The public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O is a

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project in

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town, commonly known as Tseung Kwan O ( zh, t=將軍澳新市鎮, j=Zoeng1 gwan1 ou3 san1 si5 zan3), is one of the nine New towns of Hong Kong, new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on Land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclaimed ...

. Its first buildings were inaugurated in 1988.

History

With the exception of

Tsui Lam Estate Tsui Lam Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate located to the west of Po Lam in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the second public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O and is the only public housing estate in Tseung Kwan ...

, King Ming Court and Hong Sing Garden, all the public housing and HOS estates in

are built on the

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On Ning Garden On Ning Garden () is a Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme court in Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong near MTR Hang Hau station. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Hening In ...

, Fu Ning Garden, Tong Ming Court, Beverly Garden and Bauhinia Garden. The estates were also found unusual

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on their reclaimed land when the MTR

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was being constructed. After investigation, the government explained that the settlement occurred due to consolidation of soil layers overlying the

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when

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was lost to the

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collection

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and not adequately replenished from the surface. But the government emphasized that the buildings built on the reclaimed land were still safe.

Overview

Estates

Bauhinia Garden

Bauhinia Garden ( zh, t=寶盈花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose,Tseung Kwan O Centre Tseung Kwan O (South) Integrated Family Service Centre
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Tseung Kwan O station Tseung Kwan O (; : ) is a station on the MTR located at the town centre of the Tseung Kwan O New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The previous station is and the line splits after this station to and . The entrances to the station a ...

. It was jointly developed by the

Hong Kong Housing Authority The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an government agency, agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the R ...

and

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. It consists of 8 residential blocks built on the

and completed in 2001. In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when

was being constructed.

Beverly Garden

Beverly Garden ( zh, t=富康花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose,

. It consists of 10 residential blocks built on the

and completed in 1998. In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when

was being constructed.

Choi Ming Court

Choi Ming Court ( zh, t=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 Renting, also known as hiring or letting, is an agreement where a payment is made for the use of a good, service or property owned by another over a fixed period of time. To maintain such an agreement, a rental agreement (or lease) is sign ...

and 6 for HOS) and a

shopping centre A shopping center in American English, shopping centre in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, spelling differences), shopping complex, shopping arcade, ...

completed in 2001.

Chung Ming Court

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

Fu Ning Garden

Fu Ning Garden ( zh, t= 富寧花園 ) is the first HOS and PSPS estate in

Hang Hau Hang Hau () is a residential area in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located at the eastern edge of the Tseung Kwan O New Town. Most of the land was reclaimed from Hang Hau Village and Shui Bin Village (). His ...

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

. In the 1990s, it suffered unusual ground settlement when

was being constructed.

Hau Tak Estate

Hau Tak Estate ( zh, t=厚德邨) is the fourth public housing estate. Built between 1993 and 1994, the estate comprises 6 blocks of Harmony I style, providing more than 4,000 rental flats.

Hin Ming Court

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

Ho Ming Court

Ho Ming Court ( zh, t=浩明苑) is a HOS estate, near King Lam Estate. It has only 1 block built in 1990.

Hong Sing Garden

Hong Sing Garden ( zh, t=康盛花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, near Tsui Lam Estate and King Ming Court. It is built at a

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adjacent to Po Lam Road North overlooking

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. It is the only PSPS estate that is not built on the

. It was jointly developed by the

and

. It has 5 blocks built in 1989.

Jolly Place

Jolly Place ( zh, t=樂頤居, first=t, s=乐颐居) is a Senior Citizen Residence Scheme court in

, Tseung Kwan O, near

Hang Hau station Hang Hau (; Cantonese Yale: Hāangháu) is an MTR station of , located at Pui Shing Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It was the easternmost station in the MTR railway system, until LOHAS Park station opene ...

. It is one of this kind of elderly housing in Hong Kong, developed by the

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 ...

. It offers

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elder citizen to enjoy lifelong residence by paying an amount of

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or by instalments.

Kin Ming Estate

Kin Ming Estate ( zh, 健明邨) 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

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Area, an area settled by Kuomintang Army in Hong Kong after

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ended in 1949. After the area was demolished in 1997, a massive clearance, reclamation and

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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

afterwards. Kin Ming Estate was originally an HOS court called Kin Ming Court ( zh, c=健明苑, labels=no), but it was changed to rental housing finally and renamed to the current name.

King Lam Estate

King Lam Estate ( zh, t=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. Some of the flats were sold to

tenants A leasehold estate is an ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property in which a lessee or a tenant has rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord. Although a tenant does hold rights to real property, a lea ...

through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4 in 2001.

King Ming Court

King Ming Court ( zh, t=景明苑) is a HOS estate, near Tsui Lam Estate. It is only HOS estate built at a

, but not on the reclaimed land. It has 3 blocks built in 1988.

Kwong Ming Court

Kwong Ming Court ( zh, t=廣明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate. It has 7 blocks built in 1998.

Mount Verdant

Mount Verdant ( zh, t=翠嶺峰) is a court under the Subsidized Sale Flats Project developed by

in Chui Ling Road, Tiu King Leng,

, near

Kin Ming Estate Kin Ming Estate () is a public housing estate in Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong, near MTR Tiu Keng Leng station. It is the eighth public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O and consists of ten housing blocks completed i ...

. It comprises single 38-storey tower with total 330 units ranging from 271 to 684 square feet. The court was sold together with another court, Terrace Concerto in

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, in 2017, at prices between HK$2.19 million and HK$6.23 million, or about 30 percent less than market prices. It is expected to complete in 2021.

Ming Tak Estate

Ming Tak Estate ( zh, t=明德邨) is the fifth public housing estate. Built in 1996, the estate comprises 2 blocks of Harmony I style.

On Ning Garden

On Ning Garden ( zh, t=安寧花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near

. It was jointly developed by

and Hening Investment. It consists of 6 residential blocks built on the

and completed in 1991. In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when

was being constructed.

Po Lam Estate

Po Lam Estate ( zh, t=寶林邨) is a TPS estate and the first public housing estate. The estate has a total of 7 blocks of residential towers with 5,272 units. In 2004, some of the flats (Po Kim House excluded) were sold to

through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6A.

Po Ming Court

Po Ming Court ( zh, t=寶明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate. It has 2 blocks built in 1998.

Radiant Towers

Sheung Tak Estate

Sheung Tak Estate ( zh, t=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

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.

The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle ( zh, t=疊翠軒) is a

Sandwich Class Housing Scheme The Sandwich Class Housing Scheme was a scheme from the Hong Kong Housing Society offering apartments to middle-income families, i.e. sandwich class, at concessionary prices during the 1990s in Hong Kong. The purchases were subject to a five ...

estate, near

Po Lam station Po Lam (; Cantonese Yale: Bóulàhm) is the northern terminus MTR station of the . It is located on Mau Yip Road, Po Lam, in the New Territories of Hong Kong, sandwiched by Phases 1 to 3 of Metro City. Built by Maeda Corporation, it opened ...

. It was developed by the

in 1999. It has 4 blocks in total. Not all units were sold before the subsidized-sale scheme was stopped, but the government released the rest of the units in 2010. 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.

Tong Ming Court

Tong Ming Court ( zh, t=唐明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate. It has 3 blocks built in 1999.

Tsui Lam Estate

Tsui Lam Estate ( zh, t=翠林邨) is a TPS estate to the west of Po Lam. It consists of 8 residential buildings completed in 1988. It is the second public housing estate, and it is the only public housing estate which was not built on the

. In 2005, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B. There are some basic facilities, such as a sports centre, a shopping mall, two kindergarten schools, several playgrounds, colleges, elderly services and a clinic. The population is largely elderly. Since Tsui Lam Estate is located at the middle of the mountain and near the forest, the air temperature is usually about 2 °C to 3 °C lower than the city.

Transit

There is a steep slope near the main road for residents to walk directly from Tsui Lam to Po Lam. It takes 10 minutes to walk there. There are also public buses 296M, 93A, 98C and minibus 17M for residents' commuting.

Animals found in Tsui Lam Estate

As the estate is near a forest, birds and insects are easily found. In summer, mosquitoes appear frequently and parents need to protect the kids in the playground. Once, a wild monkey and a wild boar were discovered and the government services took them away and released them in the forest. No damages or injuries occurred.

Verbena Heights

Verbena Heights ( zh, t=茵怡花園) is a public housing estate on the

in Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, located near

. It was developed by the

in 1996 and 1997. It consists of 7 residential blocks with a total of 1894 saleable units and 971

units. It is an attempt to design environmentally-responsible housing. It received a Silver Medal at the 1998

Hong Kong Institute of Architects Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA, ) is a professional body for architects in Hong Kong with approximately 1500 full members, 300 associates members and graduate members.

Annual Awards.

Wo Ming Court

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

Yan Ming Court

Yan Ming Court ( zh, t=欣明苑) is a HOS estate, near Po Lam Estate, Ying Ming Court,

and Metro City. It has 5 blocks built in 1990.

Yee Ming Estate

Yee Ming Estate ( zh, t=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.

Ying Ming Court

Ying Ming Court ( zh, t=英明苑) is a HOS estate, near Po Lam Estate, Yan Ming Court,

and Metro City. It has 5 blocks built in 1989.

Yu Ming Court

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

Yuk Ming Court

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

Yung Ming Court

Yung Ming Court ( zh, t=雍明苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Chi Shin Street, Tseung Kwan O along Tseung Kwan O Eastern Channel, near Yee Ming Estate and

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, with a few walking distance to

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. It comprises 2 blocks with 1,395 flats in total, which was the largest number of units among the six HOS courts (other five are Kwun Tak Court, Hoi Tak Court, Sheung Man Court, Kam Fai Court, Yuk Wo Court) sold in 2019 - with four sizes between 282 and 568 square feet. It is expected to complete in 2020.Range of Selling Prices for the Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2019
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