Public housing estates in Sha Tin

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This is a list of public housing estates in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenant Purchase Scheme TPS).

Contents 1 History 2 Overview 3 Kwong Yuen Estate / Hong Lam Court / Kwong Lam Court 3.1 Houses 4 Lek Yuen Estate 4.1 Houses 5 Pok Hong Estate 5.1 Houses 6 Sha Kok Estate 6.1 Houses 7 Sui Wo Court 8 Wo Che Estate 8.1 Houses 9 Jat Min Chuen 10 Shek Mun Estate 10.1 Features 11 Sunshine Grove 12 Yu Chui Court 12.1 Short-piling scandal 12.2 Houses 13 Yue Tin Court 13.1 Houses 14 Yue Shing Court 14.1 Houses 15 See also 16 References 17 References

[edit] History

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When Sha Tin New Town was being developed, the beach and Sha Tin Hoi was reclaimed to construct Lek Yuen Estate, Wo Che Estate, Sha Kok Estate and Jat Min Chuen.^[1]

[edit] Overview

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Name		Type	Inaug.	No Blocks	No Units	Notes
Kwong Lam Court	廣林苑	HOS	1990	3	1,832
Hong Lam Court	康林苑	HOS	1990	3	1,050
Kwong Yuen Estate	廣源邨	TPS	1989	6	1,807
Lek Yuen Estate	瀝源邨	Public	1975	7	3,219
Pok Hong Estate	博康邨	TPS	1982	8	5,481
Sui Wo Court	穗禾苑	HOS	1980	9	3,501
Sunshine Grove	晴碧花園	Sandwich	1999	2	508	HK Housing Society
Sha Kok Estate	沙角邨	Public	1980	7	6,420
Wo Che Estate	禾輋邨	Public	1977	13	6,297
Jat Min Chuen	乙明邨	Public	1981	3	3,730	HK Housing Society
Shek Mun Estate	石門邨	Public	2009	4
Yu Chui Court	愉翠苑	HOS	2001	16	4,176
Yue Shing Court	愉城苑	HOS	1980	4	530
Yue Tin Court	愉田苑	HOS	1982	7	1,704

[edit] Kwong Yuen Estate / Hong Lam Court / Kwong Lam Court

Kwong Yuen Estate (Chinese: 廣源邨) is a mixed public and TPS estate in Siu Lek Yuen. Unlike other public estates in Sha Tin, Kwong Yuen Estate is built on sloping platform, instead of reclaimed land.^[2] In 2001, some of the flats were sold to the tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4.^[3]

The Commercial Center Complex of the estate was designed to merge into the village environment in the vicinity. Unlike the commercial centers of other public housing estates, the Complex consists of five two-level blocks which are standing on two platforms.^[2] The 26m clock tower of the Complex is to reinforce the image of the Commercial Center.^[2] In 1992, the design of the commercial center won a Certificate of Merit in the annual design competition which was organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects.^[2][4]

[edit] Houses

Name[5]	Type	Completion
Pine House	Trident 4	1989
Oak House
Banyan House
Cypress House
Kapok House	Trident 3
Alder House

[edit] Lek Yuen Estate

Lek Yuen Estate (traditional Chinese: 瀝源邨) is the first public housing estate in Sha Tin, and is built on the reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi,^[6] located near Wo Che Estate and Sha Tin Station.^[7] The estate consists of 7 residential blocks completed in 1975.

[edit] Houses

Name[8]	Type	Completion
Wing Shui House	Old Slab	1975
Wah Fung House
Fu Yu House
Kwai Wo House
Fook Hoi House
Luk Chuen House
Sau Chuen House

[edit] Pok Hong Estate

Pok Hong Estate (traditional Chinese: 博康邨) is a mixed estate consisting of 8 residential blocks completed in 1982, 1983 and 1985.^[9] Its site was originally a shallow sand beach near Sha Tin Hoi. Some of the flats were sold to the tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5 in 2002.^[1]

[edit] Houses

Name[10]	Type	Completion
Pok Yue House	Old Slab	1982
Pok Wah House
Pok Man House	Double H	1983
Pok On House
Pok Tat House		1985
Pok Yat House	Trident 2
Pok Chi House
Pok Tai House

[edit] Sha Kok Estate

Sha Kok Estate (traditional Chinese: 沙角邨) is located near Pok Hong Estate, Jat Min Chuen and Sha Tin Wai Station.^[11]

[edit] Houses

The blocks in the estate are named after [birds.

Name[12]	Type	Completion
Skylark House	Triple H	1982
Herring Gull House		1981
Oriole House	Old Slab	1982
Bean Goose House
Sand Martin House		1980
Green Heron House
Osprey House

[edit] Sui Wo Court

Sui Wo Court (Chinese: 穗禾苑) is one of the first estates under HOS in Sha Tin, built in 1980. It is located on a mountain above Wo Che and east of Fo Tan in the northwest of Sha Tin. It received a Silver Medal at the 1981 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards.^[4]

[edit] Wo Che Estate

Wo Che Estate (traditional Chinese: 禾輋邨) is the second public housing estate in Sha Tin, after Lek Yuen Estate.^[13] Built on the reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi^[14], the estate consists of 13 residential blocks completed in 1975, 1980 and 2003.

[edit] Houses

Name[15]	Type	Completion
Hong Wo House	Twin Tower	1975
Fung Wo House
Shun Wo House
Man Wo House		1980
Tai Wo House
Fung Wo House
Yan Wo House	Single H
Mei Wo House
Hip Wo House	Double H
Tak Wo House	Old Slab	1975
Hau Wo House		1980
Chi Wo House
King Wo House	New Cruciform	2003

The 13^th house in the estate, King Wo House, was originally the HOS house called "Fung Sui Court", but the Hong Kong Housing Authority decided to transfer it to rental house before it was occupied in 2003.^[16]

[edit] Jat Min Chuen

Jat Min Chuen (traditional Chinese: 乙明邨) is the only one estate in Sha Tin developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society. It consists of 3 residential buildings completed in 1981 and 1982.^[17] It was named for Mr. Tan Jat Ming (traditional Chinese: 陳乙明), the former honorary treasurer of the Society.^[18][19]

Unlike other estates, the Hong Kong Housing Society financed the construct of Jat Min Chuen using a bank loan at a high interest rate, rather than from the Government. Therefore, the rent in the estate was forced to be put up as the Society needed to return money to banks afterwards.^[20]

[edit] Shek Mun Estate

Shek Mun Estate (traditional Chinese: 碩門邨) is a public housing estate built on reclaimed land in Shek Mun, Sha Tin, near the MTR Shek Mun Station.^[21][22]

It is the latest public housing estate in Sha Tin and consists of four residential buildings completed in 2009.^[23][24][25] The initial rent will be fixed at HK$54.1 / m².^[26]

[edit] Features

The public housing estate comprises 4 blocks:

• 2 "New Harmony" blocks, with a total of 1,598 apartments of sizes ranging from 970 to 2,140 sq. ft.
• 2 "Non-standard" blocks, with a total of 360 apartments of sizes ranging from 960 to 1,630 sq. ft.^[23]

[edit] Sunshine Grove

Sunshin Grove (traditional Chinese: 晴碧花園) is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme court in Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, near City One Shatin and MTR City One Station.^[27] It consists of 2 block built in 1999.^[28][29]

[edit] Yu Chui Court

Yu Chui Court (traditional Chinese: 愉翠苑) is a HOS court in Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, near MTR City One Station. Built on the reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi, it consists of 16 blocks (except the 2 demolished blocks) built in 2001.

[edit] Short-piling scandal

In 2000, Block C and D of the court was found short-piling, in which only four of the 18 piles of the blocks could meet the specifications.^[30][31] Finally, the government decided to demolish the two blocks for safety reasons. The site was then reconstructed as a garden.^[32]

[edit] Houses

Name[33]	Type	Completion
Yu Fun House	Concord	2001
Yu Yan House
Yu Moon House
Yu Sin House
Yu Yeung House
Yu Chai House
Yu Kui House
Yu Ting House
Yu Man House
Yu Nang House
Yu Yin House
Yu Lai House
Yu Chung House
Yu Lim House
Yu Ching House
Yu Kan House

[edit] Yue Tin Court

Yue Tin Court (traditional Chinese: 愉田苑) is a HOS court in Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, near City One Shatin and City One Station.^[34][35] It has 7 blocks built in 1982 and 1983 respectively.

[edit] Houses

Name[36]	Type	Completion
Yue Sui House	Flexi 1	1982
Yue Wo House
Yue Kin House
Yue Chak House
Yue Yat House	Flexi 2	1983
Yue Yuet House
Yue Kwan House

[edit] Yue Shing Court

Yue Shing Court (traditional Chinese: 愉城苑) is a HOS court in Sha Tin, near Sha Kok Estate and Jat Ming Chuen.^[37] Built on reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi, the court consists of 4 blocks built in 1980.

[edit] Houses

Name[38]	Type	Completion
Shing Yan House	Old-Cruciform	1980
Shing Wing House
Shing Cheung House
Shing Hong House

[edit] See also

• Public housing in Hong Kong
• List of public housing estates in Hong Kong

[edit] References

[edit] References