An aerial view of Tseung Kwan O New Town from 2014

The following is an overview of public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.

History

With the exception of Tsui Lam Estate, King Ming Court and Hong Sing Garden, all the public housing and HOS estates in Tseung Kwan O are built on the reclaimed land of Junk Bay.[1]

In the 1990s, cracks were found at various places around On Ning Garden, Fu Ning Garden, Tong Ming Court, Beverly Garden and Bauhinia Garden.[2] The estates were also found unusual soil settlement on their reclaimed land when the MTR Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed.[3] After investigation, the government explained that the settlement occurred due to consolidation of soil layers overlying the bedrock when groundwater was lost to the sewage collection tunnels and not adequately replenished from the surface. But the government emphasized that the buildings built on the reclaimed land were still safe.[4][5]

Overview

Name Type Inaug. No Blocks No Units Notes
Bauhinia Garden 寶盈花園 PSPS 2001 8 3,200
Beverly Garden 富康花園 PSPS 1998 10 3,966
Choi Ming Court 彩明苑 Public/HOS 2001 10 4,720
Chung Ming Court 頌明苑 HOS 1993 5 1,750
Fu Ning Garden 富寧花園 PSPS 1990 6 2,450
Hau Tak Estate 厚德邨 Public 1993 6 4,271
Hin Ming Court 顯明苑 HOS 1996 1 759
Ho Ming Court 浩明苑 HOS 1990 1 816
Hong Sing Garden 康盛花園 PSPS 1989 5 1,850
Jolly Place 樂頤居 Senior Citizen 2003 1 243 HK Housing Society
Kin Ming Estate 健明邨 Public 2003 10 7,018
King Lam Estate 景林邨 TPS 1990 7 2,047
King Ming Court 景明苑 HOS 1988 3 1,050
Kwong Ming Court 廣明苑 HOS 1998 7 4,256
Mount Verdant 翠嶺峰 SSFP 2021 1 330 HK Housing Society
Ming Tak Estate 明德邨 Public 1996 2 1,561
On Ning Garden 安寧花園 PSPS 1991 6 2,300
Po Lam Estate 寶林邨 TPS 1988 7 2,322
Po Ming Court 寶明苑 HOS 1998 2 1,476
Radiant Towers 旭輝臺 Sandwich 1998 2 704 HK Housing Society
Sheung Tak Estate 尚德邨 Public 1998 9 5,561
Shin Ming Estate 善明邨 Public 2011 2 2,000
Tong Ming Court 唐明苑 HOS 1999 3 1,920
The Pinnacle 疊翠軒 Sandwich 1999 4 1,424 HK Housing Society
Tsui Lam Estate 翠林邨 TPS 1988 8 2,839
Wo Ming Court 和明苑 HOS 1999 4 1,640
Verbena Heights 茵怡花園 Flat-for-Sale/Rental 1996 7 2,865 HK Housing Society
Yan Ming Court 欣明苑 HOS 1990 5 1,750
Yee Ming Estate 怡明邨 Public 2014 3 2,059
Ying Ming Court 英明苑 HOS 1989 5 1,750
Yu Ming Court 裕明苑 HOS 1994 2 1,216
Yuk Ming Court 煜明苑 HOS 1996 3 1,824
Yung Ming Court 雍明苑 HOS 2020 2 1,395

Estates

Bauhinia Garden

Bauhinia Garden

Bauhinia Garden (Chinese: 寶盈花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose,[6][7] Tseung Kwan O station. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Group.[8][9] It consists of 8 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 2001.[10] In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed.

Name[11]TypeCompletion
Block 1Private Sector Participation Scheme2001
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5
Block 6
Block 7
Block 8

Beverly Garden

Beverly Garden

Beverly Garden (Chinese: 富康花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose,[6][7] Tseung Kwan O station. It consists of 10 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 1998.[10] In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed.

Name[12]TypeCompletion
Block 1Private Sector Participation Scheme1998
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5
Block 6
Block 7
Block 8
Block 9
Block 10

Choi Ming Court

Choi Ming Court (Rental housing)
Choi Ming Court (HOS)

Choi Ming Court (Chinese: 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 and 6 for HOS) and a shopping centre completed in 2001.[13][14][15]

NameTypeCompletionUse
Choi Fu HouseHarmony 1 Option 5
( 3.5 Gen.)		2001rental
Choi Kwai HouseHarmony 1 Option 6
( 3.5 Gen.)
Choi Wing House
Choi Yiu HouseSmall Household Block
Choi Yeung HouseConcord 1 Option 1HOS
Choi Lau House
Choi Chung House
Choi Pak House
Choi To House
Choi Mui House

Chung Ming Court

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

Name[16]TypeCompletion
Kar Ming HouseNew Cruciform (Ver.1984)1993
Fai Ming House
Yin Ming House
Tsui Ming House
Koon Ming House

Fu Ning Garden

Fu Ning Garden

Fu Ning Garden (Chinese: 富寧花園) is the first HOS and PSPS estate in Hang Hau 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 reclaimed land. In the 1990s, it suffered unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed.

Name[17]TypeCompletion
Block 1Private Sector Participation Scheme1990
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5
Block 6

Hau Tak Estate

Hau Tak Estate and Hau Tak Shopping Centre

Hau Tak Estate (Chinese: 厚德邨) is the fourth public housing estate. Built between 1993 and 1994,[1] the estate comprises 6 blocks of Harmony I style, providing more than 4,000 rental flats.[18]

NameTypeCompletion
Tak Chak HouseHarmony 1 Option 2 (1 Gen.)
with Harmony Annex Type 1		1993
Tak Chi HouseHarmony 1 Option 2
(1 Gen.)
Tak Fu House
Tak Hong House
Tak On House1994
Tak Yue House

[19]

Hin Ming Court

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

Name[20]TypeCompletion
Hin Ming CourtHarmony 1 Option 5
(2 Gen.)		1996

Ho Ming Court

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

Name[21]TypeCompletion
Ho Ming CourtTrident 3
(Late Gen.)		1990

Hong Sing Garden

Hong Sing Garden (Chinese: 康盛花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, near Tsui Lam Estate and King Ming Court. It is built at a hill adjacent to Po Lam Road North overlooking Tseung Kwan O Tunnel.[22] It is the only PSPS estate that is not built on the reclaimed land. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Group.[8][23] It has 5 blocks built in 1989.

Name[24]TypeCompletion
Block 1Private Sector Participation Scheme1989
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5

Jolly Place

Jolly Place

Jolly Place (traditional Chinese: 樂頤居; simplified Chinese: 乐颐居) is a Senior Citizen Residence Scheme court in Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, near Hang Hau station.[25] It is one of this kind of elderly housing in Hong Kong, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society.[26] It offers middle-class elder citizen to enjoy lifelong residence by paying an amount of rent in lump sum or by instalments.[27][28]

Kin Ming Estate

Kin Ming Estate

Kin Ming Estate (Chinese: 健明邨) is the eighth public housing estate, and consists of 10 housing blocks completed in 2003.[29]

Kin Ming Estate was formerly the site of Tiu Keng Leng Cottage Area, an area settled by Kuomintang Army in Hong Kong after Chinese Civil War ended in 1949. After the area was demolished in 1997, a massive clearance, reclamation and redevelopment 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 reclaimed land afterwards.[30]

Kin Ming Estate was originally an HOS court called Kin Ming Court (健明苑), but it was changed to rental housing finally and renamed to the current name.[31]

Name Building type Completed
Kin Ching House New Harmony 1 Option 7 2003
Kin Wa House
Kin Hei House
Kin Fai House New Harmony Annex Type 5
Ming Yuet House
Ming Chau House New Harmony 1 Option 5
Ming Sing House
Ming Wik House
Ming Yu House
Ming Yat House New Harmony 1 Option 7

King Lam Estate

King Lam Estate

King Lam Estate (Chinese: 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.[32] Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4 in 2001.[33]

NameTypeCompletion
King Lui HouseNew Slab1990
King Chung House
King Min HouseTrident 3
(Early Gen. )
King Tao HouseTrident 3
(Late Gen.)
King Yu House
King Nam HouseTrident 4
(Early Gen.)
King Yung HouseTrident 4
(Late Gen.)

[34]

King Ming Court

King Ming Court (Chinese: 景明苑) is a HOS estate, near Tsui Lam Estate.[35] It is only HOS estate built at a hill, but not on the reclaimed land. It has 3 blocks built in 1988.

Name[36]TypeCompletion
Hei King HouseNew Cruciform (Ver.1984)1988
Fai King House
Yuk King House

Kwong Ming Court

Kwong Ming Court (Chinese: 廣明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate.[6] It has 7 blocks built in 1998.

Name[37]TypeCompletion
Kwong Cheong HouseHarmony 1 Option 7
(3 Gen.)		1998
Kwong Lung House
Kwong Yin House
Kwong Sui House
Kwong Ying House
Kwong Ning House
Kwong Sun House

Mount Verdant

Mount Verdant

Mount Verdant (Chinese: 翠嶺峰) is a court under the Subsidized Sale Flats Project developed by Hong Kong Housing Society in Chui Ling Road, Tiu King Leng, Tseung Kwan O, near Kin Ming Estate. It comprises single 38-storey tower with total 330 units ranging from 271 to 684 square feet.[38]

The court was sold together with another court, Terrace Concerto in Tuen Mun, in 2017, at prices between HK$2.19 million and HK$6.23 million, or about 30 percent less than market prices.[39] It is expected to complete in 2021.[40][41]

NameTypeCompletion
Mount VerdantDesigned by architect2021

Ming Tak Estate

Ming Tak Estate and Hin Ming Court

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

NameTypeCompletion
Ming Kok HouseHarmony 1 Option 6
(2 Gen.)		1996
Ming Toa House

[42]

On Ning Garden

On Ning Garden

On Ning Garden (Chinese: 安寧花園) is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Hang Hau station. It was jointly developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority and Hening Investment. It consists of 6 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 1991.[10] In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed.

Name[43]TypeCompletion
Block 1Private Sector Participation Scheme1991
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5
Block 6

Po Lam Estate

Po Lam Estate

Po Lam Estate (Chinese: 寶林邨) is a TPS estate and the first public housing estate.[44] The estate has a total of 7 blocks of residential towers with 5,272 units.[45] In 2004, some of the flats (Po Kim House excluded) were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6A.[46]

NameTypeCompletion
Po Ning HouseNew Slab1988
Po Kan House
Po Yan HouseTrident 2
Po Tai House
Po Tak House
Po Chi House
Po Kim HouseSmall Household Block2001

[47]

Po Ming Court

Po Ming Court (Chinese: 寶明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate.[6] It has 2 blocks built in 1998.

Name[48]TypeCompletion
Po Chung HouseHarmony 1 Option 5
(3 Gen.)		1998
Po Pak House

Radiant Towers

Sheung Tak Estate

Sheung Tak Estate

Sheung Tak Estate (Chinese: 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 shopping centre.[49]

NameTypeCompletion
Sheung Nim HouseHsc1998
Sheung Chun HouseHarmony 1 Option 5
(3 Gen.)
Sheung Yan House
Sheung Yee House Harmony 1 Option 5 with New Harmony Annex 2 (3 Gen.)
Sheung Chi HouseHarmony 1 Option 10
(3 Gen.)
Sheung Ming House
Sheung Shun House
Sheung Lai House
Sheung Mei HouseSmall Household Block[50]2002

[51][52]

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.

NameChinese nameTypeCompletion
Shin Chi House善智樓Non-Standard block
(Cross-shaped)		2011
Shin Lai House善禮樓Non-Standard Block (Cross-shaped)
with Annex Block

The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle (Chinese: 疊翠軒) is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme estate,[53] near Po Lam station. It was developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 1999. It has 4 blocks in total.[54] Not all units were sold before the subsidized-sale scheme was stopped, but the government released the rest of the units in 2010.[55] 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.[56]

Tong Ming Court

Tong Ming Court (Chinese: 唐明苑) is a HOS estate, near Sheung Tak Estate.[6] It has 3 blocks built in 1999.

Name[57]TypeCompletion
Tong Fai HouseHarmony 1 Option 7
(3.5 Gen.)		1999
Tong Wong House
Tong Fu House

Tsui Lam Estate

Tsui Lam Estate

Tsui Lam Estate (Chinese: 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,[58] and it is the only public housing estate which was not built on the reclaimed land.[59] In 2005, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B.[60][61] 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.[62]

NameTypeCompletion
Choi Lam HouseNew Slab1988
Fai Lam House
Nga Lam House
Yan Lam House
Pik Lam HouseTrident 2
Sau Lam House
Hong Lam House
On Lam House

Verbena Heights

Verbena Heights

Verbena Heights (Chinese: 茵怡花園) is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land in Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, located near Po Lam station. It was developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 1996 and 1997. It consists of 7 residential blocks with a total of 1894 saleable units and 971 rental units.[63][64] It is an attempt to design environmentally-responsible housing.[65] It received a Silver Medal at the 1998 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards.[66]

Wo Ming Court

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

Name[67]TypeCompletion
Wo Yat HouseHarmony 1 Option 7
(3.5 Gen.)		1999
Wo Fai House
Wo Cheong HouseConcord 2 Option 2
Wo Hui House

Yan Ming Court

Yan Ming Court (Chinese: 欣明苑) is a HOS estate, near Po Lam Estate, Ying Ming Court, Po Lam station and Metro City. It has 5 blocks built in 1990.

Name[68]TypeCompletion
Yan Chung HouseNew Cruciform (Ver.1984)1990
Yan Chuk House
Yan Mui House
Yan Lan House
Yan Kuk House

Yee Ming Estate

Yee Ming Estate

Yee Ming Estate (Chinese: 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.[69]

English nameChinese nameTypeStoreysCompletion
Yee Yan House怡茵樓Non-Standard Block
(Y-shaped)		-2014
Yee Yuet House怡悅樓Non-Standard Block
(Z-shaped)
Yee Ching House怡情樓

Ying Ming Court

Ying Ming Court (Chinese: 英明苑) is a HOS estate, near Po Lam Estate, Yan Ming Court, Po Lam station and Metro City. It has 5 blocks built in 1989.

Name[68]TypeCompletion
Ming Yuen HouseNew Cruciform (Ver.1984)1989
Ming Leung House
Ming Tat House
Ming Chi House
Ming On House

Yu Ming Court

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

Name[70]TypeCompletion
Yu Wing HouseHarmony 1 Option 4
(1 Gen.)		1994
Yu Cheong House

Yuk Ming Court

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

Name[71]TypeCompletion
Wai Ming HouseHarmony 2 Option 7
(2 Gen.)		1996
Kwan Ming House
Hei Ming House

Yung Ming Court

Yung Ming Court

Yung Ming Court (Chinese: 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 Savannah, with a few walking distance to MTR Tseung Kwan O station. It comprises 2 blocks with 1,395 flats in total,[72] 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.[73][74]

NameTypeCompletion
Chak Ming House (Block A)Non-Standard Block
(Cross, slab shaped)		2020
Yun Ming House (Block B)Non-Standard Block (Cross, slab shaped)
with Y-Shaped Annex

References

  1. 1 2 OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 9 April 1997
  2. ↑ Unusual Settlement
  3. ↑ Minor defects found on grounds near On Ning Garden
  4. ↑ Causes of settlement in TKO
  5. ↑ Buildings at Tseung Kwan O Are Safe
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Tseung Kwan O Centre Tseung Kwan O (South) Integrated Family Service Centre
  7. 1 2 Tseung Kwan O Delivery Office
  8. 1 2 Shui On Properties
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  10. 1 2 3 On Ning Garden
  11. ↑ Bauhinia Garden
  12. ↑ Beverly Garden
  13. ↑ Choi Ming Court
  14. ↑ Choi Ming Court (HOS)
  15. ↑ Choi Ming Court (Rental)
  16. ↑ Chung Ming Court
  17. ↑ Fu Ning Garden
  18. ↑ Hau Tak Estate
  19. ↑ Hau Tak Estate
  20. ↑ Hin Ming Court
  21. ↑ Ho Ming Court
  22. ↑ http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_02399/report-05.pdf
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  24. ↑ Hong Sing Garden
  25. ↑ Jolly Place
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  27. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  28. ↑ HOLISTIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT : CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS IN JOLLY PLACE
  29. ↑ Kin Ming Estate
  30. ↑ Down Memory Lane – Tiu Keng Leng
  31. ↑ Re-naming of Estate and Blocks for Kin Ming Court, Tseung Kwan O Area 73A
  32. ↑ King Lam Estate
  33. ↑ Tenants Purchase Scheme
  34. ↑ King Lam Estate
  35. ↑ Tseung Kwan O (North) Integrated Family Service Centre
  36. ↑ King Ming Court
  37. ↑ Kwong Ming Court
  38. ↑ Mount Verdant
  39. ↑ Mad scramble as applications open for subsidized sale flats
  40. ↑ Terrace Concerto
  41. ↑ 620 subsidized units go on sale next week
  42. ↑ Ming Tak Estate
  43. ↑ On Ning Garden
  44. ↑ Tseung Kwan O New Town Archived 11 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  45. ↑ Po Lam Estate
  46. ↑ Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6A
  47. ↑ Po Lam Estate
  48. ↑ Po Ming Court
  49. ↑ Sheung Tak Shopping Centre
  50. ↑ Naming of Public Housing Block at Sheung Tak Estate
  51. ↑ Sheung Tak Estate
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  57. ↑ Tong Ming Court
  58. ↑ 將軍澳交通發展史 (Chinese Version)
  59. ↑ 將軍澳-知多一點點 (Chinese Version)
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  61. ↑ Last tenants-purchase units to go on sale
  62. ↑ Tsui Lam Estate
  63. ↑ Verbena Heights
  64. ↑ Verbena Heights
  65. ↑ Verbena Heights (Tseung Kwan O Housing Development)
  66. ↑ List of Past HKIA Annual Awards
  67. ↑ Wo Ming Court
  68. 1 2 Yan Ming Court
  69. ↑ "STH visits public rental housing site in Tseung Kwan O and Wo Che Estate in Sha Tin (with photos)". Press releases. Government of Hong Kong. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  70. ↑ Yu Ming Court
  71. ↑ Yuk Ming Court
  72. ↑ Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2019 - Yung Ming Court
  73. ↑ Six HOS projects to yield more than 4,800 flats
  74. ↑ Range of Selling Prices for the Sale of Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2019
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