Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate
Introduction Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate in April 2008Wing Sin House, Wong Tai Sin Estate in October 2009Chiu Sin House, Wong Tai Sin Estate in August 2008'''Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate''' () is a public housing estate in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong, along the north of Lung Cheung Road, near Wong Tai Sin Temple and MTR Wong Tai Sin station. It consists of eight blocks built in 2000 and 2009 respectively, and it is now undergoing redevelopment.
Background Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate was a Government Low Cost Housing Estate, called '''Wong Tai Sin Government Low Cost Housing Estate''' (). It was divided into eastern and western parts. Western part had a total of 14 blocks (no Block 13) built in 1963 while Eastern part had 5 totally blocks in 1965.In 1973, it was renamed as '''Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate'''. In 1980, Block 8 of Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate, located at the south of Lung Cheung Road, was reassigned to Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate. And it was renamed as "Cheung Yan House" ().Between 1997 and 1998, Block 1 to 12 were demolished to reconstruct seven blocks (completed in 2000) and Lung Cheung Mall (). In 2002, Block 14 and 15 were demolished to construct a block (completed in 2009). Between 2005 and 2007, a carnival-type bazaar, "Creative Arts Playground" (), was established on the vacant eastern site to provide employment opportunities and promote district characteristics. After the activity ended, Wong Tai Sin Square () is now being constructed on the site.
Houses  Name  Type  Completion Cheong Sin House  Harmony 1  2000 Kai Sin House Tat Sin House Yiu Sin House Chiu Sin House  Single Aspect Building Po Sin House Yat Sin House Wing Sin House  Non-standard  2009
Others *Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate
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