The following shows the
public housing estates
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(including
Home Ownership Scheme (HOS),
Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS),
Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) and
Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS)) in
Pok Fu Lam
Pok Fu Lam or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District. It is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellett, around Telegraph Bay.
Pok Fu Lam can claim several ''firsts'' in the histo ...
,
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
,
Wong Chuk Hang
Wong Chuk Hang () is a neighbourhood in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
History
Neolithic artifacts have been unearthed in a region called Chung Hom Wan, which is not far from Wong Chuk Hang. In 1550 the Hong Kong Vill ...
and
Ap Lei Chau
Ap Lei Chau or Aberdeen Island is an List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island of Hong Kong, located off Hong Kong Island next to Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, Aberdeen Harbour and Aberdeen Channel. It has an area of after land recl ...
of
Southern District,
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 ...
.
Overview
Ap Lei Chau Estate
![Ap Lei Chau Estate (sky blue version and better contrast)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Ap_Lei_Chau_Estate_%28sky_blue_version_and_better_contrast%29.jpg)
Ap Lei Chau Estate () is a public estate in Ap Lei Chau. It is the first public housing estate in Ap Lei Chau. Completed in two phases in 1980 and 1982 respectively, the estate consists of 8 residential blocks providing 4,453 flats. It was one of the public housing estates built from 1980 to 1982 to accommodate people affected by a major fire in
Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter
The Aberdeen Typhoon Shelters of Hong Kong are Aberdeen West Typhoon Shelter () and Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelter (). Both typhoon shelters are located in Southern District, between the southern part of Hong Kong Island and the island Ap Lei ...
.
MTR Corporation Limited
MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hon ...
: Consultancy Agreement No. NEX/2301. South Island Line
The South Island line, identified by light green on the MTR route map, is a rapid transit line of Hong Kong's MTR metro system. This line connects the HK business district from Admiralty station to the Southern District of Hong Kong Islan ...
(East). Environmental Impact Assessment Report (Volume 1 of 4). Report No.: 248137/51/F
Chapter 9. Land Contamination
August 2010
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Broadview Court
![Broadview Court (blue sky)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Broadview_Court_%28blue_sky%29.jpg)
Broadview Court () is a HOS and PSPS court in Shum Wan Road,
Wong Chuk Hang
Wong Chuk Hang () is a neighbourhood in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
History
Neolithic artifacts have been unearthed in a region called Chung Hom Wan, which is not far from Wong Chuk Hang. In 1550 the Hong Kong Vill ...
, next to the
Aberdeen Marina Club
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
and
Ocean Park. Jointly developed by the
Hong Kong Housing Authority
The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the Resettlement Departm ...
and
COSCO International, the court has a total of 4 blocks built in 2001. The entire housing estate is composed of four residential buildings, which are located on the Sham Wan Bus Terminal, a multi-storey car park and a retail platform. Two residential buildings with 38 floors and two 39 floors with fire barriers, a total of 1,540 Residential units. The units are divided into two-bedrooms and two-living rooms and three-bedrooms and two-living rooms. The building area is 505-707 square feet. Most of the units can enjoy sea views such as the deep bay and the marina.
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Facilities Nearby
* Aberdeen Marina Club
* Pao Yue Kong Swimming Pool
* Shum Wan Road Public Transport Terminus
* Marine Police Aberdeen Base
Landmarks Nearby
* Jumbo Kingdom
* Ocean Park Hong Kong
* Marinella
* Larvotto
Hung Fuk Court
![Hung Fuk Court (better contrast)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Hung_Fuk_Court_%28better_contrast%29.jpg)
Hung Fuk Court () is a HOS court in
Tin Wan
Tin Wan () is an area at the south of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is at the west of Aberdeen and the east of Kellett Bay and Wah Fu Estate.
Housing
Tin Wan Estate is a public housing estate (), also named after Tin Wan.
Hung Fuk Court is ...
,
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
, near Tin Wan Estate. It consists of 2 blocks completed in 1997.
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Ka Lung Court
![Ka Lung Court (clear view and better contrast)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Ka_Lung_Court_%28clear_view_and_better_contrast%29.jpg)
Ka Lung Court () is a HOS court on the
reclaimed land
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of
Kellett Bay
Kellett Bay (), or Kai Lung Wan () is a bay on southwestern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, to the southeast of Waterfall Bay.
The pronunciation of ''Wan'' () in ''Kai Lung Wan'' in the Cantonese language is like the one in (as in Cheung Sha Wan ...
in
Tin Wan Praya Road
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Tin is soft enough to be cut with little force and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, t ...
,
Pok Fu Lam
Pok Fu Lam or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District. It is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellett, around Telegraph Bay.
Pok Fu Lam can claim several ''firsts'' in the histo ...
, next to Wah Kwai Estate. It comprises 4 blocks built in 1991.
Ka Lung Court is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18.
Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School (香港南區官立小學).
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Lei Tung Estate
![Lei Tung Estate 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Lei_Tung_Estate_1.jpg)
Lei Tung Estate () is a mixed public and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estate in Ap Lei Chau near
Lei Tung station
Lei Tung () is an underground MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong on the eastern section of the , located beside Mount Johnston on Ap Lei Chau in Southern District. The station is named after the adjacent public housing estate of the sam ...
. Built at a hill called
Yuk Kwai Shan, it is the second public housing estate in Ap Lei Chau. It is developed into a self-contained
community
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with various kinds of recreational and commercial facilities. It consists of 8 residential blocks with 2 blocks of Trident I type and 6 blocks of Trident II type, built between 1987 and 1988 with a total of about 7,500 units. In 2004, some of the flats were sold to
tenants
A leasehold estate is an ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property in which a lessee or a tenant holds rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord. Although a tenant does hold rights to real property, a l ...
through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6A.
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Marina Habitat
![Marina Habitat (full view)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Marina_Habitat_%28full_view%29.JPG)
Marina Habitat () is a
Sandwich Class Housing Scheme
The Sandwich Class Housing Scheme was a scheme from the Hong Kong Housing Society offering apartments to middle-income families, i.e. sandwich class, at concessionary prices during the 1990s in Hong Kong. The purchases were subject to a five-y ...
court in
Ap Lei Chau
Ap Lei Chau or Aberdeen Island is an List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island of Hong Kong, located off Hong Kong Island next to Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, Aberdeen Harbour and Aberdeen Channel. It has an area of after land recl ...
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 ...
, built at the
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 ...
outside
Ap Lei Chau Main Street at the
waterfront of Ap Lei Chau. It consists of 3 residential towers on top of a 3-storey podium.
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Ocean Court
![Ocean Court (deep blue sky)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Ocean_Court_%28deep_blue_sky%29.jpg)
Ocean Court () is a HOS and PSPS court on the
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 ...
in Aberdeen, located on the
waterfront of
Aberdeen Praya Road
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. The residential development was built in 2000, and it comprises three 31-storey residential towers providing 550 domestic units.
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Shek Pai Wan Estate
![Shek Pai Wan Estate (deep blue sky)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Shek_Pai_Wan_Estate_%28deep_blue_sky%29.jpg)
Shek Pai Wan Estate () is a public estate in Shek Pai Wan, the
hill
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side at the east of
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Aberdeen () is an area on southwest Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Southern District. While the name "Aberdeen" could be taken in a broad sense to encompass the areas of Aberdeen (town), Wong Chuk Hang, Ap L ...
. It comprises 7 residential blocks, a non-standard small household block, a
primary school
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, a
shopping centre
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The first known collec ...
and a
bus terminus
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.
South Wave Court
![South Wave Court (sky blue version and better contrast)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/South_Wave_Court_%28sky_blue_version_and_better_contrast%29.jpg)
South Wave Court () is a HOS and PSPS court beside
Nam Long Shan
Nam Long Shan (Chinese: 南朗山) or Brick Hill is a hill on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, near Wong Chuk Hang and Aberdeen. At an elevation of 282 metres, it overlooks the South China Sea in the south, Sham Wan and Aberdeen Channel in the we ...
in
Wong Chuk Hang
Wong Chuk Hang () is a neighbourhood in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
History
Neolithic artifacts have been unearthed in a region called Chung Hom Wan, which is not far from Wong Chuk Hang. In 1550 the Hong Kong Vill ...
, near
Sham Wan
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and
Aberdeen Marina Club
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
. It has 3 blocks built in 1995.
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Tin Wan Estate
Tin Wan Estate () is a public estate in
Tin Wan
Tin Wan () is an area at the south of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is at the west of Aberdeen and the east of Kellett Bay and Wah Fu Estate.
Housing
Tin Wan Estate is a public housing estate (), also named after Tin Wan.
Hung Fuk Court is ...
, to the west of Aberdeen.
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Background
Tin Wan Estate was a
resettlement estate which had a total of 15 blocks built between 1962 and 1965. The blocks were demolished in 1992 and replaced by 5 residential buildings in 1997.
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Wah Fu Estate
Wah Fu Estate () is a public estate located by the Kellett Bay
Kellett Bay (), or Kai Lung Wan () is a bay on southwestern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, to the southeast of Waterfall Bay.
The pronunciation of ''Wan'' () in ''Kai Lung Wan'' in the Cantonese language is like the one in (as in Cheung Sha Wan ...
, Pok Fu Lam. Divided into Wah Fu (I) Estate () and Wah Fu (II) Estate (), the whole estate has a total of 18 residential blocks completed between 1967 and 1978.
Wah Kwai Estate
Wah Kwai Estate () is a mixed public and TPS estate on the 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 Kellett Bay
Kellett Bay (), or Kai Lung Wan () is a bay on southwestern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, to the southeast of Waterfall Bay.
The pronunciation of ''Wan'' () in ''Kai Lung Wan'' in the Cantonese language is like the one in (as in Cheung Sha Wan ...
, Pok Fu Lam, located near Wah Fu Estate
Wah Fu Estate () is a public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay, Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong's Southern District. It was built on a new town concept in 1967 and was renovated in 2003. Divided into Wah Fu (I) Estate () and Wah Fu (II) E ...
. The estate consists of 6 residential buildings built in 1990 and 1991. In 1998, some of the flats were sold to tenants
A leasehold estate is an ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property in which a lessee or a tenant holds rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord. Although a tenant does hold rights to real property, a l ...
through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 1.
Wah Kwai Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18.[ Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School (香港南區官立小學).][
]
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Yue Fai Court
Yue Fai Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Shek Pai Wan
Shek Pai Wan or Aberdeen Bay is a bay between Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island and Ap Lei Chau
Ap Lei Chau or Aberdeen Island is an island of Hong Kong, located off Hong Kong Island next to Aberdeen Harbour and Aberdeen Channel. It has an ...
, Aberdeen, near Shek Pai Wan Estate
Shek Pai Wan Estate () is a public housing estate in Shek Pai Wan of Aberdeen, Hong Kong, on a hill to the east of the town centre. It comprises eight standard residential blocks, a non-standard small household block, a primary school, a shopping ...
and Yue Kwong Chuen. It consists of 6 blocks completed in 1980, and it was one of the earliest HOS courts in Hong Kong.
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Yue Kwong Chuen
Yue Kwong Chuen () is a public estate in Aberdeen, developed by the HKHS, and it is the only estate in Southern District developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society.
The estate comprises 5 blocks built in 1962, 1963 and 1965 respectively. It is the second oldest existing public housing estate developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society (the first one is Ming Wah Dai Ha
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), and also the oldest one in Southern District.
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Yue On Court
Yue On Court () is a HOS court in Ap Lei Chau, near Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelter
The Aberdeen Typhoon Shelters of Hong Kong are Aberdeen West Typhoon Shelter () and Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelter (). Both typhoon shelters are located in Southern District, between the southern part of Hong Kong Island and the island Ap Lei ...
, Lei Tung Estate and Lei Tung station. It comprises 7 Cruciform blocks of 35 storeys.Yue On Court
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References
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Pok Fu Lam
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Wong Chuk Hang
Ap Lei Chau