Upper Ngau Tau Kok 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 Ngau Tau Kok

Ngau Tau Kok

Ngau Tau Kok is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, located at the northern part of Kwun Tong District, next to Kowloon Bay. It covers Jordan Valley, Ngau Tau Kok and Upper Kwun Tong town centre. The population of Ngau Tau Kok exceeds 210,000...

, Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong is an area in Kwun Tong District, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in...

, 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...

, located next to Kwun Tong Garden Estate and between MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 Ngau Tau Kok Station and Kowloon Bay Station. After redevelopment

Redevelopment

Redevelopment is any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses.-Description:Variations on redevelopment include:* Urban infill on vacant parcels that have no existing activity but were previously developed, especially on Brownfield land, such as the redevelopment of an industrial site...

, 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. Upper Estate was a low cost housing estate with totally 9 blocks, while Lower Estate was a resettlement estate with totally 14 blocks.

Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate started its Phase 1 redevelopment in 1998, in which 3 new blocks were constructed in 2003 to offer totally 2,133 units. 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. Most of the residents are those affected by the redevelopment of Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate.

Houses

Name	Type	Completion
Sheung Mun House	Harmony 1	2003
Sheung Yat House
Sheung Yuet House	Single Aspect Building
Sheung Hing House	Harmony Special(Non Standard)	2009
Sheung Shing House
Sheung Fu House
Sheung Wing House
Sheung Hong House
Sheung Tai House