Public housing estates in Lam Tin
Introduction The following shows the public housing estates, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) in Lam Tin of Kwun Tong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
History Lam Tin is the hill area at the southeast of Kwun Tong District. There was a resettlement estate in the area, called '''Lam Tin Resettlement Estate''' () in the 1960s.The resettlement has totally 23 blocks. Block 15 was also the 500th public estate building constructed by the Works Bureau. All the blocks in the estate were demolished in '''Lam Tin Estate Redevelopment Project''' () between the 1980s and 2000s. They were replaced by new blocks of Kai Tin Estate (), Ping Tin Estate (), On Tin Estate () and new Lam Tin Estate ().
Overview  Name Type Inaug. No Blocks No Units Notes Hing Tin Estate  興田邨  TPS  1987 3 635  Hong Nga Court  康雅苑  HOS  1993 3 1,824  Hong Pak Court  康栢苑  HOS  1993 7 2,410  Hong Shui Court  康瑞苑  HOS  1999 1 350  Hong Tin Court  康田苑  HOS  1982 3 792  Hong Wah Court  康華苑  HOS  1987 3 1,680  Hong Yat Court  康逸苑  HOS  2001 5 1,600  Hong Ying Court  康盈苑  HOS  1991 1 816  Kai Tin Estate  啟田邨  Public  1997 3 2,355  Kwong Tin Estate  廣田邨  Public  1992 4 2,453  Lei On Court  鯉安苑  HOS  2002 6 1,684  On Tin Estate  安田邨  Public  2005 2 720  Ping Tin Estate  平田邨  Public  1997 8 5,721  Tak Tin Estate  德田邨  TPS  1991 9 294  Lam Tin Estate  藍田邨  Public  2009 4 3,000
Hing Tin Estate Hing Tin Estate'''Hing Tin Estate''' () is a mixed public and TPS estate at the north of Lam Tin, near the Kwun Tong side exit of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. It consists of 3 blocks completed in 1987.Some of the flats were sold to tenants during Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4 in 2001.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Choi Tin House  Trident 3  1987 Mei Tin House Yan Tin House
Hong Nga Court Hong Nga Court'''Hong Nga Court''' () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Tak Tin Estate. It has 3 blocks built in 1993.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Tao Nga House  Harmony 1  1993 Lai Nga House Heng Nga House
Hong Pak Court Hong Pak Court'''Hong Pak Court''' () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Kwong Tin Estate. It has 7 blocks built in 1993.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Chung Pak House  New Cruciform (Ver.1984)  1993 Lung Pak House Cheung Pak House Shui Pak House Yan Pak House Wing Pak House Kam Pak House
Hong Shui Court '''Hong Shui Court''' () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Kwong Tin Estate. It has 1 block built in 1999.=== House === Name  Type  Completion Hong Shui Court  New Cruciform (Ver.1984)  1999
Hong Tin Court Hong Tin Court'''Hong Tin Court''' () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Kai Tin Estate and MTR Lam Tin station. It has 3 blocks built in 1982, and it is the oldest HOS court in Lam Tin.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Yue Hong House  Flexi 1  1982 Wo Hong House Kei Hong House
Hong Wah Court Hong Wah Court'''Hong Wah Court''' () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Hing Tin Estate. It has 3 blocks built in 1987.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Wang Hong House  Windwill  1987 Yee Hong House Chung Hong House
Hong Yat Court Hong Yat Court'''Hong Yat Court''' () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Kai Tin Estate, Lam Tin Estate and MTR Lam Tin station. It belonged to Phase 5 of the Lam Tin Redevelopment Project. It has 5 blocks built in 2001.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Hong King House  Concord 1  2001 Hong Nin House Hong Yu House Hong Lai House Hong Ting House
Hong Ying Court '''Hong Ying Court''' () is a HOS court in Lam Tin, near Tak Tin Estate. It has 1 block built in 1991.=== House === Name  Type  Completion Hong Ying Court  Trident 3  1991
Kai Tin Estate Kai Tin EstateKai Tin Shopping Centre'''Kai Tin Estate''' () formed part of the Lam Tin Estate redevelopment project. It consists of 3 blocks and a shopping centre built in 1997.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Kai Shun House  Harmony 1  1997 Kai Wong House Kai Yan House
Kwong Tin Estate Kwong Tin Estate'''Kwong Tin Estate''' () is located between Lam Tin and Yau Tong. It has four blocks built in 1992 and 1993.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Kwong Ching House  Harmony 3  1992 Kwong Hin House  Harmony 1  1993 Kwong Ngar House Kwong Yat House
Lei On Court Lei On Court '''Lei On Court''' () is a HOS estate in Lei Yue Mun Road, Lam Tin, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located near MTR Lam Tin station. Built in 2002, it consists of six Concord-typed blocks, providing a total of 1684 flats. Blocks A, D, E and F are built in conjunction with the carpark building, whereas Block B and C stand separately at the northwest of the Court.=== Background ===Lei On Court was built at the former site of a public housing estate, '''Kwun Tong (Lei Yue Mun Road) Estate''' () (which is different from the current Lei Yue Mun Estate). Kwun Tong (Lei Yue Mun Road) Estate was built in 1962 and demolished in 1997.It was replaced by the current Lei On Court, an HOS estate.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Lei Hong House  Single Aspect Concord  2002 Lei Yat HouseConcord 1 Lei Yan House Lei Yi House Lei King House Lei Ting HouseSingle Aspect Concord
On Tin Estate On Tin Estate'''On Tin Estate''' () was a part of Lam Tin Estate Redevelopment Project. Built above Kai Tin Shopping Centre Extension, the estate has two block completed in 2005.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion On Kin House  New Cruciform Block (Ver.1999)  2005 On Lai House
Ping Tin Estate Ping Tin Estate'''Ping Tin Estate''' () was a part of Lam Tin Estate Redevelopment Project. It consists of 8 blocks (including one Ancillary Facilities Block for Housing for Senior Citizen) completed in 1997 and 1998.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Ping Shun House  Harmony 1  1997 Ping Yan House Ping Wong House Ping Shing House Ping Chun House  Non-standard  1998 Ping Sin House Ping Mei House Ancillary Facilities Block  Housing for Senior Citizen
Tak Tin Estate Tak Tin Estate'''Tak Tin Estate''' () is a mixed public/TPS estate in Lam Tin, near Ping Tin Estate and Lam Tin Estate. It consists of 9 blocks completed in 1991 and 2001.In 1999, some of the flats (Tak Hong House and Tak Yan House excluded) were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 2.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Tak King House  New Slab  1991 Tak Lai House Tak Yee House  Trident 4 Tak Lok House Tak Shui House  Trident 3 Tak Shing House Tak Lung House Tak Hong House  Small Household Block  2001 Tak Yan House  Housing for Senior Citizen
Lam Tin Estate Lam Tin EstateThe current '''Lam Tin Estate''' () is smaller than the original one, and it has 4 blocks completed in 2009.Its predecessor was a resettlement estate from the 1960s to 1990s. Andy Lau, a Hong Kong famous singer, lived in Block 15 of the estate when he was a child. It was demolished between the 1990s and 2000s and its area is redeveloped to construct Kai Tin Estate, Ping Tin Estate, On Tin Estate, Hong Yat Court and the new Lam Tin Estate. Andy Lau also autographed 'Lam Tin Estate' in Chinese calligraphy at the time of the estate completion.=== Houses === Name  Type  Completion Lam Fai House  Non-standard  2009 Lam Tai House Lam Bik House Lam Wai House
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