The following shows the
public housing estates (including
Home Ownership Scheme (HOS),
Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS),
Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS)) in
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 Kowl ...
of
Kwun Tong District
Kwun Tong is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the easternmost and southernmost district in Kowloon. It had a population of 648,541 in 2016. The district has the second highest population in Hong Kong, af ...
,
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 ...
, Hong Kong.
Overview
Cheung Wo Court
Cheung Wo Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in
Hip Wo Street
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, Kwun Tong, opposite to Po Pui Court. It consists of 6 blocks built in 1984.
Houses
Po Pui Court
Po Pui Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, opposite to Cheung Wo Court. It consists of 5 blocks built in 1995.
Houses
Tsui Ping Estate
Tsui Ping Estate () is an estate redeveloped in the 1980s and the 1990s. It is divided into Tsui Ping (South) Estate () and Tsui Ping (North) Estate (). The
redeveloped
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: ...
estate has 19 blocks in total.
Wan Hon Estate
Wan Hon Estate () is named for nearby Wan Hon Street, the estate consists of two blocks completed in 1998. It was built on the site of a former
squatter
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there ...
area, which was cleared in the 1970s and left vacant until Wan Hon Estate started construction in 1996.
Houses
Wo Lok Estate
Wo Lok Estate () the oldest existing public housing estate in
Kwun Tong District
Kwun Tong is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the easternmost and southernmost district in Kowloon. It had a population of 648,541 in 2016. The district has the second highest population in Hong Kong, af ...
, and the first public housing estate with seven-storeys blocks.
The estate comprises 11 blocks of buildings of
Old Slab
Old Slab () is a design of residential block of Hong Kong public housing estate. The building of this type consists of one or more elongated rectangular blocks, joining end by end.
Gallery
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type built from 1962 to 1966. It was developed into 2 phases. Phase 1 included 8 seven-storey blocks built in 1962 and 1963, while Phase 2 included 3 blocks built in 1965 and 1966. In 2007, the government evaluated the condition of the buildings, and found them all structurally sound. However, structural repair and improvement works were carried out to sustain the buildings for the next 15 years.
Wo Lok Estate and Ma Tau Wai Estate structurally safe
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Houses
See also
*Public housing estates in Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay
The following shows the public housing estates (including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS)) in Ngau Tau Kok, Jordan Valley, Kowloon Bay and surrounding neighbourhoods, in Kwun ...
* Public housing estates in Sze Shun
* Public housing estates in Lam Tin
*Public housing estates in Yau Tong
The following is an overview of public housing estates in Yau Tong, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
History
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References
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Kwun Tong
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