Public housing estates in Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan and Ma Tau Wai
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The following is an overview of public housing estates in Hung Hom,
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, of
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, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.


History


Overview


Hung Hom Estate

Hung Hom Estate () is built on a hill along Dyer Avenue and next to
Whampoa Estate Whampoa Garden () is the largest private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built on the site of the former Whampoa Dockyards by Hutchison Whampoa Property. The urban design of the estate incorporates concepts inspired b ...
and
Whampoa Garden Whampoa Garden () is the largest private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built on the site of the former Whampoa Dockyards by Hutchison Whampoa Property. The urban design of the estate incorporates concepts inspired by t ...
. It now consists of five residential buildings completed in two stages in 1999 and 2011 respectively. The estate, informally called Tai Wan Shan Resettlement Estate () or Tai Wan Shan Estate (), was a resettlement estate built in Tai Wan Shan, a hill in Hung Hom area. It had four 7-storey blocks completed in 1956. All four blocks were
demolished Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a ...
for redevelopment in 1996 and 2000. Completed 1999, redevelopment phase 1 project consists of two residential buildings built in the former site of Block 3 and 4. Redevelopment phase 2, finished 2011, consists of three more 40-storey buildings on the former site of Block 1 and Block 3.


Houses


Ma Tau Wai Estate

Ma Tau Wai Estate () is the oldest existing public housing estate in
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. It consists of 5 residential blocks completed in 1962 and 1965. Although it was developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority, it is currently managed by
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 Society ...
. The location of the estate was partly the location of the
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during
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. In 2007, the Housing Authority found that all buildings in the estate were structurally sound. Thus, structural repair and improvement works will be carried out to sustain the buildings for the next 15 years.


Houses


Chun Seen Mei Chuen

Chun Seen Mei Chuen () has three residential blocks built in 1965, providing a total of 1027 units.


Houses

Chun Seen Mei Chuen 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.


Ka Wai Chuen

Ka Wai Chuen () is a mixed public and a
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estate developed by
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in the vicinity of
Fat Kwong Street Fat Kwong Street () is a street in Ho Man Tin and Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. History Fat Kwong Street was originally a short street in Hung Hom. In 1967, the government proposed to build a new road link between Hung Hom and Mong Kok via Ho Ma ...
, Ma Tau Wai Road and Station Lane. It has 9 residential blocks completed in 1984, 1987, 1990 and 1993. Five of the blocks are for rental while 4 of them are for sale. Ka Wai Chuen was built on the former site of the old Hung Hom Estate () and consisted of nine 6-storey blocks built between 1955 and 1958. The estate was redeveloped into 4 phases, and nine buildings were constructed in 1984, 1987, 1990 and 1993. In 1990, the estate was renamed to the current Ka Wai Chuen, which was named from the pen name of Mr. Andrew Cheung Yau Kuen, one of the founders of Hong Kong Housing Society.


Houses

Ka Wai Chuen is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 35. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School (Hung Hom Bay).


Lok Man Sun Chuen

Lok Man Sun Chuen () is located in Kau Pui Lung Road, To Kwa Wan, developed by
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. It has nine residential blocks completed in 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1974 respectively, providing a total of 3676 units.High-rise society
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Houses

Lok Man Sun Chuen 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.


See also

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Public housing in Hong Kong Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the populat ...
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List of public housing estates in Hong Kong This is a list of public housing estates in Hong Kong. Many of them are properties of Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA), while some of them are properties of Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS). Central and Western District Sai Wan (Kennedy To ...


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