Lei Muk Shue 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 Lei Muk Shue

Lei Muk Shue

Lei Muk Shue , formerly Lai Muk Shu, is an area in Kwai Chung of Hong Kong. It includes the area surrounding Lei Muk Shue Estate on a hill slope near Wo Yee Hop...

, Kwai Chung

Kwai Chung

Kwai Chung is a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District of Hong Kong. Kwai Chung is the site of the container port. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000...

, New Territories

New Territories

New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory...

, 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...

, near the exit of Shing Mun Tunnel. It is the largest public housing estate in Tsuen Wan District

Tsuen Wan District

Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan Line of the MTR metro system. It had a population of 275,527 in 2001...

 with the maximum population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 37,000. Although it is geographically located in Kwai Chung, it administratively belongs to Tsuen Wan District instead of Kwai Tsing District

Kwai Tsing District

Kwai Tsing is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 477,092 in 2001...

 because it is at the west of Wo Yi Hop Road, the boundary between the two districts.

History

Lei Muk Shue Estate was built in 1970s and 17 buildings were built. It started 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...

 in 1990s. 8 old buildings were demolished, and 10 new buildings and a shopping centre were built between 1998 and 2005.

Houses

Name	Type	Completion
Block 1	Old Slab	1975
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5
Block 6
Chuk Shue House		1980
Pak Shue House
Yung Shue House
Chung Shue House	Harmony 1	1998
Kwai Shue House	Single Aspect Building	2000
Yeung Shue House	Harmony 1
Toa Shue House
Fung Shue House
Chui Shue House	New Harmony Annex 5 Option 1	2005
Hong Shue House	Small Household Block
Wing Shue House	New Harmony 1
Lok Shue House
Kin Shue House