Public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O
Introduction An aerial view of Tseung Kwan O New Town from 2014The following is an overview of '''public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O''', including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
History With the exception of Tsui Lam Estate, King Ming Court and Hong Sing Garden, all the public housing and HOS estates in Tseung Kwan O are built on the reclaimed land of Junk Bay.In the 1990s, cracks were found at various places around On Ning Garden, Fu Ning Garden, Tong Ming Court, Beverly Garden and Bauhinia Garden. The estates were also found unusual soil settlement on their reclaimed land when the MTR Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed. After investigation, the government explained that the settlement occurred due to consolidation of soil layers overlying the bedrock when groundwater was lost to the sewage collection tunnels and not adequately replenished from the surface. But the government emphasized that the buildings built on the reclaimed land were still safe.
Overview  Name Type Inaug. No Blocks No Units Notes Bauhinia Garden  寶盈花園  PSPS  2001 8 3,200  Beverly Garden  富康花園  PSPS  1998 10 3,966  Choi Ming Court  彩明苑  Public/HOS  2001 10 4,720  Chung Ming Court  頌明苑  HOS  1993 5 1,750  Fu Ning Garden  富寧花園  PSPS  1990 6 2,450  Hau Tak Estate  厚德邨  Public  1993 6 4,271  Hin Ming Court  顯明苑  HOS  1996 1 759  Ho Ming Court  浩明苑  HOS  1990 1 816  Hong Sing Garden  康盛花園  PSPS  1989 5 1,850  Jolly Place  樂頤居  Senior Citizen  2003 1 243  HK Housing Society Kin Ming Estate  健明邨  Public  2003 10 7,018  King Lam Estate  景林邨  TPS  1990 7 2,047  King Ming Court  景明苑  HOS  1988 3 1,050  Kwong Ming Court  廣明苑  HOS  1998 7 4,256  Mount Verdant  翠嶺峰  SSFP  2021  1  330  HK Housing Society Ming Tak Estate  明德邨  Public  1996 2 1,561  On Ning Garden  安寧花園  PSPS  1991 6 2,300  Po Lam Estate  寶林邨  TPS  1988 7 2,322  Po Ming Court  寶明苑  HOS  1998 2 1,476  Radiant Towers  旭輝臺  Sandwich  1998  2  704  HK Housing Society Sheung Tak Estate  尚德邨  Public  1998 9 5,561  Shin Ming Estate  善明邨  Public  2011 2 2,000  Tong Ming Court  唐明苑  HOS  1999 3 1,920  The Pinnacle  疊翠軒  Sandwich  1999 4 1,424  HK Housing Society Tsui Lam Estate  翠林邨  TPS  1988 8 2,839  Wo Ming Court  和明苑  HOS  1999 4 1,640  Verbena Heights  茵怡花園  Flat-for-Sale/Rental  1996 7 2,865  HK Housing Society Yan Ming Court  欣明苑  HOS  1990 5 1,750  Yee Ming Estate  怡明邨  Public  2014 3 2,059  Ying Ming Court  英明苑  HOS  1989 5 1,750  Yu Ming Court  裕明苑  HOS  1994 2 1,216  Yuk Ming Court  煜明苑  HOS  1996 3 1,824  Yung Ming Court  雍明苑  HOS  2020  2  1,395
Estates === Bauhinia Garden ===Bauhinia Garden'''Bauhinia Garden''' () is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose, Tseung Kwan O station. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Group. It consists of 8 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 2001.In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed. Name  Type  Completion Block 1  Private Sector Participation Scheme  2001 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8=== Beverly Garden ===Beverly Garden'''Beverly Garden''' () is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose, Tseung Kwan O station. It consists of 10 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 1998.In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed. Name  Type  Completion Block 1  Private Sector Participation Scheme  1998 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7 Block 8 Block 9 Block 10=== Choi Ming Court ===Choi Ming Court (Rental housing)Choi Ming Court (HOS)'''Choi Ming Court''' () is a public estate and a HOS/PSPS estate in Tiu Keng Leng. It is the seventh public housing estate. It consists of 10 residential blocks (4 for rental and 6 for HOS) and a shopping centre completed in 2001.Name  Type  Completion  Use Choi Fu House  Harmony 1 Option 5  ( 3.5 Gen.)  2001  rental Choi Kwai House  Harmony 1 Option 6  ( 3.5 Gen.)  Choi Wing House Choi Yiu House  Small Household Block Choi Yeung House  Concord 1 Option 1  HOS Choi Lau House Choi Chung House Choi Pak House Choi To House Choi Mui House=== Chung Ming Court ==='''Chung Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Hau Tak Estate. It has only 5 blocks built in 1993.Name  Type  Completion Kar Ming House  New Cruciform (Ver.1984)  1993 Fai Ming House Yin Ming House Tsui Ming House Koon Ming House=== Fu Ning Garden ===Fu Ning Garden'''Fu Ning Garden''' () is the first HOS and PSPS estate in Hang Hau Area, located near Hang Hau Village and Tseung Kwan O Hospital. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Tak Wing Investment (Holdings) Limited (Renamed as New Smart Energy Group Limited) in 1990.It consists of 6 residential blocks and a shopping arcade built on the reclaimed land. In the 1990s, it suffered unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed. Name  Type  Completion Block 1  Private Sector Participation Scheme  1990 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6=== Hau Tak Estate ===Hau Tak Estate and Hau Tak Shopping Centre'''Hau Tak Estate''' () is the fourth public housing estate. Built between 1993 and 1994, the estate comprises 6 blocks of Harmony I style, providing more than 4,000 rental flats. Name  Type  Completion Tak Chak House  Harmony 1 Option 2 (1 Gen.)  with Harmony Annex Type 1  1993 Tak Chi House  Harmony 1 Option 2  (1 Gen.) Tak Fu House Tak Hong House Tak On House  1994 Tak Yue House=== Hin Ming Court ==='''Hin Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Ming Tak Estate. It has only 1 block built in 1996.Name  Type  Completion Hin Ming Court  Harmony 1 Option 5  (2 Gen.)  1996=== Ho Ming Court ==='''Ho Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near King Lam Estate. It has only 1 block built in 1990.Name  Type  Completion Ho Ming Court  Trident 3  (Late Gen.)  1990=== Hong Sing Garden ==='''Hong Sing Garden''' () is a HOS and PSPS estate, near Tsui Lam Estate and King Ming Court. It is built at a hill adjacent to Po Lam Road North overlooking Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. It is the only PSPS estate that is not built on the reclaimed land. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Group. It has 5 blocks built in 1989.Name  Type  Completion Block 1  Private Sector Participation Scheme  1989 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5=== Jolly Place ===Jolly Place'''Jolly Place''' () is a Senior Citizen Residence Scheme court in Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, near Hang Hau station. It is one of this kind of elderly housing in Hong Kong, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society. It offers middle-class elder citizen to enjoy lifelong residence by paying an amount of rent in lump sum or by instalments.=== Kin Ming Estate ===Kin Ming Estate'''Kin Ming Estate''' () is the eighth public housing estate, and consists of 10 housing blocks completed in 2003.Kin Ming Estate was formerly the site of Tiu Keng Leng Cottage Area, an area settled by Kuomintang Army in Hong Kong after Chinese Civil War ended in 1949.After the area was demolished in 1997, a massive clearance, reclamation and redevelopment programme was carried out. The Tiu Keng Leng slope was flattened into two huge platforms to construct Kin Ming Estate and Choi Ming Court on the reclaimed land afterwards.Kin Ming Estate was originally an HOS court called '''Kin Ming Court''' (), but it was changed to rental housing finally and renamed to the current name.NameBuilding typeCompletedKin Ching HouseNew Harmony 1 Option 72003Kin Wa HouseKin Hei HouseKin Fai HouseNew Harmony Annex Type 5Ming Yuet HouseMing Chau HouseNew Harmony 1 Option 5Ming Sing HouseMing Wik HouseMing Yu HouseMing Yat HouseNew Harmony 1 Option 7=== King Lam Estate ===King Lam Estate'''King Lam Estate''' () is a TPS estate, and the third public housing estate. The estate has a total of 7 blocks of residential towers built in 1990.Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4 in 2001.Name  Type  Completion King Lui House  New Slab  1990 King Chung House King Min House  Trident 3  (Early Gen. ) King Tao House  Trident 3  (Late Gen.) King Yu House King Nam House  Trident 4  (Early Gen.) King Yung House  Trident 4  (Late Gen.)=== King Ming Court ==='''King Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Tsui Lam Estate. It is only HOS estate built at a hill, but not on the reclaimed land. It has 3 blocks built in 1988.Name  Type  Completion Hei King House  New Cruciform (Ver.1984)  1988 Fai King House Yuk King House=== Kwong Ming Court ==='''Kwong Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate. It has 7 blocks built in 1998.Name  Type  Completion Kwong Cheong House  Harmony 1 Option 7  (3 Gen.)  1998 Kwong Lung House Kwong Yin House Kwong Sui House Kwong Ying House Kwong Ning House Kwong Sun House=== Mount Verdant ===Mount Verdant'''Mount Verdant''' () is a court under the Subsidized Sale Flats Project developed by Hong Kong Housing Society in Chui Ling Road, Tiu King Leng, Tseung Kwan O, near Kin Ming Estate. It comprises single 38-storey tower with total 330 units ranging from 271 to 684 square feet.The court was sold together with another court, Terrace Concerto in Tuen Mun, in 2017, at prices between HK$2.19 million and HK$6.23 million, or about 30 percent less than market prices. It is expected to complete in 2021.Name  Type  Completion Mount Verdant  Designed by architect  2021=== Ming Tak Estate ===Ming Tak Estate and Hin Ming Court'''Ming Tak Estate''' () is the fifth public housing estate. Built in 1996, the estate comprises 2 blocks of Harmony I style. Name  Type  Completion Ming Kok House  Harmony 1 Option 6  (2 Gen.)  1996 Ming Toa House=== On Ning Garden ===On Ning Garden'''On Ning Garden''' () is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Hang Hau station. It was jointly developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority and Hening Investment. It consists of 6 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 1991.In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed. Name  Type  Completion Block 1  Private Sector Participation Scheme  1991 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 5 Block 6=== Po Lam Estate ===Po Lam Estate'''Po Lam Estate''' () is a TPS estate and the first public housing estate. The estate has a total of 7 blocks of residential towers with 5,272 units. In 2004, some of the flats (Po Kim House excluded) were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6A. Name  Type  Completion Po Ning House  New Slab  1988 Po Kan House Po Yan House  Trident 2 Po Tai House Po Tak House Po Chi House Po Kim House  Small Household Block  2001=== Po Ming Court ==='''Po Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate. It has 2 blocks built in 1998.Name  Type  Completion Po Chung House  Harmony 1 Option 5  (3 Gen.)  1998 Po Pak House=== Radiant Towers ====== Sheung Tak Estate ===Sheung Tak Estate'''Sheung Tak Estate''' () is the sixth public housing estate. Built in 1998 and 2003 respectively, the estate comprises 9 blocks of Harmony I and Small Household Block styles, and a shopping centre. Name  Type  Completion Sheung Nim House  Hsc  1998 Sheung Chun House  Harmony 1 Option 5  (3 Gen.)  Sheung Yan House  Sheung Yee HouseHarmony 1 Option 5 with New Harmony Annex 2 (3 Gen.) Sheung Chi House  Harmony 1 Option 10  (3 Gen.)  Sheung Ming House  Sheung Shun House  Sheung Lai House  Sheung Mei House  Small Household Block  2002===Shin Ming Estate===Shin Ming Estate comprises two blocks housing 2,000 flats. It is designed to accommodate 4,200 people and opened in 2011.Name  Chinese name  Type  Completion Shin Chi House  善智樓  Non-Standard block(Cross-shaped)  2011 Shin Lai House  善禮樓  Non-Standard Block (Cross-shaped)  with Annex Block === The Pinnacle ===The Pinnacle'''The Pinnacle''' () is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme estate, near Po Lam station. It was developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 1999.It has 4 blocks in total. Not all units were sold before the subsidized-sale scheme was stopped, but the government released the rest of the units in 2010.The Pinnacle has been plagued with complaints of shoddy construction from the beginning, as well as from new homeowners who bought remaining apartments in 2010, believing the earlier issues were fixed.=== Tong Ming Court ==='''Tong Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate. It has 3 blocks built in 1999.Name  Type  Completion Tong Fai House  Harmony 1 Option 7  (3.5 Gen.)  1999 Tong Wong House Tong Fu House===Tsui Lam Estate===Tsui Lam Estate'''Tsui Lam Estate''' () is a TPS estate to the west of Po Lam. It consists of 8 residential buildings completed in 1988.It is the second public housing estate, and it is the only public housing estate which was not built on the reclaimed land. In 2005, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B. There are some basic facilities, such as a sports centre, a shopping mall, two kindergarten schools, several playgrounds, colleges, elderly services and a clinic. The population is largely elderly. Since Tsui Lam Estate is located at the middle of the mountain and near the forest, the air temperature is usually about 2 °C to 3 °C lower than the city.====Transit====There is a steep slope near the main road for residents to walk directly from Tsui Lam to Po Lam. It takes 10 minutes to walk there.There are also public buses 296M, 93A, 98C and minibus 17M for residents' commuting.====Animals found in Tsui Lam Estate====As the estate is near a forest, birds and insects are easily found. In summer, mosquitoes appear frequently and parents need to protect the kids in the playground. Once, a wild monkey and a wild boar were discovered and the government services took them away and released them in the forest. No damages or injuries occurred. Name  Type  Completion Choi Lam House  New Slab  1988 Fai Lam House Nga Lam House Yan Lam House Pik Lam House  Trident 2 Sau Lam House Hong Lam House On Lam House=== Verbena Heights ===Verbena Heights'''Verbena Heights''' () is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land in Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, located near Po Lam station. It was developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 1996 and 1997.It consists of 7 residential blocks with a total of 1894 saleable units and 971 rental units. It is an attempt to design environmentally-responsible housing. It received a Silver Medal at the 1998 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards.=== Wo Ming Court ==='''Wo Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Ming Tak Estate. It has 4 blocks built in 1999.Name  Type  Completion Wo Yat House  Harmony 1 Option 7  (3.5 Gen.)  1999 Wo Fai House Wo Cheong House  Concord 2 Option 2  Wo Hui House=== Yan Ming Court ==='''Yan Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Po Lam Estate, Ying Ming Court, Po Lam station and Metro City. It has 5 blocks built in 1990.Name  Type  Completion Yan Chung House  New Cruciform (Ver.1984)  1990 Yan Chuk House Yan Mui House Yan Lan House Yan Kuk House=== Yee Ming Estate ===Yee Ming Estate'''Yee Ming Estate''' () is a public rental estate in Tsueng Kwan O town centre. It consists of three residential blocks comprising 2,059 flats. The towers are 32-33 storeys in height and will accommodate a projected population of about 5,700.English name  Chinese name  Type  Storeys  Completion  Yee Yan House  怡茵樓 Non-Standard Block(Y-shaped)  -  2014 Yee Yuet House  怡悅樓 Non-Standard Block(Z-shaped) Yee Ching House  怡情樓=== Ying Ming Court ==='''Ying Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Po Lam Estate, Yan Ming Court, Po Lam station and Metro City. It has 5 blocks built in 1989.Name  Type  Completion Ming Yuen House  New Cruciform (Ver.1984)  1989 Ming Leung House Ming Tat House Ming Chi House Ming On House=== Yu Ming Court ==='''Yu Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Hau Tak Estate. It has only 2 blocks built in 1994.Name  Type  Completion Yu Wing House  Harmony 1 Option 4  (1 Gen.) 1994 Yu Cheong House=== Yuk Ming Court ==='''Yuk Ming Court''' () is a HOS estate, near Ming Tak Estate. It has only 3 blocks built in 1996.Name  Type  Completion Wai Ming House  Harmony 2 Option 7  (2 Gen.)  1996 Kwan Ming House Hei Ming House=== Yung Ming Court ===Yung Ming Court'''Yung Ming Court''' () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Chi Shin Street, Tseung Kwan O along Tseung Kwan O Eastern Channel, near Yee Ming Estate and Savannah, with a few walking distance to MTR Tseung Kwan O station. It comprises 2 blocks with 1,395 flats in total, which was the largest number of units among the six HOS courts (other five are Kwun Tak Court, Hoi Tak Court, Sheung Man Court, Kam Fai Court, Yuk Wo Court) sold in 2019 - with four sizes between 282 and 568 square feet. It is expected to complete in 2020.Name  Type  Completion Chak Ming House (Block A)  Non-Standard Block  (Cross, slab shaped)  2020 Yun Ming House (Block B)  Non-Standard Block (Cross, slab shaped)  with Y-Shaped Annex
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