The following shows the public housing estates, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) in

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History

Lam Tin is the hill area at the southeast of Kwun Tong District. There was a resettlement estate in the area, called Lam Tin Resettlement Estate () in the 1960s. The resettlement has totally 23 blocks. Block 15 was also the 500th public estate building constructed by the Works Bureau. All the blocks in the estate were demolished in Lam Tin Estate Redevelopment Project () between the 1980s and 2000s. They were replaced by new blocks of Kai Tin Estate (), Ping Tin Estate (), On Tin Estate () and new Lam Tin Estate ().

Overview

Hing Tin Estate

Hing Tin Estate () is a mixed public and TPS estate at the north of Lam Tin, near the Kwun Tong side exit of

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. It consists of 3 blocks completed in 1987. Some of the flats were sold to

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during Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4 in 2001.

Houses

Hong Nga Court

Hong Nga Court () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Tak Tin Estate. It has 3 blocks built in 1993.

Houses

Hong Pak Court

Hong Pak Court () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Kwong Tin Estate. It has 7 blocks built in 1993.

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Hong Shui Court

Hong Shui Court () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Kwong Tin Estate. It has 1 block built in 1999.

House

Hong Tin Court

Hong Tin Court () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Kai Tin Estate and MTR

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. It has 3 blocks built in 1982, and it is the oldest HOS court in Lam Tin.

Houses

Hong Wah Court

Hong Wah Court () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Hing Tin Estate. It has 3 blocks built in 1987.

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Hong Yat Court

Hong Yat Court () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Kai Tin Estate, Lam Tin Estate and

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. It belonged to Phase 5 of the Lam Tin Redevelopment Project. It has 5 blocks built in 2001.

Houses

Hong Ying Court

Hong Ying Court () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Tak Tin Estate. It has 1 block built in 1991.

House

Kai Tin Estate

Kai Tin Estate () formed part of the Lam Tin Estate

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project. It consists of 3 blocks and a shopping centre built in 1997.Kai Tin Shopping Centre Extension
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Houses

Kwong Tin Estate

Kwong Tin Estate () is located between Lam Tin and Yau Tong.Kwun Tong District
It has four blocks built in 1992 and 1993.

Houses

Lei On Court

Lei On Court () is a HOS estate in Lei Yue Mun Road,

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, Hong Kong, located near MTR

. Built in 2002, it consists of six Concord-typed blocks, providing a total of 1684 flats. Blocks A, D, E and F are built in conjunction with the carpark building, whereas Block B and C stand separately at the northwest of the Court.

Background

Lei On Court was built at the former site of a

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, Kwun Tong (Lei Yue Mun Road) Estate () (which is different from the current Lei Yue Mun Estate). Kwun Tong (Lei Yue Mun Road) Estate was built in 1962 and demolished in 1997. It was replaced by the current Lei On Court, an HOS estate.

Houses

On Tin Estate

On Tin Estate () was a part of Lam Tin Estate Redevelopment Project. Built above Kai Tin Shopping Centre Extension, the estate has two block completed in 2005.

Houses

Ping Tin Estate

Ping Tin Estate () was a part of Lam Tin Estate Redevelopment Project. It consists of 8 blocks (including one Ancillary Facilities Block for Housing for Senior Citizen) completed in 1997 and 1998.

Houses

Tak Tin Estate

Tak Tin Estate () is a mixed public/TPS estate in Lam Tin, near Ping Tin Estate and Lam Tin Estate. It consists of 9 blocks completed in 1991 and 2001. In 1999, some of the flats (Tak Hong House and Tak Yan House excluded) were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 2.

Houses

Lam Tin Estate

The current Lam Tin Estate () is smaller than the original one, and it has 4 blocks completed in 2009. Its predecessor was a resettlement estate from the 1960s to 1990s.

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, a Hong Kong famous singer, lived in Block 15 of the estate when he was a child. It was demolished between the 1990s and 2000s and its area is redeveloped to construct Kai Tin Estate, Ping Tin Estate, On Tin Estate, Hong Yat Court and the new Lam Tin Estate. Andy Lau also autographed 'Lam Tin Estate' in

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at the time of the estate completion.Completion of Lam Tin Estate Comprehensive Redevelopment Programme
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References

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