Ho Man Tin Estate
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Ho Man Tin Estate is a public housing estate
Public housing in Hong Kong
Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the population now residing in some form of public housing...

 in Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin
Ho Man Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District.-History:The original area of Ho Man Tin was quite different from the present-day one. It was located in the heart of nowaday Mong Kok. With cultivated lands,...

, Kowloon City District
Kowloon City District
Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001. The district has the third most educated residents while its residents enjoy the highest income in Kowloon....

, Kowloon
Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It consists of 9 residential blocks and a shopping arcade, including 8 blocks and the shopping arcade of Ho Man Tin (South) Estate .

Kwun Fai Court is a Home Ownership Scheme
Home Ownership Scheme
The Home Ownership Scheme is a subsidized-sale programme of public housing in Hong Kong managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority...

 court in Ho Man Tin, next to Ho Man Tin Estate. It consists of 2 blocks built in 1999. The blocks were originally the rental housing of Ho Man Tin Estate, but they were converted to HOS housing finally and sold to the residents affected by the clearance of Valley Road Estate
Valley Road Estate
Valley Road Estate was a public housing estate in Valley Road, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was originally a squatter area, but it was destroyed by fire in 1961. In 1962, the British Hong Kong Government constructed totally 16 blocks , namely Valley Road Government Low Cost Housing Estate ,...

, Ho Man Tin Estate and Hung Hom Estate privately.

Kwun Hei Court is a Home Ownership Scheme
Home Ownership Scheme
The Home Ownership Scheme is a subsidized-sale programme of public housing in Hong Kong managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority...

 court in Ho Man Tin, next to Ho Man Tin Estate. It has 1 block built in 2000.

Background

Old Ho Man Tin Estate was located at the north of Ho Man Tin, which had a total of 8 blocks completed in 1972, but it started redevelopment in 2000s. In 1997, a rest garden in the estate was reconstructed to a public housing building, King Man House. In 2000, another 8 buildings and a shopping arcade were built in Quarry Hill
Quarry Hill, Hong Kong
Quarry Hill is a hill near Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong where present-day Ho Man Tin Estate is located. Its peak is 106.8m high....

, the south of Old Ho Man Tin Estate, and named as Ho Man Tin (South) Estate.

Ho Man Tin Estate

Name Type Completion
King Man House Harmony 1 1997
Yat Man House 2000
Choi Man House
Sik Man House
Yee Man House
Ching Man House Harmony 3B
Tim Man House
Yan Man House Small Household Block
Nga Man House

Kwun Fai Court

Name Type Completion
Ming Fai House Harmony 1999
Ko Fai House

Kwun Hei Court

Name Type Completion
Kwun Hei Court Harmony 2000
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