The following is an overview of public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
History
With the exception of Tsui Lam Estate, King Ming Court and Hong Sing Garden, all the public housing and HOS estates in Tseung Kwan O are built on the reclaimed land of Junk Bay.
In the 1990s, cracks were found at various places around On Ning Garden, Fu Ning Garden, Tong Ming Court, Beverly Garden and Bauhinia Garden. The estates were also found unusual soil settlement on their reclaimed land when the MTR Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed. After investigation, the government explained that the settlement occurred due to consolidation of soil layers overlying the bedrock when groundwater was lost to the sewage collection tunnels and not adequately replenished from the surface. But the government emphasized that the buildings built on the reclaimed land were still safe.
Overview
Estates
Bauhinia Garden
Bauhinia Garden () is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose, Tseung Kwan O station. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Group. It consists of 8 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 2001. In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed.
Beverly Garden
Beverly Garden () is a HOS and PSPS estate, located near Tseung Kwan O Plaza, The Grandiose, Tseung Kwan O station. It consists of 10 residential blocks built on the reclaimed land and completed in 1998. In the 1990s, it suffered serious unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed.
Choi Ming Court
Choi Ming Court () is a public estate and a HOS/PSPS estate in Tiu Keng Leng. It is the seventh public housing estate. It consists of 10 residential blocks (4 for rental and 6 for HOS) and a shopping centre completed in 2001.
Chung Ming Court
Chung Ming Court () is a HOS estate, near Hau Tak Estate. It has only 5 blocks built in 1993.
Fu Ning Garden
Fu Ning Garden () is the first HOS and PSPS estate in Hang Hau Area, located near Hang Hau Village and Tseung Kwan O Hospital. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Tak Wing Investment (Holdings) Limited (Renamed as New Smart Energy Group Limited) in 1990. It consists of 6 residential blocks and a shopping arcade built on the reclaimed land. In the 1990s, it suffered unusual ground settlement when Tseung Kwan O line was being constructed.
Hau Tak Estate
Hau Tak Estate () is the fourth public housing estate. Built between 1993 and 1994, the estate comprises 6 blocks of Harmony I style, providing more than 4,000 rental flats.
Hin Ming Court
Hin Ming Court () is a HOS estate, near Ming Tak Estate. It has only 1 block built in 1996.
Ho Ming Court
Ho Ming Court () is a HOS estate, near King Lam Estate. It has only 1 block built in 1990.
Hong Sing Garden
Hong Sing Garden () is a HOS and PSPS estate, near Tsui Lam Estate and King Ming Court. It is built at a hill adjacent to Po Lam Road North overlooking Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. It is the only PSPS estate that is not built on the reclaimed land. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Shui On Group. It has 5 blocks built in 1989.
Jolly Place
Jolly Place () is a Senior Citizen Residence Scheme court in Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, near Hang Hau station. It is one of this kind of elderly housing in Hong Kong, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society. It offers middle-class elder citizen to enjoy lifelong residence by paying an amount of rent in lump sum or by instalments.
Kin Ming Estate
Kin Ming Estate () is the eighth public housing estate, and consists of 10 housing blocks completed in 2003.
Kin Ming Estate was formerly the site of Tiu Keng Leng Cottage Area, an area settled by Kuomintang Army in Hong Kong after Chinese Civil War ended in 1949. After the area was demolished in 1997, a massive clearance, reclamation and redevelopment programme was carried out. The Tiu Keng Leng slope was flattened into two huge platforms to construct Kin Ming Estate and Choi Ming Court on the reclaimed land afterwards.
Kin Ming Estate was originally an HOS court called Kin Ming Court (), but it was changed to rental housing finally and renamed to the current name.