Kwun Tong Garden Estate (Chinese: 觀塘花園大廈), or Garden Estate (Chinese: 花園大廈), is a public housing estate in Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong,[1] developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society,[2] near the MTR Kwun Tong line's Ngau Tau Kok station.[3] It is the largest Housing Society estate by number of flats (4,921).[4]
| Kwun Tong Garden Estate | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 觀塘花園大廈 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 观塘花园大厦 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | gūn tòhng fā yún daaih hah | ||||||||||||
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History
editIt was the first public housing estate in Kwun Tong District.[5] It comprises five blocks built in 1965 and 1967 respectively, plus Lotus Tower (Chinese: 玉蓮臺), which comprises four blocks built on the site of the earliest Garden Estate blocks.[6]
Kwun Tong Garden Estate was built by the Hong Kong Housing Society between the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate the workers working in the industrial area on the newly reclaimed land along Kwun Tong harbourfront. 7 blocks of Phase 1 were completed in 1958 and 1959, while 5 blocks of Phase 2 were completed in 1965 and 1967. To cope with the redevelopment project of the estate, Phase 1 blocks were demolished in 1983 and 1987 respectively. They were replaced by the blocks of Lotus Tower built in 1987 (Block 4) and 1990 (Block 1 to 3) respectively.[7]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2016 population by-census, Kwun Tong Garden Estate has a population of 12,578. 97% of the population is Chinese. Median monthly domestic household income is HK$15,500.[8]
Houses
editKwun Tong Garden Estate
edit| Name | Completion |
|---|---|
| Hay Cheuk Lau | 1965, 1967 |
| Wah Mei Lau | |
| Pak Ling Lau | |
| Hung Cheuk Lau | |
| Yin Chee Lau |
Lotus Tower
edit| Name | Completion |
|---|---|
| Block 1 | 1990 |
| Block 2 | |
| Block 3 | |
| Block 4 | 1987 |
References
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- ^ "Kwun Tong District" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ "Kwun Tong Garden Estate". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
- ^ Ngau Tau Kok Station
- ^ "Kwun Tong Garden Estate". Hong Kong Housing Society. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ History of Kwun Tong Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kwun Tong Garden Estate[permanent dead link]
- ^ Kwun Tong Garden Estate (Chinese)
- ^ "Major Housing Estates". 2017 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 25 October 2020.