Public housing estates in Kwun Tong

The following shows the public housing estates (including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS)) in Kwun Tong of Kwun Tong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Overview
Name Type Inaug. No Blocks No Units Notes
Cheung Wo Court 祥和苑 HOS 1984 6 1,584
Po Pui Court 寶珮苑 HOS 1995 5 1,750
Tsui Ping (North) Estate 翠屏(北)邨 TPS 1982 12 3,913
Tsui Ping (South) Estate 翠屏(南)邨 Public 1989 7 5,039
Wan Hon Estate 雲漢邨 Public 1998 2 1,003
Wo Lok Estate 和樂邨 Public 1962 11 1,941

Cheung Wo Court

Cheung Wo Court (Chinese: 祥和苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, opposite to Po Pui Court. It consists of 6 blocks built in 1984.

Houses
Name[1]TypeCompletion
Wo Kwan HouseFlexi 1, 21984
Wo Yuet House
Wo Shing House
Wo Kin House
Wo Hang HouseSlab
Wo Tung HouseFlexi 1, 2

Po Pui Court
Po Yiu House of Po Pui Court

Po Pui Court (Chinese: 寶珮苑) 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
Name[2]TypeCompletion
Po Shan HouseNon-standard1995
Po Wu House
Po Ying House
Po Chui House
Po Yiu House

Tsui Ping Estate
Main article: Tsui Ping Estate
Tsui Ping (South) Estate

Tsui Ping Estate (Chinese: 翠屏邨) is an estate redeveloped in the 1980s and the 1990s. It is divided into Tsui Ping (South) Estate (Chinese: 翠屏(南)邨) and Tsui Ping (North) Estate (Chinese: 翠屏(北)邨).[3] The redeveloped estate has 19 blocks in total.

Wan Hon Estate
Hon Pak House of Wan Hon Estate

Wan Hon Estate (Chinese: 雲漢邨) 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 area, which was cleared in the 1970s and left vacant until Wan Hon Estate started construction in 1996.[4]

Houses
Name[5]TypeCompletion
Hon Chung HouseSmall Household Block1998
Hon Pak House

Wo Lok Estate
Seven-storey blocks in Wo Lok Estate

Wo Lok Estate (Chinese: 和樂邨) the oldest existing public housing estate in Kwun Tong District, and the first public housing estate with seven-storeys blocks.[6]

The estate comprises 11 blocks of buildings of Old Slab 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.[7] 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.[8]

Houses
Name[9]TypeCompletion
Kin On HouseOld Slab1962
Tai On House
Ping On House
Yee On House
Cheung On House1963
Hing On House
Fu On House
Man On House
Kui On House1965
Sun On House
Hang On House1966

See also

References
  1. Cheung Wo Court
  2. Po Pui Court
  3. Kwun Tong District Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 屋村前身 (Chinese)
  5. Wan Hon Estate
  6. Wo Lok Estate
  7. WO LOK ESTATE (Chinese)
  8. Wo Lok Estate and Ma Tau Wai Estate structurally safe
  9. Wo Lok Estate
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