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Chuk Yuen (North) Estate
Chuk Yuen Estate () is a public housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong, located north of Wong Tai Sin and underneath Lion Rock. Its site was formerly the Chuk Yuen Resettlement Area. It is divided into Chuk Yuen (North) Estate () and Chuk Yuen (South) Estate (). The two estates have eight blocks each, and were all built in the 1980s. In 1999, some of the flats were sold to tenants through the Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 2. At the centre of these buildings is a shopping mall, hosting a McDonald's, 7-Eleven, Circle K, three bakeries, a street market, Watsons, a dim sum restaurant, two supermarkets and a sports centre. Beside the mall are two parks: one with a fish pond and a waterfall and the other with basketball courts and football fields. Pang Ching Court () and Ying Fuk Court () fall under the Home Ownership Scheme courts near Chuk Yuen Estate, completed in 1991 and 2001 respectively. They each have one block. Houses Chuk Yuen (South) Estate Chuk Yuen (North) Estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsons
Watsons () is a Hong Kong health care and beauty care chain store in Asia and Europe. It is the flagship health and beauty brand of AS Watson, which is majority owned by CK Hutchison Holdings. It operates 8,000 stores and 1,500 pharmacies in 15 Asian and European markets, including Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, mainland China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Its South Korean branch closed down in 2021. History Founding and move to Hong Kong Dr. Thomas Boswell Watson (1815–1860), from Scotland, was the first member of the Watson family to arrive in the Far East, where in 1845 he set up a private practice in Macau. p. 221 After selling his practice to a fellow doctor, he moved to Hong Kong in 1856 where he became part owner of the Hong Kong Dispensary, an offshoot of the Canton Dispensary which operated from 1828 to 1858. Known as the "Big Medicine Shop" (; C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Housing Estates In Hong Kong
This is a list of Public housing in Hong Kong, public housing estates in Hong Kong. Many of them are properties of Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA), while some of them are properties of Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS). Central and Western District Sai Wan (Kennedy Town) Wan Chai District Tai Hang Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan Shau Kei Wan Quarry Bay and North Point Southern District, Hong Kong, Southern District Ap Lei Chau Aberdeen, Hong Kong, Aberdeen, Kellett Bay and Waterfall Bay, Hong Kong, Waterfall Bay Stanley, Hong Kong, Stanley Yau Tsim Mong District Yau Ma Tei Sham Shui Po District Cheung Sha Wan Sham Shui Po Shek Kip Mei Kowloon City District Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan, Ma Tau Wai Ho Man Tin Kai Tak development area Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin (Chuk Yuen) Diamond Hill Lok Fu (Lo Fu Ngam) and Wang Tau Hom Ngau Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Housing Estates In Wong Tai Sin
The following is a list of Public housing, public housing estates in Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong including Home Ownership Scheme, Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme, Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme, Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme, Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme, Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates. History Lok Fu, Wong Tai Sin, Wang Tau Hom, and Tung Tau were home to a large number of public housing blocks built in the 1950s and 1960s to provide accommodation to Hong Kong's burgeoning population of refugee migrants. This type of housing, built in haste with limited resources, was rudimentary. The flats were no more than single rooms and families on each floor shared toilet and bathing facilities. In the 1980s, there was a push to redevelop the first generation of estates so that each family was housed in a self-contained fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuk Yuen (Wong Tai Sin District)
Chuk Yuen () or Chuk Un was a village and an area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong. The area located in the approximate area of present-day Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin. The name now also refers to two Public housing in Hong Kong, public housing estates, Chuk Yuen Estate#Chuk Yuen (North) Estate, Chuk Yuen North and Chuk Yuen Estate#Chuk Yuen (South) Estate, Chuk Yuen South Estates. Due to redevelopments starting from 1957, the only surviving part of historic Chuk Yuen is at Chuk Yuen United Village, at the junction of Shatin Pass Road and Lung Cheung Road. History The original village of Chuk Yuen was centered approximately around the current Wong Tai Sin Fire Station, beside Shatin Pass Road. The village was established in the late 17th century and contained a mix of clans, the majority of which are the Lins' (林), the Lis' (李), and the Kos' (古). During early Colonial Hong Kong, British rule of New Kowloon, Shatin Pass Road was a road from a point from Kai Tak Airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education Bureau
The Education Bureau (EDB) is a policy bureau responsible for formulating and implementing education policies in Hong Kong. The bureau is headed by the Secretary for Education and oversees agencies including University Grants Committee and Student Finance Office. History The Education Department ( and before 1983) was responsible for education matters in the territory, with the exception of post-secondary and tertiary education. In 2003, the department was abolished and a new bureau, the Education and Manpower Bureau ( abbreviated EMB) was formed. In July 2007, under newly re-elected Chief Executive Donald Tsang, the manpower portfolio was split away to the new Labour and Welfare Bureau, leaving this body as the Education Bureau. The bureau was formerly housed at the Former French Mission Building. In 2022, the Education Bureau introduced the Citizenship and Social Development subject, to replace Liberal Studies as one of the four core subjects in senior secondar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Slab
Old Slab () is a design of residential blocks used in Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ... public housing estates. The buildings of this type consist of one or more elongated rectangular blocks, joining end by end. As of 2018 there were 257 of these structures in the city. Gallery File:HK Kennedy Town Sai Wan Estate birdeyes 2.JPG, Sai Wan Estate File:Kwai Shing West Estate BLK01-04.jpg, Kwai Shing West Estate File:HK Ha Kwai Chung Lai King Estate Ming King House.JPG, Lai King Estate File:WCH Estate BLK05 and 06.jpg, Wong Chuk Hang Estate, demolished in 2009 File:ChoiYuenEstate.jpg, Choi Yuen Estate File:Lai Kok Estate.jpg, Lai Kok Estate File: Shun Lee Estate East end.JPG, Shun Lee Estate File:Ching Kwai House, Cheung Ching Estate overview & Ching Chun Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Tower
Twin Tower () is a 1970s Public housing in Hong Kong, Hong Kong public housing residential block design. In plan, the blocks look like two hollow squares joined at one corner of each square. Each block comprises two "towers" of different heights, although their shapes are the same. The high tower ranges from 24 to 28 stories while the low tower is 21 stories. The size of a typical flat is 36 to 46 m2. It cannot support more than 5 people in a typical flat. The units in Twin Tower blocks are self-contained flats, each with a kitchen, toilet, and balcony. The first Twin Tower blocks appeared at Wah Fu Estate. They were suited to the steeply sloping site, as one of the two "towers" wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Ownership Scheme
The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing in Hong Kong, public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing with two aims – to encourage better-off tenants of rental flats to vacate those flats for re-allocation to families in greater housing need; and also to provide an opportunity for home ownership to families unable to afford to buy in the private sector. Under the scheme, the government sells flats to eligible public housing tenants and to lower-income residents at prices below the market level, with discounts usually between 30 and 40 per cent. It restricts resale of the units in the second-hand market to other families who qualify or, on the open market, after payment of a premium equal to the updated value of the discount given on the original purchase. As an ancillary scheme, the Housing Authority also entered into arrangements with loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle K
Circle K Stores, Inc. is a Canadian-American chain of convenience stores headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., based in Laval, Quebec. Founded in 1951 in El Paso, Texas, the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 1990 and went through several owners, before being acquired by Alimentation Couche-Tard in 2003. As of February 2020, Circle K has 9,799 stores in North America, 2,697 stores in Europe, and an additional 2,380 stores operating under franchise agreements worldwide. In 2015, Circle K unveiled a new logo and brand identity, and Couche-Tard announced that it would deploy the brand globally, including Canada (except Quebec, rebranding from the Mac's Convenience Stores, Mac's brand), Europe (rebranding from the Statoil Fuel & Retail, Statoil brand), and the United States (rebranding from the The Pantry, Kangaroo Express brand and updating the existing Circle K brand). Overview Since the 1980s, Circle K has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7-Eleven
7-Eleven, Inc. is an American convenience store chain, headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan, which in turn is owned by the retail holdings company Seven & I Holdings. The chain was founded in 1927 as the Southland Ice Company, operating an ice house storefront in Dallas. Then-owned by Southland Corporation, the number of convenience stores expanded and were named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946. Southland Corporation changed the stores' name to 7-Eleven in 1946, reflecting expanded hours of operation (7 am to 11 pm). Southland Corporation started franchising its stores in 1961; in 1973 Ito-Yokado, a Japanese supermarket chain, signed a franchisee agreement with Southland Corporation to develop 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan. Operating the Japanese stores under Seven-Eleven Japan, Ito-Yokado acquired a 70% stake in Southland Corporation in 1991; as majority owner, it changed Southland Corporation's name to 7-El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
