Public housing estates in Sha Tin

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
Jat Min Chuen 乙明邨 Public 1981 3 3,730 HK Housing Society
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
Sha Kok Estate 沙角邨 Public 1980 7 6,420
Shek Mun Estate 碩門邨 Public 2009, 2018 2 2,000 Extra four blocks are under construction
Sunshine Grove 晴碧花園 Sandwich 1999 2 508 HK Housing Society
Wo Che Estate 禾輋邨 Public 1977 13 6,297
Greenhill Villa 綠怡雅苑 SSFP 2019 3 1,020 HK Housing Society
Hong Lam Court 康林苑 HOS 1990 3 1,050
Kwong Lam Court 廣林苑 HOS 1990 3 1,832
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

Estates

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]

NameTypeCompletion
Wo Yue HouseNon-standard2013
Wo On House
Wo Shun House

Lek Yuen Estate
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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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" (沙田娛樂城), 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 nameChinese nameTypeCompletion
Wing Shui House榮瑞樓Old Slab1975
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

Pok Hong Estate (Chinese: 博康邨) is a mixed estate consisting of eight residential blocks completed in 1982, 1983 and 1985.[6] 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] In 2019, the housing estate has an estimated population of 16,063.[7]

Name[8]TypeCompletion
Pok Yue HouseOld Slab1982
Pok Wah House
Pok Man HouseDouble H1983
Pok On House
Pok Tat House1985
Pok Yat HouseTrident 2
Pok Chi House
Pok Tai House

Sha Kok Estate
Bean Goose House and Sand Martin House in Sha Kok Estate

Sha Kok Estate (Chinese: 沙角邨) is located near Pok Hong Estate, Jat Min Chuen and Sha Tin Wai station.[9]

The blocks in the estate are named after birds.

Name[10]TypeCompletion
Skylark HouseTriple H1982
Herring Gull House1981
Oriole HouseOld Slab1982
Bean Goose House
Sand Martin House1980
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
Main article: Shui Chuen O Estate
Shui Chuen O Estate bordering Lion Rock Country Park and Ma On Shan Country Park
Shui Chen O Estate, Shatin (Hong Kong)

Shui Chuen O Estate comprises 18 blocks opened between 2015 and 2017, offering 11,123 public rental flats. It also includes a commercial complex with 59 shops and an indoor market.[11] 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 nameChinese NameTypePhaseCompletion
Ching Chuen House清泉樓Non-standard
(Y-shaped)		12014
Long Chuen House朗泉樓
Yan Chuen House欣泉樓
Hei Chuen House喜泉樓
Shing Chuen House城泉樓22015
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)		12014
Yuet Chuen House月泉樓22015
Ying Chuen House映泉樓
Shan Chuen House山泉樓4
Tsun Chuen House峻泉樓

Wo Che Estate
Twin Tower buildings in Wo Che Estate.

Wo Che Estate (Chinese: 禾輋邨) is the second public housing estate in Sha Tin, after Lek Yuen Estate. Built on the reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi,[12] the estate consists of 13 residential blocks completed in 1975, 1980 and 2003.

Name[13]TypeCompletion
Hong Wo HouseTwin Tower1975
Fung Wo House
Shun Wo House
Man Wo House1980
Tai Wo House
Foo Wo House
Yan Wo HouseSingle H
Mei Wo House
Hip Wo HouseDouble H
Tak Wo HouseOld Slab1975
Hau Wo House1980
Chi Wo House
King Wo HouseNew Cruciform2003

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.[14]

Kwong Yuen Estate, Kwong Lam Court and Hong Lam Court
Main article: Kwong Yuen Estate
Kwong Yuen Estate

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.[15] In 2001, some of the flats were sold to the tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4.[16]

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.[15] The 26m clock tower of the Complex is to reinforce the image of the Commercial Centre.[15] 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.[15][17]

Name[18]TypeCompletion
Pine HouseTrident 41989
Oak House
Banyan House
Cypress House
Kapok HouseTrident 3
Alder House

Shek Mun Estate
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.[19] It consists of two residential buildings completed in 2009.[20][21][22]

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.[23]

Name[24]TypeCompletion
Kin Shek HouseHarmony2009
Mei Shek House
Fung Shek HouseNon-standard (T-shaped)2019
Sun Shek House
Shui Shek House
Hei Shek House

Jat Min Chuen
Sign of 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.[25] It was named for Mr. Tan Jat Ming (陳乙明), the former honorary treasurer of the Society.[26][27]

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.[28]

Greenhill Villa
Not to be confused with Greenview Villa.
Greenhill Villa

Greenhill Villa (Chinese: 綠怡雅苑) is a Subsidised Sale Flats Project court developed by Hong Kong Housing Society and constructed by Chun Wo Construction,[29] located at Siu Lek Yuen of Sha Tin District. It comprises three 35 to 38-storey towers providing 1,020 small and medium-sized flats. It was launched for pre-sale in February 2016 and completed in 2019.[30]

  • Greenhill Villa in November 2016
  • Greenhill Villa in October 2017
  • Greenhill Villa in May 2018
House nameTypeCompletion
Block 1 Designed by architect 2019
Block 2
Block 3

Sunshine Grove
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.[31] It consists of two blocks built in 1999.[32][33]

Yu Chui Court
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.

In 2000, Block E and D of the court was found short-piling, in which only four of the 18 piles of the blocks could meet the specifications.[34][35] Finally, the government decided to demolish the two blocks for safety reasons. The site was then reconstructed as a garden.[36]

Name[37]TypeCompletion
Yu Fun HouseConcord2001
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.[38][39] It has seven blocks built in 1982 and 1983 respectively.

Name[40]TypeCompletion
Yue Sui HouseFlexi 11982
Yue Wo House
Yue Kin House
Yue Chak House
Yue Yat HouseFlexi 21983
Yue Yuet House
Yue Kwan House

Yue Shing Court
Yue Shing Court (right)

Yue Shing Court (Chinese: 愉城苑) is a HOS court in Sha Tin, near Sha Kok Estate and Jat Ming Chuen.[41] Built on reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi, the court consists of four blocks built in 1980.

Name[42]TypeCompletion
Shing Yan HouseOld-Cruciform1980
Shing Wing House
Shing Cheung House
Shing Hong House

See also

References
  1. Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5
  2. "Fung Wo Estate". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. "Lek Yuen Estate, Sha Tin, New Territories East". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. "8 new estates with a difference" (PDF). South China Morning Post. 2 February 1976. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. "Angry scenes at Shatin" (PDF). South China Morning Post. 17 June 1976.
  6. Pok Hong Estate
  7. "2015 District Councils Election - Summary of District Council Constituency Areas". www.elections.gov.hk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. Pok Hong Estate
  9. Sha Tin Wai Station
  10. Sha Kok Estate
  11. "Shuen Chuen O Plaza Shatin" (PDF). Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  12. List of completed estates constructed on newly reclaimed land
  13. Wo Che Estate
  14. HOS Projects Identified for Transfer to Rental
  15. Film Service Office
  16. Estates for Sale in Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 4
  17. List of Past HKIA Annual Awards
  18. Kwong Yuen Estate
  19. Safety at PYE Shek Mun Public Housing Development site
  20. Hong Kong Housing Authority – "Domestic Rents for New Estates", 7 Nov 2008
  21. Provisions for Green, Safe and Healthy Living in New Public Rental Housing Developments
  22. 將推出及興建中的項目 (Chinese Version)
  23. "Public Rental Housing Development at Shek Mun Estate Phase 2 (Agreement No. CB 20130802)". Wong and Ouyang Building Services. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  24. Shek Mun Estate
  25. Jat Min Chuen
  26. 房協屋村 (Chinese Version)
  27. High-rise society P.29
  28. High-rise society P.27
  29. Technical Video of Full Precast Construction Approach – The Greenhill Villa Project
  30. Greenhill Villa
  31. MTR City One Station
  32. Sunshine Grove
  34. Sweat the small stuff
  35. OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS February, 2003
  36. Minutes of the Annual Special Open Meeting of THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY held on Thursday, 1 June 2000
  37. Yu Chui Court
  38. City One Station
  39. KCRC East Rail Extensions – Tai Wai to Ma On Shan
  40. Yue Tin Court
  41. Caritas Dr. & Mrs. Olinto de Sousa Integrated Family Service Centre
  42. Yue Shing Court
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