Tsui Ping North Estate Phase 4 Theater 2015

Tsui Ping Estate () is a

public housing estate Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon P ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...

, Hong Kong. It is divided into Tsui Ping (South) Estate () and Tsui Ping (North) Estate (). After redevelopment, the estate has a total of 19 blocks built in the 1980s and 1990s.

Background

Tsui Ping Estate was formerly a resettlement estate, Kwun Tong Resettlement Estate (), commonly known as Kai Liu (), which was built in the 1960s. It was the first resettlement estate in Kwun Tong District. The residents were mainly Chaozhou people. There were no kitchens or washrooms inside the flats. The roof was commonly used as school classrooms and community activities area. In 1972 the estate was inundated with mud from a nearby landslide that killed 71. The site of the disaster is commemorated by the

Sau Mau Ping Memorial Park Sau Mau Ping Memorial Park () is a park located in Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The park was built on the hillside between Tsui Ping Road, Hiu Kwong Street and Hiu Ming Street, in memorial to the deceased of 1972 Hong Kong ...

. In 1973, to avoid the confusion with another estate, Kwun Tong Estate, Kwun Tong Resettlement Estate was renamed as Kwun Tong (Tsui Ping Road) Estate (). The estate was renamed as Tsui Ping Estate after it was redeveloped between the 1980s and 1990s. In 2002, some of the flats in Tsui Ping (North) Estate (Tsui Mei House excluded) 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 5.

Features

A Tai Wong Ye Temple () is located on the hill behind Tsui Ying House of Tsui Ping (South) Estate. The origin of the temple was a shrine located in present-day Lok Fu. It was relocated to make space for the building of the Lo Fu Ngam Resettlement Area in 1957. The new site was dedicated in 1963.

Houses

Tsui Ping (South) Estate

Tsui Ping (North) Estate

Buildings and public facilities nearby

* Community services facilities ** Hong Kong Public Records Building ** Kwun Tong Community Centre ** Kwun Tong Swimming Pool * Schools ** Our Lady Of China Catholic Primary School ** IVE Kwun Tong Campus ** SKH Leung Kwai Yee Secondary School **

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** CCC Mong Man Wai College * Public housing estates ** Wo Lok Estate ** Po Pui Court

Education

Tsui Ping Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 48. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Kwun Tong Government Primary School.

References

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