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Tsz Wan Shan Tsz Wan Shan () is a residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Located below Temple Hill, it is administratively part of Wong Tai Sin District. (Note that Temple Hill is also called ''Tsz Wan Shan'' , but Tsz Wan Shan usually refers to the ar ...

Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the only landlocked district in Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the northernmost district in Kowloon. It borders the districts of Kwun Tong to its southeast, Ko ...

, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

History

Known as Tsz Wan Shan, or Temple Hill, the block design of the Tsz Wan Shan Resettlement Housing was different from that of Shek Kip Mei Resettlement Estate, with room access from the internal corridor. Each room had its own private

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. In 1980, the estate was split into Tsz Lok Estate, Tsz Oi Estate, Tsz Ching Estate, Tsz Man Estate and Tsz On Estate. In 1985, Blocks 40, 61 to 65 were found to have structural problems by the

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Overview

Shatin Pass Estate

Shatin Pass Estate () was a

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. It was formerly called Shatin Pass Government Low-Cost Housing Estate (). It had 2 blocks built in 1967 and 1968 respectively. In 1973, it was renamed as Shatin Pass Estate. In 2001, the two blocks were demolished. They were replaced by two 42-

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blocks in 2011, offering 1,278 units.

Houses

Tsz Ching Estate

Tsz Ching Estate () is a

in Tsz Wan Shan, next to Tsz Oi Court. It has 11 blocks built between the 1990s and 2000s (decade). The site was formerly Blocks 48 to 53 in Tsz Wan Shan Estate, which was also called "Tsz Ching Estate". After redevelopment, the eastern part of Old Tsz Oi Estate was assigned to Tsz Ching Estate.

Tsz Hong Estate

Tsz Hong Estate () is a

in Tsz Wan Shan. It has blocks built in 2002. The estate was formerly the site of Block 66 of Tsz Wan Shan Estate. The block was the largest in the estate. In 1980, the block was reassigned to Tsz Man Estate. In 1997, the block was demolished. In 2002, 5 new HOS blocks of Tsz On Court were completed in the site. However, they were finally transferred to public housing and renamed as Tsz Hong Estate.

Houses

Tsz Lok Estate

Tsz Lok Estate () is a

in Tsz Wan Shan. The site was formerly Tsz Lok Estate, which included Blocks 4 to 32 in Tsz Wan Shan Estate. After redevelopment, 11 rental blocks were built in the south part of the site. However, the north part was assigned to build Phase 1 and 2 of Tsz Oi Court.

Houses

Tsz Man Estate

Tsz Man Estate () is a

in Tsz Wan Shan. The site was formerly Tsz Man Estate, which included Blocks 61 to 66 in Tsz Wan Shan Estate. In 1985, Blocks 61 to 65 were found to have structural problems by the

. After redevelopment, three rental blocks of new Tsz Man Estate and HOS blocks of Tsz On Court were constructed in the site. However, 5 HOS blocks built on the site of former Block 66 were transferred to rental housing and renamed "Tsz Hong Estate".

Houses

Tsz Oi Court

Tsz Oi Court () is a

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estate in Tsz Wan Shan, next to Tsz Ching Estate. The site was formerly Tsz Oi Estate (), which included Blocks 33 to 47 in Tsz Wan Shan Estate. In 1985, Blocks 40 was found to have structural problems by the

. After redevelopment, the estate was converted to HOS housing and was developed into 3 phases. Phase 1 and 2 has 6 blocks built in 1997 while Phase 3 has 6 blocks built in 2000.

Houses

Tsz On Court

Tsz On Court () is a

estate in Tsz Wan Shan, between Tsz Man Estate, Tsz Hong Estate and Tsz Wan Shan Centre. The site was formerly Tsz On Estate () which included Blocks 1 to 3 and Blocks 57 to 60 of Tsz Wan Shan Estate. After redevelopment, the estate was converted to rental housing of new Tsz Lok Estate and HOS housing of Tsz On Court. Tsz On Court consists of 2 blocks which were built in 1994 and 1997 respectively. In 2002, other 5 new HOS blocks of Tsz On Court were transferred to rental housing and renamed as Tsz Hong Estate.Hong Kong Housing Authority – BETTER HOUSING FOR ALL
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Houses

References

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History

Overview

Shatin Pass Estate

Houses

Tsz Ching Estate

Tsz Hong Estate

Houses

Tsz Lok Estate

Houses

Tsz Man Estate

Houses

Tsz Oi Court

Houses

Tsz On Court

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See also

References