Public housing estates in Ho Man Tin
Introduction Oi Man Estate viewed from Princess Margaret Road.The following is an overview of '''public housing estates in Quarry Hill and No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong''', including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
History
Overview  Name Type Inaug. No Blocks No Units Notes Cascades  欣圖軒  Sandwich  1999 4 712  HK Housing Society Chun Man Court  俊民苑  HOS  1981 12 1,800  Ho Man Tin Estate  何文田邨  Public  1998 9 4,738  Kwun Fai Court  冠暉苑  HOS  1999 2 300  Kwun Hei Court  冠熹苑  HOS  2000 1 796  Kwun Tak Court  冠德苑  HOS  2019 3 603  Oi Man Estate  愛民邨  Public  1974 12 6,289  Sheung Lok Estate  常樂邨  Public  1998 1 358
Cascades Cascades'''Cascades''' () is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme estate developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in Chung Hau Street, No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located near Chun Man Court, Ho Man Tin Estate, Ho Man Tin Government Offices, Hong Kong Metropolitan University and the Hong Kong Housing Authority Headquarters. It consists of four residential blocks completed in 1999 and offering 712 units. Cascades is located in Oi Man constituency of the Kowloon City District Council. It was formerly represented by Mak Sui-ki, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.===Houses=== Name  Chinese name  Completed Block 1  第1座  1999 Block 2  第2座 Block 3  第3座 Block 4  第4座Cascades is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34.Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Farm Road Government Primary School and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School.
Chun Man Court Chun Man Court'''Chun Man Court''' () is a Home Ownership Scheme court on No. 12 Hill, near Oi Man Estate. It consists of 12 blocks built in 1981.===Houses=== Name  Type  Completion Man Fuk House  Non-Standard  1981 Man Pan House Man Lan House Man Hor House Man Chung House Man Hoi House Man Hung House Man Hei House Man Ming House Man Oi House Man Shui House Man Yin House
Ho Man Tin Estate / Kwun Fai Court / Kwun Hei Court Ho Man Tin Estate'''Ho Man Tin Estate''' () consists of 9 residential blocks and a shopping arcade, including 8 blocks and the shopping arcade of '''Ho Man Tin (South) Estate''' () on Quarry Hill.
Oi Man Estate Oi Man Estate'''Oi Man Estate''' () is a public housing estate on No. 12 Hill, Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the largest public housing estate in Kowloon City District. It has a total of 12 residential blocks which were completed between 1974 and 1975.It was officially opened by the Acting Governor Sir Denys Roberts on 20 November 1975.The estate was built at a cost of $186 million and comprises 6,200 flats designed to house some 46,000 residents based on the Housing Authority's former space allocation standards of 35 square feet per person. The "authorised population" of Oi Man Estate has since been revised to 18,900 residents. It was designed by Housing Department architects, and followed the 1970s estate design innovation of being planned as to "provide every convenience for its residents from banks, markets to barbershops." To this end the estate opened with a three-storey air-conditioned commercial complex, a market, and cooked food stalls.The British Hong Kong Government admired the construction of the estate because its construction showed improvements in public housing standards in Hong Kong. Oi Man Estate was on the itinerary of Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Hong Kong in 1975.Leader of the British Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher also visited in 1977 and toured Tak Man House, commenting on the modern living conditions, cleanliness of the block, and the cool air circulating within the Twin Tower block's atrium.===Houses=== English name  Chinese name  Type  Completion Wai Man House  衛民樓  Twin Tower  1974–1975 Sun Man House  新民樓 Tak Man House  德民樓 Tun Man House  敦民樓 Shun Man House  信民樓 Chiu Man House  昭民樓  Old Slab Chung Man House  頌民樓 Hong Man House  康民樓 Kin Man House  建民樓 Lai Man House  禮民樓 Po Man House  保民樓 Kar Man House  嘉民樓
Sheung Lok Estate Sheung Lok Estate'''Sheung Lok Estate''' () was built on the former site of Sheung Shing Street Temporary Housing Area, the estate has only one residential building built in 1998 on Quarry Hill.===House=== Name  Type  Completion Sheung Lok House  Small Household Block  1998
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