Public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O

The 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.^[1]

In 1990s, cracks were found at various places around On Ning Garden, Fu Ning Garden, Tong Ming Court, Beverly Garden and Bauhinia Garden.^[2] The estates were also found unusual soil settlement on their reclaimed land when the MTR Tseung Kwan O Line was being constructed.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

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
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
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	Mixed	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

Estates

Bauhinia Garden

Bauhinia Garden (Chinese: 寶盈花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose,^[6][7] Tseung Kwan O Station. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Group.^[8][9] It consists of 8 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 2001.^[10] In 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O Line was being constructed.

Name[11]	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 (Chinese: 富康花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose,^[6][7] Tseung Kwan O Station. It consists of 10 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 1998.^[10] In 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O Line was being constructed.

Name[12]	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 (Chinese: 彩明苑) 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.^[13][14][15]

Name	Type	Completion	Use
Choi Fu House	Harmony 1	2001	rental
Choi Kwai House
Choi Wing House
Choi Yiu House	Small Household Block
Choi Yeung House	Concord		HOS
Choi Lau House
Choi Chung House
Choi Pak House
Choi To House
Choi Mui House

Chung Ming Court

Chung Ming Court (Chinese: 頌明苑) is a HOS estate, near Hau Tak Estate. It has only 5 blocks built in 1993.

Name[16]	Type	Completion
Kar Ming House	Non-standard	1993
Fai Ming House
Yin Ming House
Tsui Ming House
Koon Ming House

Fu Ning Garden

Fu Ning Garden (Chinese: 富寧花園) 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 1990s, it suffered unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O Line was being constructed.

Name[17]	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 (Chinese: 厚德邨) is the fourth public housing estate. Built between 1993 and 1994,^[1] the estate comprises 6 blocks of Harmony I style, providing more than 4,000 rental flats.^[18]

Name	Type	Completion
Tak Chak House	Harmony 1	1993
Tak Chi House
Tak Fu House
Tak Hong House
Tak On House		1994
Tak Yue House

^[19]

Hin Ming Court

Hin Ming Court (Chinese: 顯明苑) is a HOS estate, near Ming Tak Estate. It has only 1 block built in 1996.

Name[20]	Type	Completion
Hin Ming Court	Harmony	1996

Ho Ming Court

Ho Ming Court (Chinese: 彩明苑) is a HOS estate, near King Lam Estate. It has only 1 block built in 1990.

Name[21]	Type	Completion
Ho Ming Court	Trident 3	1990

Hong Sing Garden

Hong Sing Garden (Chinese: 康盛花園) 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.^[22] 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.^[8][23] It has 5 blocks built in 1989.

Name[24]	Type	Completion
Block 1	Private Sector Participation Scheme	1989
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5

Jolly Place

Jolly Place (traditional Chinese: 樂頤居; simplified Chinese: 乐颐居) is a Senior Citizen Residence Scheme court in Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, near Hang Hau Station.^[25] It is one of this kind of elderly housing in Hong Kong, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society.^[26] It offers middle-class elder citizen to enjoy lifelong residence by paying an amount of rent in lump sum or by instalments.^[27][28]

Kin Ming Estate

Kin Ming Estate (traditional Chinese: 健明邨; simplified Chinese: 健明村; pinyin: Jiànmíngcūn; Jyutping: gin6 ming4 cyun1) 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.^[29]

Kin Ming Estate was originally an HOS court called Kin Ming Court (健明苑; Jiànmíngyuàn; gin6 ming4 jyun2), but it was changed to rental housing finally and renamed to the current name.^[30]

Name	Type	Completion
Kin Ching House	New Harmony I	2003
Kin Fai House
Kin Hei House
Kin Wa House
Ming Chau House
Ming Sing House
Ming Wik House
Ming Yat House
Ming Yu House
Ming Yuet House

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King Lam Estate

King Lam Estate (Chinese: 景林邨) is a TPS estate, and the third public housing estate. The estate has a total of 7 blocks of residential towers built in 1990.^[32] Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4 in 2001.^[33]

Name	Type	Completion
King Lui House	New Slab	1990
King Chung House
King Min House	Trident 3
King Tao House
King Yu House
King Nam House	Trident 4
King Yung House

^[34]

King Ming Court

King Ming Court (Chinese: 顯明苑) is a HOS estate, near Tsui Lam Estate.^[35] It is only HOS estate built at a hill, but not on the reclaimed land. It has 3 blocks built in 1988.

Name[36]	Type	Completion
Hei King House	Non-standard	1988
Fai King House
Yuk King House

Kwong Ming Court

Kwong Ming Court (Chinese: 廣明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate.^[6] It has 7 blocks built in 1998.

Name[37]	Type	Completion
Kwong Cheong House	Harmony	1998
Kwong Lung House
Kwong Yin House
Kwong Sui House
Kwong Ying House
Kwong Ning House
Kwong Sun House

Ming Tak Estate

Ming Tak Estate (Chinese: 明德邨) 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	1996
Ming Toa House

^[38]

On Ning Garden

On Ning Garden (Chinese: 安寧花園) 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.^[10] In 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O Line was being constructed.

Name[39]	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 (Chinese: 寶林邨) is a TPS estate and the first public housing estate.^[40] The estate has a total of 7 blocks of residential towers with 5,272 units.^[41] In 2004, some of the flats (Po Kim House excluded) were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6A.^[42]

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

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Po Ming Court

Po Ming Court (Chinese: 寶明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate.^[6] It has 2 blocks built in 1998.

Name[44]	Type	Completion
Po Chung House	Harmony	1998
Po Pak House

Sheung Tak Estate

Sheung Tak Estate (Chinese: 尚德邨) 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.^[45]

Name	Type	Completion
Sheung Nim House	Hsc	1998
Sheung Chun House	Harmony 1
Sheung Lai House
Sheung Yan House
Sheung Chi House
Sheung Ming House
Sheung Shun House
Sheung Yee House
Sheung Mei House	Small Household Block[46]	2003

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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	2011
Shin Lai House	善禮樓

The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle (Chinese: 疊翠軒) is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme estate,^[49] near Po Lam Station. It was developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 1999. It has 4 blocks in total.^[50] Not all units were sold before the subsidized-sale scheme was stopped, but the government released the rest of the units in 2010.^[51] 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.^[52]

Tong Ming Court

Tong Ming Court (Chinese: 唐明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate.^[6] It has 3 blocks built in 1999.

Name[53]	Type	Completion
Tong Fai House	Harmony	1999
Tong Wong House
Tong Fu House

Tsui Lam Estate

Tsui Lam Estate (Chinese: 翠林邨) is a TPS estate at the west of Po Lam. It consists of 8 residential buildings completed in 1988. It is the second public housing estate,^[54] and it is the only one public housing estate which was not built on the reclaimed land.^[55] In 2005, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B.^[56][57]

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

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Verbena Heights

Verbena Heights (Chinese: 茵怡花園) 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.^[59][60] It is an attempt to design environmentally-responsible housing.^[61] It received a Silver Medal at the 1998 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards.^[62]

Wo Ming Court

Wo Ming Court (Chinese: 和明苑) is a HOS estate, near Ming Tak Estate. It has 4 blocks built in 1999.

Name[63]	Type	Completion
Wo Yat House	Harmony	1999
Wo Fai House
Wo Cheong House
Wo Hui House

Yan Ming Court

Yan Ming Court (Chinese: 欣明苑) 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[64]	Type	Completion
Yan Chung House	Non-standard	1990
Yan Chuk House
Yan Mui House
Yan Lan House
Yan Kuk House

Yee Ming Estate

Yee Ming Estate (Chinese: 怡明邨) 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.^[65]

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 (V-shaped)
Yee Ching House	怡情樓

Ying Ming Court

Ying Ming Court (Chinese: 英明苑) 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[64]	Type	Completion
Ming Yuen House	Non-standard	1989
Ming Leung House
Ming Tat House
Ming Chi House
Ming On House

Yu Ming Court

Yu Ming Court (Chinese: 裕明苑) is a HOS estate, near Hau Tak Estate. It has only 2 blocks built in 1994.

Name[66]	Type	Completion
Yu Wing House	Harmony	1994
Yu Cheong House

Yuk Ming Court

Yuk Ming Court (Chinese: 煜明苑) is a HOS estate, near Ming Tak Estate. It has only 3 blocks built in 1996.

Name[67]	Type	Completion
Wai Ming House	Harmony	1996
Kwan Ming House
Hei Ming House

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