Public housing estates in Sha Tin

The following is a list of public housing estates in Sha Tin and Fo Tan, 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.

History

When Sha Tin New Town was being developed, the beach and Sha Tin Hoi was reclaimed to construct Lek Yuen Estate, Wo Che Estate, Sha Kok Estate and Jat Min Chuen.^[1]

Overview

Name		Type	Inaug.	No Blocks	No Units	Notes
Fung Wo Estate	豐和邨	Public	2013	3	1,600
Hong Lam Court	康林苑	HOS	1990	3	1,050
Jat Min Chuen	乙明邨	Public	1981	3	3,730	HK Housing Society
Ka Shun Court	嘉順苑	HOS	2018	1	248	under construction
Kwong Lam Court	廣林苑	HOS	1990	3	1,832
Kwong Yuen Estate	廣源邨	TPS	1989	6	1,807
Lek Yuen Estate	瀝源邨	Public	1975	7	3,219
Pok Hong Estate	博康邨	TPS	1982	8	5,481
Shui Chuen O Estate	水泉澳邨	Public	2014-15	18	11,123	under construction
Sui Wo Court	穗禾苑	HOS	1980	9	3,501
Sunshine Grove	晴碧花園	Sandwich	1999	2	508	HK Housing Society
Sha Kok Estate	沙角邨	Public	1980	7	6,420
Shek Mun Estate	石門邨	Public	2009	2	2,000
Wo Che Estate	禾輋邨	Public	1977	13	6,297
Yu Chui Court	愉翠苑	HOS	2001	16	4,176
Yue Shing Court	愉城苑	HOS	1980	4	530
Yue Tin Court	愉田苑	HOS	1982	7	1,704

Fung Wo Estate

Fung Wo Estate opened beside Wo Che Estate in 2013 on the site of the former Sha Tin Police Married Quarters, which were demolished in 2007. It comprises three blocks housing 3,500 people.^[2]

Name	Type	Completion
Wo Yue House	Non-standard	2013
Wo On House
Wo Shun House

Ka Shun Court

Ka Shun Court is a Home Ownership Scheme estate comprising one block with 32 storeys. There are eight flats on each floor (excluding the ground level) producing 248 flats for sale. It is located in Hin Tin, within walking distance of the Hin Keng railway station which is scheduled to open in 2019. Ka Shun Court is under construction and is expected to be completed by 2018.^[3] It was built by Paul Y. General Contractors Limited.

Kwong Yuen Estate / Hong Lam Court / Kwong Lam Court

Kwong Yuen Estate (Chinese: 廣源邨) is a mixed public and TPS estate in Siu Lek Yuen. Unlike other public estates in Sha Tin, Kwong Yuen Estate is built on sloping platform, instead of reclaimed land.^[4] In 2001, some of the flats were sold to the tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4.^[5]

The Commercial Centre Complex of the estate was designed to merge into the village environment in the vicinity. Unlike the commercial centres of other public housing estates, the Complex consists of five two-level blocks which are standing on two platforms.^[4] The 26m clock tower of the Complex is to reinforce the image of the Commercial Centre.^[4] In 1992, the design of the commercial centre won a Certificate of Merit in the annual design competition which was organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects.^[4][6]

Name[7]	Type	Completion
Pine House	Trident 4	1989
Oak House
Banyan House
Cypress House
Kapok House	Trident 3
Alder House

Lek Yuen Estate

Lek Yuen Estate (Chinese: 瀝源邨) was the first public housing estate in Sha Tin, and is built on the reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi, located near Wo Che Estate and Sha Tin Station. The estate consists of seven residential blocks completed in 1975.^[8]

Lek Yuen Estate was one of the first of a "new generation" of estates which were more self-contained with regard to the provision of amenities and shopping.^[9] Covered walkways allow tenants to do their shopping close to home, without relying on cars or trains. This is now a standard element of housing estate design in Hong Kong. When the old Sha Tin market was being demolished, many merchants were relocated to the Lek Yuen Estate shops, though some complained of comparatively "exorbitant" rents.^[10]

The shopping centre is now owned by The Link REIT. The estate locality has several other facilities including a market, a park, a public clinic, an entertainment building called "Sha Tin Fun City", and numerous schools. An elevated walkway runs through the estate, linking it to Sha Tin Town Centre (to the south) and Wo Che Estate (to the north).

English name	Chinese name	Type	Completion
Wing Shui House	榮瑞樓	Old Slab	1975
Wah Fung House	華豐樓
Fu Yu House	富裕樓
Kwai Wo House	貴和樓
Fook Hoi House	福海樓
Luk Chuen House	祿泉樓
Sau Chuen House	壽全樓

Pok Hong Estate

Pok Hong Estate (Chinese: 博康邨) is a mixed estate consisting of eight residential blocks completed in 1982, 1983 and 1985.^[11] Its site was originally a shallow sand beach near Sha Tin Hoi. Some of the flats were sold to the tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5 in 2002.^[1]

Name[12]	Type	Completion
Pok Yue House	Old Slab	1982
Pok Wah House
Pok Man House	Double H	1983
Pok On House
Pok Tat House		1985
Pok Yat House	Trident 2
Pok Chi House
Pok Tai House

Sha Kok Estate

Sha Kok Estate (Chinese: 沙角邨) is located near Pok Hong Estate, Jat Min Chuen and Sha Tin Wai Station.^[13]

The blocks in the estate are named after birds.

Name[14]	Type	Completion
Skylark House	Triple H	1982
Herring Gull House		1981
Oriole House	Old Slab	1982
Bean Goose House
Sand Martin House		1980
Green Heron House
Osprey House

The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE) moved in 2012 into the former Sha Kok Primary School in Sha Kok Estate, sharing the same building with Hong Kong Education City. It is located next to Buddhist Kok Kwong Secondary School.

Shui Chuen O Estate

Shui Chuen O Estate comprises 18 blocks opened between 2014 and 2016, offering 11,123 public rental flats. It also includes a commercial complex with 59 shops and an indoor market.^[15] The new estate sits on a hillside and will be connected to the lower-lying areas by footbridges and lift towers, providing easy access to Pok Hong Estate and Sha Tin Wai Station.

English name	Chinese Name	Type	Phase	Completion
Ching Chuen House	清泉樓	Non-standard (Y-shaped)	1	2014
Long Chuen House	朗泉樓
Yan Chuen House	欣泉樓
Hei Chuen House	喜泉樓
Shing Chuen House	城泉樓		2	2015
Ho Chuen House	河泉樓
Ming Chuen House	明泉樓
Mau Chuen House	茂泉樓		3
Lam Chuen House	林泉樓
Shou Chuen House	修泉樓
Chuk Chuen House	竹泉樓
Sung Chuen House	崇泉樓		4
Ling Chuen House	嶺泉樓
Lok Chuen House	樂泉樓	Non-standard (cross-shaped)	1	2014
Yuet Chuen House	月泉樓		2	2015
Ying Chuen House	映泉樓
Shan Chuen House	山泉樓		4
Tsun Chuen House	峻泉樓

Sui Wo Court

Sui Wo Court (Chinese: 穗禾苑) is one of the first estates under HOS in Sha Tin, built in 1980. It is located on a mountain above Wo Che and east of Fo Tan in the northwest of Sha Tin. It received a Silver Medal at the 1981 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards.^[6]

Wo Che Estate

Wo Che Estate (Chinese: 禾輋邨) is the second public housing estate in Sha Tin, after Lek Yuen Estate.^[16] Built on the reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi,^[17] the estate consists of 13 residential blocks completed in 1975, 1980 and 2003.

Name[18]	Type	Completion
Hong Wo House	Twin Tower	1975
Fung Wo House
Shun Wo House
Man Wo House		1980
Tai Wo House
Fung Wo House
Yan Wo House	Single H
Mei Wo House
Hip Wo House	Double H
Tak Wo House	Old Slab	1975
Hau Wo House		1980
Chi Wo House
King Wo House	New Cruciform	2003

The 13th house in the estate, King Wo House, was originally the HOS house called "Fung Sui Court", but the Hong Kong Housing Authority decided to transfer it to rental house before it was occupied in 2003.^[19]

Jat Min Chuen

Jat Min Chuen (Chinese: 乙明邨) is the only one estate in Sha Tin developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society. It consists of three residential buildings completed in 1981 and 1982.^[20] It was named for Mr. Tan Jat Ming (陳乙明), the former honorary treasurer of the Society.^[21][22]

Unlike other estates, the Hong Kong Housing Society financed the construct of Jat Min Chuen using a bank loan at a high interest rate, rather than from the Government. Therefore, the rent in the estate was forced to be put up as the Society needed to return money to banks afterwards.^[23]

Shek Mun Estate

Shek Mun Estate (Chinese: 碩門邨) is a public housing estate built on reclaimed land in Shek Mun, Sha Tin, near the MTR Shek Mun Station.^[24] It consists of two residential buildings completed in 2009.^[25][26][27]

A second phase, comprising four more blocks, started construction in 2015. This phase occupies a 2.25 ha site across the road from the existing estate and also includes a commercial centre, a welfare block, a kindergarten, a car park, and public space.^[28]

Name[29]	Type	Completion
Kin Shek House	Harmony	2009
Mei Shek House
(Block 3)	?	2018
(Block 4)
(Block 5)
(Block 6)

Sunshine Grove

Sunshine Grove (Chinese: 晴碧花園) is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme court in Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, near City One Shatin and MTR City One Station.^[30] It consists of two blocks built in 1999.^[31][32]

Yu Chui Court

Yu Chui Court (Chinese: 愉翠苑) is a HOS court in Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, near MTR City One Station. Built on the reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi, it consists of 16 blocks (except the 2 demolished blocks) built in 2001.

Short-piling scandal

In 2000, Block C and D of the court was found short-piling, in which only four of the 18 piles of the blocks could meet the specifications.^[33][34] Finally, the government decided to demolish the two blocks for safety reasons. The site was then reconstructed as a garden.^[35]

Name[36]	Type	Completion
Yu Fun House	Concord	2001
Yu Yan House
Yu Moon House
Yu Sin House
Yu Yeung House
Yu Chai House
Yu Kui House
Yu Ting House
Yu Man House
Yu Nang House
Yu Yin House
Yu Lai House
Yu Chung House
Yu Lim House
Yu Ching House
Yu Kan House

Yue Tin Court

Yue Tin Court (Chinese: 愉田苑) is a HOS court in Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, near City One Shatin and City One Station.^[37][38] It has seven blocks built in 1982 and 1983 respectively.

Name[39]	Type	Completion
Yue Sui House	Flexi 1	1982
Yue Wo House
Yue Kin House
Yue Chak House
Yue Yat House	Flexi 2	1983
Yue Yuet House
Yue Kwan House

Yue Shing Court

Yue Shing Court (Chinese: 愉城苑) is a HOS court in Sha Tin, near Sha Kok Estate and Jat Ming Chuen.^[40] Built on reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi, the court consists of four blocks built in 1980.

Name[41]	Type	Completion
Shing Yan House	Old-Cruciform	1980
Shing Wing House
Shing Cheung House
Shing Hong House

See also

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

References