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v. t. e. Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the population now residing in some form of public housing. [1] The public housing policy dates to 1954 ...
Public. 2013. 2. 1,400. Original estate demolished in 2001, but the new Cheung Sha Wan Estate was not in the same site as the original one but rebuilted from former Cheung Sha Wan Police Quarters. Fortune Estate. 幸福邨. Public. 2000.
The designs of public housing blocks are followed as: First Generation (before 1986): Single Tower ( Ping Shek Estate) Twin Tower. Slab. Cruciform ( Tai Hing Estate and Shun On Estate) I/H-shaped block. Ziggurat (Butterfly Estate) Second Generation (1986-1992): New Slabs.
Housing in Hong Kong. 29.1% of the Hong Kong population lives in public rental housing estates. Kin Ming Estate, completed in 2003, is a public housing estate located in Tseung Kwan O. It consists of 10 housing blocks and houses a total of about 22,000 people.
Shek Kip Mei Estate is the first public housing estate in Hong Kong. It is located in Sham Shui Po and is under the management of the Hong Kong Housing Authority.The estate was constructed as a result of a fire in Shek Kip Mei in 1953, to settle the families of inhabitants in the squats over the hill who lost their homes in one night.
Choi Hung Estate ( Chinese: 彩虹邨; lit. 'rainbow estate') is a public housing estate in Ngau Chi Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built by the former Hong Kong Housing Authority ( 屋宇建設委員會) and is now managed by the current Hong Kong Housing Authority. It received a Silver Medal at the 1965 Hong Kong Institute of Architects ...
Kwai Chung Estate. / 22.3673779; 114.1273056. Kwai Chung Estate ( Chinese: 葵涌邨) is a public housing estate in Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the largest public housing estate in Kwai Tsing District and consists of sixteen residential buildings completed between 1997 and 2008. [2]
North Point Estate. Coordinates: 22.2930°N 114.2004°E. North Point Estate in 1989. North Point Estate ( Chinese: 北角邨) was a public housing estate at the harbour front of North Point, Hong Kong near North Point Ferry Pier and its bus terminus, approaching Victoria Harbour. It was the largest public housing estate in the Eastern District. [1]