Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate
Traditional Chinese牛頭角上邨
Simplified Chinese牛头角上邨
New Estate Board of Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate
Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate Phase 1
Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate Phase 2 and 3
Entry Plaza of Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate

Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate (Chinese: 牛頭角上邨) is a public housing estate in Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong,[1] located next to Kwun Tong Garden Estate and between MTR Ngau Tau Kok station and Kowloon Bay station. After redevelopment, the estate has 9 blocks developed into 3 phases.

Background

The whole Ngau Tau Kok Estate was separated into Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate and Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, developed in late 1960s.[2] Upper Estate was a low cost housing estate with totally 9 blocks, while Lower Estate was a resettlement estate with totally 14 blocks.[3][4]

Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate started its Phase 1 redevelopment in 1998,[5] in which 3 new blocks were constructed in 2003 to offer totally 2,133 units.[6][7] Phases 2 & 3, which demolished Blocks 1-5 in 2003 and reconstruction started in 2005 and has 6 blocks with totally 4,584 units, were built in 2009.[8][9] Most of the residents are those affected by the redevelopment of Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate.[10][11]

Houses

Name[12]TypeCompletion
Sheung Mun HouseHarmony 12003
Sheung Yat House
Sheung Yuet HouseSingle Aspect Building
Sheung Hing HouseHarmony Special (Non Standard)2009
Sheung Shing House
Sheung Fu House
Sheung Wing House
Sheung Hong House
Sheung Tai House

Education

Upper Ngau Tau Kok 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.[13]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ "Kwun Tong District" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  2. ↑ "History of Kwun Tong". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ↑ 香港地方 - 政府廉租屋 (Chinese)
  4. ↑ 香港地方 - 徙置區 (Chinese)
  5. ↑ Revised Client Brief and Viability for the Shopping Centre at Redevelopment of Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate
  6. ↑ "KOWLOON DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME NEW RECLAMATIONS/DEVELOPMENT AREAS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  7. ↑ Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate and Lei Yue Mun Estate
  8. ↑ Public Rental Housing Allocation Plan for 2009/10
  9. ↑ Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate Shopping Centre
  10. ↑ Treasure HK．The Cattle Hom
  11. ↑ Overlooked voices on Ngau Tau Kok reconstruction
  12. ↑ Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate
  13. ↑ "POA School Net 48" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-12.

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