Pak Tin Estate () is a

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

Shek Kip Mei Shek Kip Mei, is an area in New Kowloon, to the northeast of the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. It borders Sham Shui Po and Kowloon Tong. History At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Shek Kip Mei was 72. A major fire on 25 ...

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 ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, located between

Shek Kip Mei Estate Shek Kip Mei Estate is the first public housing estate in Hong Kong. It is located in Sham Shui Po and is under the management of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. The estate was constructed as a result of a fire in Shek Kip Mei in 1953, to se ...

and

Chak On Estate Public housing estates in Shek Kip Mei are public housing in an area originally known as Shek Kip Mei, Kap Shek Mi in New Kowloon on the North Eastern Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. History Hong Kong's public housing program was initiated by Gove ...

Background

Before

redevelopment Redevelopment is any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses. It represents a process of land development uses to revitalize the physical, economic and social fabric of urban space. Description Variations on redevelopment include: ...

, Pak Tin Estate consisted of 17 residential blocks in total, which were built between 1969 and 1979. Block 1 to 3 and Block 7 to 17 were assigned to Upper Pak Tin Estate (), while Block 4 to 6 were assigned to Lower Pak Tin Estate (). In 1984, two estates were merged to form Pak Tin Estate. In 1985, the Hong Kong Housing Authority announced that the strength of the

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of Block 14 to 16 had structural problems and they were firstly demolished in 1989. Block 4 to 8 and Block 17 were then demolished in the 1990s. Except Block 1 to 3 and Block 9 to 13, the demolished blocks are now replaced by new-typed buildings.

Houses

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Pak Tin Commercial Complex

Pak Tin Commercial Complex () is located in Pak Tin Estate,

. It was built right at the time, when the 17 residential blocks of Pak Tin Estate were built. It is a 3-storey building and this property is managed by Synergis Management Services Limited. The complex comprises 14 shops, four cooked food stalls and 69 market stalls with a total lettable area of around 2 000 square metres. In addition, there are 32 shops and 12 shop stalls on the ground level of the domestic blocks in Pak Tin Estate. Pak Tin Commercial Complex is easily accessible. There is a car park inside the complex with 335 parking spaces and three other car parks at Pak Tin Estate which consist of 354 parking spaces. It is well served by public transport including many bus routes. The MTR

Shek Kip Mei station Shek Kip Mei () is a station on the Hong Kong MTR . It is located in Shek Kip Mei. History The station served as a terminus Terminus may refer to: * Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination * Terminal train station or term ...

is nearby and a bus terminal is located in Pak Tin Estate.

References

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Background

Houses

Pak Tin Commercial Complex

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