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Lai Kok Estate
The following is an overview of public housing estates in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates. History The site where Sham Shui Po Park, Lai Kok Estate, Lai On Estate and Dragon Centre are located were formerly the Sham Shui Po Barracks () of the British Army between the 1910s to 1977. During World War II, the barrack was attacked by the Japanese Army and was used as a concentration camp during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. After the war, the barracks were once again used by British Army until 1977, when they were closed. Part of the site became Lai Kok Estate in 1981, and Sham Shui Po Park in 1983, while another part was a refugee camp for Vietnamese boat people. In 1989, the refugee camp was closed and replaced by Lai On Estate and Dragon Centre in 1993 and 1994 respectively. In 1992, the Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier terminated ferry service due to We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Cheong Estate 2012
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Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier
Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier () was a ferry pier in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong that operated from 1919 to 1992. It was one of the important ferry piers in West Kowloon and had a bus terminus nearby. History Over the years the pier was situated in three different locations. The first one was located on the coast at the end of Nam Cheong Street. Starting on the 1 January 1919, the Kau Lung Sze Yeuk Kai Fong Ferry Company operated between Sham Shui Po, Kowloon and West Point/Eastern Street. In 1924, the ferry Service was transferred the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company (HYF) which served also Central, Hong Kong, Central. In 1929 it was decided by the Hong Kong Government to replace the old wooden pier by a reinforced concrete one. The second pier was located on the coast at the junction of Tung Chau Street () and Pei Ho Street. It opened in July 1931 and provided ferry services to and from Central, Hong Kong, Central, Sheung Wan and Macau. It was relocated again (third gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Housing Society
The Hong Kong Housing Society, or Housing Society for short, is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong (the first being the Hong Kong Housing Authority). The Society housed around 130,000 residents as of 2020. The Housing Society has been a dedicated housing provider in constantly identifying the housing needs of different sectors of the community and developing housing options attuned to their needs. Since its inception, a total of over 73,000 units have been built under different housing schemes, including Rental Estate, Rural Public Housing, Urban Improvement Scheme, Flat-for-Sale Scheme, Sandwich Class Housing Scheme, Full Market Value Development, Urban Renewal Project, Senior Citizen Residences Scheme, The Tanner Hill and Subsidised Sale Flats project. The society is a non-governmental organisation and non-profit organisation. The chairman of the society is Walter Chan () and the chief executive officer and executive director is Chan Yum-min (). History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratas Street
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Shun Ning Road
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Flat-for-Sale Scheme
Flat-for-Sale Scheme is a housing development scheme by Hong Kong Housing Society in the 1980s. The flats under the scheme are for sale at a concessionary price. It is similar to Home Ownership Scheme by Hong Kong Housing Authority. The first estate was the Clague Garden Estate. See also *Hong Kong Housing Society The Hong Kong Housing Society, or Housing Society for short, is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong (the first being the Hong Kong Housing Authority). The Society housed around 130,000 residents as of 2020. The Housing Soci ... References {{HongKong-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cronin Garden
The following is an overview of public housing estates in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates. History The site where Sham Shui Po Park, Lai Kok Estate, Lai On Estate and Dragon Centre are located were formerly the Sham Shui Po Barracks () of the British Army between the 1910s to 1977. During World War II, the barrack was attacked by the Japanese Army and was used as a concentration camp during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. After the war, the barracks were once again used by British Army until 1977, when they were closed. Part of the site became Lai Kok Estate in 1981, and Sham Shui Po Park in 1983, while another part was a refugee camp for Vietnamese boat people. In 1989, the refugee camp was closed and replaced by Lai On Estate and Dragon Centre in 1993 and 1994 respectively. In 1992, the Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier terminated ferry service due to West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing Cheong Estate
Wing Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It composes two Y-shaped residential blocks completed in 2013, between Fu Cheong Estate and the West Kowloon Corridor, on Sai Chuen Road. It provides about 1500 public rental flats. The main contractor for the estate's construction was Paul Y. Engineering. To mitigate the noise nuisance of the adjacent West Kowloon Corridor, the flats facing this motorway are equipped with "acoustic balconies". The balcony parapet incorporates an inclined glass panel to deflect noise, and the walls and ceiling of the balconies are faced with sound-absorbing panels. Houses Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Wing Cheong Estate had a population of 3,654. The median age was 40.3 and the majority of residents (96.1 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.4 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pei Ho Street
Pei Ho Street () is street in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The street is also a market and full of Hawkers in Hong Kong, hawkers. The former Urban Council had built a Pei Ho Street Municipal Services Building (then known as Pei Ho Street Urban Council Complex) accommodating some stalls in the old market. Low economic profile and height limit of buildings on airway of former Kai Tak Airport helps Pei Ho Street to preserve buildings on the earliest planned town of Sham Shui Po in Western Kowloon. The style of Arcade_(architecture), Ke Lau (騎樓), balcony with two front column, pillars, once popular in colonial Hong Kong prior to World War II are easily found on the street. The end of the Pei Ho Street was the former Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier. The pier was an important ferry pier from 1920s to 1970s. Thousands of commuters took ferry to Central, Hong Kong, Central on the Hong Kong Island. Name Like many other streets in the surrounding area, the street is named after a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Cheong Estate
Nam Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Nam Cheong Park, Tung Chau Street Park and MTR Nam Cheong station. It is named from nearby Nam Cheong Street, a main street in Sham Shui Po District. It consists of seven residential blocks completed in 1989. In 2005, the estate was sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B. Houses Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Nam Cheong Estate had a population of 4,847. The median age was 48.9 and the majority of residents (96.8 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.6 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$22,000. Politics Nam Cheong Estate is located in Nam Cheong West constituency of the Sham Shui Po District Council. It was formerly represented by Wai Woon-nam, who was elected in the 2019 elections The following elections were scheduled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Reclamation In Hong Kong
The reclamation of land from the ocean has long been used in mountainous Hong Kong to expand the limited supply of usable land with a total of around 60 square kilometres of land created by 1996. The first reclamations can be traced back to the early Western Han dynasty (206 BC – 9 AD), when beaches were turned into fields for salt production. Major land reclamation projects have been conducted since the mid-19th century.EIA: A survey report of Historical Buildings and Structures within the Project Area of the Central Reclamation Phase III Chan Sui San Peter for the HK Government, February 2001 Projects Bonham Strand I ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
