Public housing estates in Tai Po

The following is a list of public housing estates in Tai Po, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.

Overview

Name		Type	Inaug.	No Blocks	No Units	Notes
Chung Nga Court	頌雅苑	HOS	1991	3	2,040
Elegance Garden	富雅花園	PSPS	1990	4	1,060
Fu Heng Estate	富亨邨	TPS	1990	8	2,229
Fu Shin Estate	富善邨	TPS	1985	6	4,600
King Nga Court	景雅苑	HOS	1992	2	700
Kwong Fuk Estate	廣福邨	Public	1983	8	6,189
Ming Nga Court	明雅苑	HOS	1985	3	1,680
Po Nga Court	寶雅苑	HOS	1989	3	2,448
Sun Hing Garden	新興花園	PSPS	1986	5	1,460
Tai Po Plaza	大埔廣場	PSPS	1985	5	1,480
Tai Wo Estate	太和邨	TPS	1989	9	2,582
Tai Yuen Estate	大元邨	Public	1980	7	4,876
Tak Nga Court	德雅苑	HOS	1992	1	816
Ting Nga Court	汀雅苑	HOS	1981	3	395
Wan Tau Tong Estate	運頭塘邨	TPS	1991	3	2,675
Wang Fuk Court	宏福苑	HOS	1983	8	1,984
Yat Nga Court	逸雅苑	HOS	1991	2	1,224
Yee Nga Court	怡雅苑	HOS	1993	5	1,750

Chung Nga Court

Chung Nga Court (Chinese: 頌雅苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme estate in the north of Tai Po, located near Fu Heng Estate. It comprises three residential buildings built in 1991.^[1][2]

Name	Type	Completion
Chung Chun House	Trident 3	1991
Chung Sin House	Trident 4
Chung May House

^[3]

Elegance Garden

Elegance Garden (Chinese: 富雅花園) is a Private Sector Participation Scheme estate in Tai Po, near Uptown Plaza, Wan Tau Tong Estate and MTR Tai Po Market Station.^[4][5][6] It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Chevalier Group.^[7] It has four blocks built in 1990.

Name[8]	Type	Completion
Block 1	Private Sector Participation Scheme	1990
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4

Fu Heng Estate

Fu Heng Estate (Chinese: 富亨邨) is a mixed estate consisting of 8 residential buildings completed in 1990.^[9] Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.^[10]

Name	Type	Completion
Heng Shing House	New Slab	1990
Heng Yue House
Heng Wing House	Trident 3
Heng Tsui House
Heng Yiu House
Heng Tai House	Trident 4
Heng Cheong House
Heng Lung House

^[11]

Fu Shin Estate

Fu Shin Estate (Chinese: 富善邨) is a mixed public housing and TPS estate, built on the reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi.^[12] The estate consists of six residential blocks completed in 1985.^[9] In 2005, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B.^[13]

Name	Type	Completion
Shin Kwan House	Trident 1	1985
Shin Lun House
Shin King House	Trident 2
Shin Mei House
Shin Nga House
Shin Tsui House

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Lift plunge incident

In October 2008, a lift at Shin Nga House, Fu Shin Estate suddenly plunged 14 storeys, but no one was injured. This raised concerns on lift safety.^[15][16] The government later confirmed the incident was caused by the failure of the counterweight pulley bearing, which caused the dislodgement of all eight suspension ropes from the counterweight.^[17]

King Nga Court / Tak Nga Court / Yat Nga Court

The three HOS estates, King Nga Court (Chinese: 景雅苑), Tak Nga Court (Chinese: 德雅苑) and Yat Nga Court (Chinese: 逸雅苑), are built near Wan Tau Tong Estate between 1991 and 1992.^[1]

Court	Name	Type	Completion
Yat Nga Court	Yat Wing House	Trident 4	1991
	Yat Yan House
King Nga Court	King Yan House	NCB	1992
	King Yuet House
Tak Nga Court		Trident

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Kwong Fuk Estate

Kwong Fuk Estate (Chinese: 廣福邨) is the second public housing estate in Tai Po. Built at the reclaimed land at the east of Tai Po Old Market near Yuen Chau Tsai,^[9][12] the estate consists of 8 residential buildings completed in 1983.

Name	Type	Completion
Kwong Yan House	Old Slab	1983
Kwong Wai House
Kwong Lai House	Twin Tower
Kwong Yi House
Kwong Yau House
Kwong Ping House
Kwong Chi House	Trident 2
Kwong Shung House

^[21]

Ming Nga Court

Ming Nga Court (Chinese: 明雅苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme estate in Tai Po.,^[22] located at the reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi^[9][12] next to Fu Shin Estate and Yee Nga Court. It was developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority in 1985.^[23]

Name	Type	Completion
Ming Hoi House	Windwill	1985
Ming Yan House
Ming Cheong House

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Po Heung Estate

Po Heung Estate (Chinese: 寶鄉邨) is a public housing estate in Po Heung Street, Tai Po, which has 2 blocks with totally 483 flats. Its location was formerly the office of Tai Po Rural Committee and Tai Po Temporary Market. It was completed in 2016.^[25]

Po Nga Court

Po Nga Court (Chinese: 寶雅苑) is a HOS estate near Tai Wo Estate, which has 3 residential buildings completed in 1989.^[1][26]

Name	Type	Completion
Yat Wo House	Trident 3	1989
Hing Wo House
Ka Wo House

^[27]

Sun Hing Garden

Sun Hing Garden is a Private Sector Participation Scheme estate in Tai Po, near Fu Shin Estate, Chung Nga Court, Ming Nga Court.^[28] Built on the reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi, the estate consists of 5 blocks built in 1986.

Name[29]	Type	Completion
Hong Che Court(Block 1)	Private Sector Participation Scheme	1986
Hong Yan Court(Block 2)
Hong Shing Court(Block 3)
Hong Shun Court(Block 4)
Hong Man Court(Block 5)

Tai Po Plaza

Tai Po Plaza (Chinese: 大埔廣場) is a Private Sector Participation Scheme estate in Tai Po, near Tai Po Centre, Tai Yuen Estate, Fortune Plaza and Tai Po Centre Bus Terminus.^[28] It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Group.^[30] It has totally 5 blocks completed in 1985.

Name[31]	Type	Completion
Yee Fai Court	Private Sector Participation Scheme	1985
Yee Fu Court
Yee Hing Court
Yee Sing Court
Yee Tak Court

Tai Wo Estate

Tai Wo Estate (Chinese: 太和邨) consists of 9 residential buildings completed in 1989. It is one of the public housing estates in Tai Po that is not built on the reclaimed land. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.^[10]

Name	Type	Completion
Oi Wo House	New Slab	1989
On Wo House
Hang Wo House
Fook Wo House	Trident 3
Hei Wo House
Kui Wo House
Lai Wo House
Sun Wo House
Tsui Wo House

^[32]

Tai Yuen Estate

Tai Yuen Estate (Chinese: 大元邨) is the first public housing estate in Tai Po,^[33][34] located at the town centre of Tai Po New Town. It is built on the reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi, the estate consists of 7 residential blocks completed in 1980.^[9]

Name	Type	Completion
Tai Yee House	Triple H	1980
Tai Lok House
Tai Ling House	Double H
Tai Yan House
Tai Tak House	Old Slab
Tai Wing House
Tai Man House

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Ting Nga Court

Ting Nga Court (Chinese: 汀雅苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme estate in Tai Po, near Tai Yuen Estate. Built on the reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi, It consists of 3 blocks completed in 1981.

Name[36]	Type	Completion
Nga Yin House	Old-Cruciform	1981
Nga Man House
Nga Kwan House

Wan Tau Tong Estate

Wan Tau Tong Estate (Chinese: 運頭塘邨) is the latest public housing estate in Tai Po, but it is not built on the reclaimed land. The estate consists of 3 residential buildings completed in 1991.^[34][37] Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 1 in 1998.^[38]

Name	Type	Completion
Wan Hang House	Trident 3	1991
Wan Lam House
Wan Loi House

^[39]

Wang Fuk Court

Wang Fuk Court (Chinese: 宏福苑) is a HOS estate in Tai Po, near Kwong Fuk Estate. It has 8 residential buildings, offering 1,987 units and built in 1983.^[40]

Name[41]	Type	Completion
Wang Yan House	Flexi 2	1983
Wang Tao House
Wang Sun House
Wang Kin House
Wang Tai House
Wang Cheong House
Wang Shing House
Wang Chi House

Yee Nga Court

Yee Nga Court (Chinese: 怡雅苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme estate in Tai Po,^[22] located at the reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi^[9][12] next to Fu Shin Estate and Ming Nga Court. It was developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority in 1993.

Name	Type	Completion
Yee Lai House	NCB	1993
Yee Shun House
Yee Hau House
Yee Dat House
Yee Leung House

^[42]

See also

• Public housing in Hong Kong
• List of public housing estates in Hong Kong

References