Lei Cheng Uk Estate is a public housing estate

Public housing in Hong Kong

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 and Tenants Purchase Scheme

Tenants Purchase Scheme

Tenants Purchase Scheme is a scheme which allows tenants in public housing estates under Hong Kong Housing Authority to purchase their flats...

 estate in Lei Cheng Uk

Lei Cheng Uk

Lei Cheng Uk was a group for villages of families of Lei/Lee/Li and Cheng . The villages were demolished for building a public housing estate, Lei Cheng Uk Estate...

, a downhill

Downhill

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 of Cheung Sha Wan

Cheung Sha Wan

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, Kowloon

Kowloon

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, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, located near So Uk Estate

So Uk Estate

So Uk Estate is an early public housing estate in the northern area So Uk, a downhill in Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong.-History:...

. Since the redevelopment in 1980s

1980s

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, the estate consists of 10 residential buildings completed in 1984, 1989 and 1990 respectively. In 2002, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5. The estate is now managed by Hong Kong Housing Society

Hong Kong Housing Society

The Hong Kong Housing Society or Housing Society for short, is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong . The HKHS is a non-governmental organization and non profit organization that was founded in 1948 by "members coming from all walks of life" with a donation of £14,000...

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When workers levelled a hill

Hill

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 slope

Slope

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 to construct Lei Cheng Uk Resettlement Area in 1955, an ancient brick

Brick

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 tomb

Tomb

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 in Eastern Han Dynasty was discovered. A total of 58 pottery and bronze objects were found inside the tomb. The site is now the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum

Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum

The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum is composed of an ancient brick tomb and of an exhibition hall adjacent to it. It is located at 41 Tonkin Street, in Cheung Sha Wan, Sham Shui Po District, in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong.-The tomb:According to the structure,...

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Houses

Name	Type	Completion
Chung Hau House	Double H	1984
Yan Oi House
Shun Yee House	Old Slab Old Slab Old Slab is a design of residential block of Hong Kong public housing estate. The building of this type consists of one or more elongated rectangular blocks, joining end by end....
Wo Ping House
Tao Tak House	Linear 1	1989
Wo Muk House	Linear 3
Lim Kit House
Lai Yeung House
Hau Chi House	Trident 4	1990
Hau Lim House

See also

• Lei Cheng Uk
  Lei Cheng Uk
  Lei Cheng Uk was a group for villages of families of Lei/Lee/Li and Cheng . The villages were demolished for building a public housing estate, Lei Cheng Uk Estate...
  
  
• Public housing estates in Cheung Sha Wan
  Public housing estates in Cheung Sha Wan
  The following is a list of Public housing estates in Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme , Private Sector Participation Scheme , Tenant Purchase Scheme TPS)-Overview:-Fortune Estate:...
  
  
• Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
  Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
  The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum is composed of an ancient brick tomb and of an exhibition hall adjacent to it. It is located at 41 Tonkin Street, in Cheung Sha Wan, Sham Shui Po District, in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong.-The tomb:According to the structure,...