Yau Tong 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 ...

Yau Tong Yau Tong () is an area of Hong Kong, located in the southeastern end of Kowloon, between Lei Yue Mun and Lam Tin, at the east shore of Victoria Harbour, west of Tseung Kwan O. Administratively, it is part of Kwun Tong District, the most de ...

, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located near

Yau Tong station Yau Tong () is a station on the Hong Kong MTR and the . It is the only station of the Tseung Kwan O line located in Kowloon. The livery of the station is yellow. Although the train platforms are constructed above ground level, they are sealed ...

of the MTR.

Background

Yau Tong Estate was a resettlement estate with 23 blocks built in 1964, 1965 and 1971 respectively, all of which were demolished in the 1990s. The estate was originally redeveloped in phases. However, the

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relocation and MTR

Tseung Kwan O line The Tseung Kwan O line is one of the eleven lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, indicated by the colour purple. It is currently long, taking 15 minutes to travel throughout the entire line. The line runs from North Point on the Hong Kong Is ...

construction caused delays in the redevelopment project. In the end, nearly all blocks were demolished at one time in the late 1990s, rather than by phases. After redevelopment, four blocks were built in 2000 and 2002 respectively. In 2002, Ching Mei House (Block A) of Yau Mei Court was converted from

Home Ownership Scheme The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing with two aims – to encourage b ...

to rental housing, and renamed Mei Tong House.Disposal of Surplus Home Ownership Scheme Flats and Kingsford Terrace Private Sector Participation Scheme Flats
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Houses

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{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong, state=expanded Yau Tong Public housing estates in Hong Kong Residential buildings completed in 1964 Residential buildings completed in 1965 Residential buildings completed in 1971 Residential buildings completed in 2000 Residential buildings completed in 2002 1964 establishments in Hong Kong

Background

Houses

See also

References