Public housing estates in Sheung Shui

Overview

Cheung Lung Wai Estate

Main article: Cheung Lung Wai Estate

Cheung Lung Wai Estate is the latest public estate in North District. It had two blocks built in 2015.

Ching Ho Estate

Main article: Ching Ho Estate

Ching Ho Estate () is the second latest public estate in North District. Its name, "Ching Ho", means "clear river" in Chinese.

The estate is developed into there phases, with a total of eight "New Harmony" residential buildings and a shopping centre. Phase 3 consists of three blocks completed in 2007. Phase 2 and Phase 1 consists of a total of five blocks and the shopping centre completed in 2008.

Ching Long House was placed under lockdown for mandatory covid test on 15 February 2022.

Choi Po Court

Main article: Choi Yuen Estate

Choi Po Court () is an HOS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town, near Choi Yuen Estate and Sheung Shui station. It had four blocks built in 1982.

Choi Yuen Estate

Main article: Choi Yuen Estate

Choi Yuen Estate () is a public estate located near Sheung Shui station and Landmark North in Sheung Shui Town. It is the first public housing estate in North District, which consists of 6 residential blocks built between 1981 and 1983.

The site of Choi Yuen Estate was formerly occupied by vegetable farms and the nearby village was called Tsoi Yuen Tsuen (), which meant Vegetable Farm Village in Chinese. In the 1970s, the vegetable farms were removed to construct Choi Yuen Estate; "菜園村" and "彩園邨" sound almost the same except the tone of the character "菜" / "彩". In the 1990s, the village was demolished to build Landmark North, one of the largest shopping malls in North District.

Po Shek Wu Estate

Main article: Po Shek Wu Estate

Po Shek Wu Estate () is a public housing estate at the junction of Po Shek Wu Road and Choi Yuen Road in Sheung Shui, near MTR Sheung Shui station. It comprises 3 blocks of 25, 29 and 33 storeys on a 3-storeyed carpark podium including one semi-basement storey for car park at a total number of 1,144 units. One ancillary facility block including socket-H pile foundation, superstructure and E&M services, one kindergarten, ground floor retail facilities and roof garden site formation and slope upgrading works.

On Shing Court

Main article: Tin Ping Estate

On Shing Court () is a HOS court in Sheung Shui, near Tin Ping Estate. It had only one block built in 1990.

Sunningdale Garden

Main article: Sunningdale Garden

Sunningdale Garden () is a PSPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town, near Sheung Shui Town Centre and Shek Wu Hui. It had four blocks built in 1992.

Tai Ping Estate

Main article: Tai Ping Estate

Tai Ping Estate () is a mixed public and TPS housing estate consisting of four residential buildings completed in 1989. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5 in 2002.

Tin Ping Estate

Main article: Tin Ping Estate

Tin Ping Estate () is the northernmost mixed public and TPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town. It consists of seven residential buildings completed between 1986 and 1990. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.

Tsui Lai Garden

Main article: Tsui Lai Garden

Tsui Lai Garden () is a PSPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town, near North District Sports Ground. It has six blocks built in 1990.

Yuk Po Court

Main article: Choi Yuen Estate

Yuk Po Court () is an HOS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town, near Choi Yuen Estate and Sheung Shui station. It had eight blocks built in 1982.

References

References

1. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propertyType=1&id=15160 Cheung Lung Wai Estate]
2. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/rental/RHC78-00.pdf Naming of Public Housing Estate at Fanling Area 36]
3. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary1/shc/SHC7005.pdf Domestic Rents for New Estate]
4. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/b5/commercial/shoppingcentres/chingho.pdf Ching Ho Shopping Centre]
5. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary1/shc/SHC2108.pdf Domestic Rents for New Estates]
6. [http://news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/071102/html/071102en05007.htm HA sets rents for new estates]
7. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-1_14999,00.html Ching Ho Estate]
8. "Covid hit 393 more buildings in HK, including 65 in Yuen Long".
9. [http://www.swd.gov.hk/doc/ifsc/SSIFSC.pdf Sheung Shui Integrated Family Service Centre]
10. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-1_5632,00.html Choi Po Court]
11. [http://www.landsd.gov.hk/en/legco/pgicos/North.pdf Provision of Facilities and/or Open Space required under lease for the use by the public in private developments completed in or after 1987 (as at October 2008)]
12. [http://www.abcdhk.com/en-MTR-EastRail.php?abc=Sheung-Shul Sheung Shui Station]
13. [http://www.pland.gov.hk/press/publication/nt_pamphlet02/fss_html/develop_e.html Government Planned Development]
14. [http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr&param=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentPhoto&ctrlid=2006122&lang=cht Comparison between Tsoi Yuen Tsuen and Choi Yuen Estate]
15. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-0-1_4946,00.html Choi Yuen Estate]
16. [https://www.hanison.com/eng/projects.aspx Hanison Construction Company Limited]
17. [https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/common/pdf/commercial-properties/tender-notices-and-awards/5445e.pdf Special Conditions of Tender: Po Shek Wu Estate – Shop]
18. [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/lsb/en/facilities.php?ftid=0&did=7 Tin Ping Sports Centre]
19. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-347-1_5644,00.html On Shing Court]
20. [http://www.gohome.com.hk/english/resources/district.asp?code=60 Sheung Shui]
21. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-1_5646,00.html Sunningdale Garden]
22. [http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200201/04/0104212.htm Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5 to be sold at favourable prices]
23. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5]
24. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-0-1_4948,00.html Tai Ping Estate]
25. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3]
26. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-1_4930,00.html Tin Ping Estate]
27. "CEDD - Archives".
28. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/others/HD64.pdf List of Home Ownership Scheme Courts]
29. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-1_5648,00.html Tsui Lai Garden]
30. [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-347-1_5624,00.html Yuk Po Court]