Public housing estates in Kwun Tong

Overview

The Kwun Tong area has 6 housing estates in total: 3 Public Housing Estates, 2 Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) housing estates, and 1 Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) housing estate. All of which are managed by the Hong Kong Housing Society.

Cheung Wo Court

Cheung Wo Court () 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

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

Main article: 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 estate has 19 blocks in total.

Wan Hon Estate

Main article: 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 area, which was cleared in the 1970s and left vacant until Wan Hon Estate started construction in 1996.

Houses

Wo Lok Estate

Main article: Wo Lok Estate

Wo Lok Estate () the oldest existing public housing estate in Kwun Tong District, and the first public housing estate with seven-storeys blocks.

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. 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.

Houses

References

References

1. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-13_5654,00.html Cheung Wo Court]
2. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-13_5638,00.html Po Pui Court]
3. [https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/workplace/rbrp_participating_estates_KT.pdf Kwun Tong District] {{webarchive. link. (20 July 2011)
4. [http://www.hk-place.com/db.php?post=d005033 屋村前身 (Chinese)]
5. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-13_4964,00.html Wan Hon Estate]
6. (April 2018)
7. [http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=202 WO LOK ESTATE (Chinese)]
8. [http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200704/20/P200704200137.htm Wo Lok Estate and Ma Tau Wai Estate structurally safe]
9. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-13_4962,00.html Wo Lok Estate]