produces profuse wealth including other factors which can be profusely wealthy in all degrees, such as happiness and health. Competing notion ...

" in

Chinese language Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the wor ...

. It consists of 10 residential buildings and a shopping centre completed in 2001 and 2002.

Houses

Lai Kok Estate

Lai Kok Estate () was built on

of the west of

, Sham Shui Po, located near

, and

Cheung Sha Wan station Cheung Sha Wan () is an underground station located underneath Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po District on the of Hong Kong MTR, between and . It was opened on 17 May 1982. The station's colour is Yellow brown. The station was origina ...

. It consists of 8 residential blocks completed in 1981.

Houses

Lai On Estate

Lai On Estate () is located near

Lai Kok Estate The following is an overview of public housing estates in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates. History The site where Sham Shu ...

, and

Sham Shui Po station Sham Shui Po () is an MTR station located in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The station is located under Cheung Sha Wan Road between and stations on the . Sham Shui Po's colour is . The station has an island platform arrangement which ...

. It consists of 5 residential blocks completed in 1993.

Houses

Nam Cheong Estate

Nam Cheong Estate () is named from nearby

Nam Cheong Street Nam Cheong Street ( zh, 南昌街) is a street in Shek Kip Mei and Sham Shui Po, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It begins in the north at Lung Ping Road and Yan Ping Road in Shek Kip Mei and terminates in the south at Tung Chau ...

, a main street in Sham Shui Po District. It consists of seven residential blocks completed in 1989. In 2005, the estate was sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B. The estate is surrounded by Tung Chau Street Park.

Houses

Wing Cheong Estate

Wing Cheong Estate is composed of two Y-shaped blocks completed 2013, between Fu Cheong Estate and the West Kowloon Corridor, on Sai Chuen Road. It provides about 1500 public rental flats. The main contractor for the estate's construction was Paul Y Engineering. To mitigate the noise nuisance of the adjacent West Kowloon Corridor, the flats facing this motorway are equipped with "acoustic balconies". The balcony parapet incorporates an inclined glass panel to deflect noise, and the walls and ceiling of the balconies are faced with sound-absorbing panels.

Houses

Yee Ching Court

Yee Ching Court () is a HOS court in Sham Shui Po, next to Lai Kok Estate, Lai On Estate and Dragon Centre.West Kowloon Centre Shamshuipo (West) Integrated Family Service Centre
It has 3 blocks built in 1993.

Houses

Yee Kok Court

Yee Kok Court () is a HOS court in Sham Shui Po, next to Lai Kok Estate, Lai On Estate and Dragon Centre. It has 7 blocks built in 1981.

Houses

References

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History

Overview

Cronin Garden

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Fu Cheong Estate

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Lai Kok Estate

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Lai On Estate

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Nam Cheong Estate

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Wing Cheong Estate

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Yee Ching Court

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Yee Kok Court

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See also

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