Po Tat Estate (), formerly called Po Lam Road Housing Development (), is a

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at the junction of

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and Sau Mau Ping Road in Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, near

Sau Mau Ping Estate Sau Mau Ping Estate () is one of the earliest Public housing in Hong Kong, public housing estates in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It has 18 blocks, providing a total of 12,310 rental flats. Each of them has a size of . A total ...

and

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. It consists of 13 blocks and a

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. In 2016, it housed a

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of 24,642. A Monkey God Temple is located at Po Tat Estate. The Monkey King Festival is celebrated there.

Background

Before Po Tat Estate was constructed, the site was a

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and part of the Anderson Road and Po Lam Road were laid on there. Its Phase 1, 2 and 4 consists of 6 blocks and a shopping centre completed in 2001. Another six blocks originally belonged to a HOS estate, Hiu Lam Court (), but they were transferred to rental housing and occupied in 2003.Disposal of Surplus Home Ownership Scheme (HOS)/Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS) Flats
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Houses

Demographics

In the 2016 by-census, Po Tat Estate recorded a population of 24,642. There were 7,391 households and an average household size of 3.3 persons.

Transport

At present, residents of Po Tat Estate are reliant on road transport, primarily buses and minibuses. In the future, a new station of the

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(MTR) may be built at the estate under the East Kowloon line concept, which was proposed by the

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in the Railway Development Strategy 2014. That document suggested that the new railway line may be built between 2019 and 2025.

References

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