Public housing estates in Ma On Shan
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This is a list of public housing estate
Public housing estate
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...

s (including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS)
Home Ownership Scheme
The Home Ownership Scheme is a subsidized-sale programme of public housing in Hong Kong managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority...

, Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS)
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...

 in Ma On Shan, Sha Tin
Sha Tin
Sha Tin, also spelled Shatin, is an area around the Shing Mun River in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District.-Geography:...

, 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

Overview

Name Type Inaug. No Blocks No Units Notes
Chevalier Garden
| 富安花園
| PSPS
| 1988
17 3,942
|
Chung On Estate
| 頌安邨
| Public
| 1996
5 2,834
|
Fu Fai Garden
| 富輝花園
| PSPS
| 1992
2 520
Fok On Garden
| 福安花園
| PSPS
| 1992
2 600
|
Heng On Estate
| 恆安邨
| TPS
| 1987
7 1,319
|
Kam Fung Court
| 錦豐苑
| HOS
| 1996
9 3,648
|
Kam Hay Court
| 錦禧苑
| HOS
| 1989
3 1,050
|
Kam Lung Court
| 錦龍苑
| HOS
| 1993
4 1,400
|
Kam On Court
| 錦鞍苑
| HOS
| 1987
3 1,050
|
Kam Tin Court
| 錦泰苑
| HOS
| 2000
12 3,440
|
Kam Ying Court
| 錦英苑
| HOS
| 1991
10 3,500
|
Lee On Estate
| 利安邨
| Public
| 1993
5 3,632
|
Park Belvedere
| 雅景臺
| Sandwich
| 1998
4 992
| HK Housing Society
Saddle Ridge Garden
| 富寶花園
| PSPS
| 1993
12 4,200
|
Yiu On Estate
| 耀安邨
| TPS
| 1988
7 1,367
|

Chevalier Garden

Chevalier Garden is a HOS and PSPS court in Ma On Shan, next to 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...

 Tai Shui Hang Station. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority
Hong Kong Housing Authority
The Hong Kong Housing Authority is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong...

 and Chevalier Group, and it was the first HOS court developed by Chevalier Group. It has totally 17 blocks built in 1988.
Name Type Completion
Block 1 PSPS 1988
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5
Block 6
Block 7
Block 8
Block 9
Block 10
Block 11
Block 12
Block 13
Block 14
Block 15
Block 16
Block 17

Chung On Estate

Chung On Estate is the fourth public housing estate in Ma On Shan. It is built on the reclaimed land
Land reclamation in Hong Kong
Land is in short supply in Hong Kong, and land reclamation has been conducted there since the mid-19th century.-Projects:One of the earliest and famous project was the Praya Reclamation Scheme, which added 50 to of land in 1890 during the second phase of construction...

 approaching Sha Tin Hoi and Tolo Harbour
Tolo Harbour
Tolo Harbour , or Tai Po Hoi is a sheltered harbour in northeast New Territories of Hong Kong.-Geography:Tide Cove aka...

. It consists of 5 residential blocks completed between 1996 and 2001, offering a total of 3,000 units. It
Name Type Completion
Chung Tak House Harmony 2 1996
Chung Kwan House 1998
Chung Chi House 2001
Chung Ping House Small Household Block 1999
Chung Wo House Single Aspect Building 2000

Fok On Garden

Fok On Garden is a HOS and PSPS court on the reclaimed land in Ma On Shan Town Centre, near 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...

 Ma On Shan Station. It has 2 blocks built in 1992.
Name Type Completion
Block 1 PSPS 1992
Block 2

Fu Fai Garden

Fu Fai Garden is a HOS and PSPS court on the reclaimed land in Ma On Shan Town Centre, near 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...

 Ma On Shan Station. Jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority
Hong Kong Housing Authority
The Hong Kong Housing Authority is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong...

 and CCECC (HK), the court has 2 blocks built in 1992.
Name Type Completion
Block 1 PSPS 1992
Block 2

Heng On Estate

Heng On Estate is the first public housing estate in Ma On Shan. It consists of 7 residential buildings completed in 1987. It is a mixed estate built on reclaimed land between Ma On Shan Road
Ma On Shan Road
Ma On Shan Road is a major expressway in the new town of Ma On Shan in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The expressway extends northward from Tate's Cairn Highway near Tai Shui Hang along the eastern bank of Shing Mun River. It ends in the north when it joins Sai Sha Road near Wu Kai Sha...

 and Sai Sha Road
Sai Sha Road
Sai Sha Road is a road in Hong Kong, which links together from Sai Kung District to Sha Tin District in the New Territories. The road also passes through some area along the coast of the Tolo Harbour in northern Sai Kung Peninsula that is under the administration of the Tai Po District...

. It Some of the flats were sold to the tenants through TPS Phase 1 in 1998. It received a Certificate of Merit at the 1989 Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Hong Kong Institute of Architects is a professional body for architects in Hong Kong with approximately 1500 full members ,300 associates members and graduate members...

 Annual Awards.
Name Type Completion
Heng Kong House New Slab 1987
Heng Shan House Trident 3
Heng Fung House
Heng Hoi House
Heng Yat House
Heng Yuet House
Heng Sing House

Kam Fung Court

Kam Fung Court is a HOS court in Ma On Shan, built on the reclaimed land along Tide Cove
Tide Cove
Tide Cove or Sha Tin Hoi is a cove at the mouth of Shing Mun River. The cove is open to Tolo Harbour . The cove was largely reclaimed for the development of Sha Tin New Town.-See also:* Ma Liu Shui* Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works...

 shoreline. It has totally 9 blocks built in 1996. However, three of the blocks, Kam Lei House, Kam Ho House and Kam Lan House, were unsold until the sales of surplus HOS flats Phase 3 and 4 in 2008. In late 1990s, Kam Fung Court suffered from serious subsidence
Subsidence
Subsidence is the motion of a surface as it shifts downward relative to a datum such as sea-level. The opposite of subsidence is uplift, which results in an increase in elevation...

 problem on its newly reclaimed land.
Name Type Completion
Kam Yung House Harmony 1996
Kam Ling House
Kam Wai House
Kam Lei House
Kam Kwai House
Kam Huen House
Kam Mei House
Kam Ho House
Kam Lan House

Kam Hay Court

Kam Hay Court is a HOS court on the reclaimed land in Ma On Shan, near Yiu On Estate. It has 3 blocks built in 1989.
Name Type Completion
Kam Foon House NCB 1989
Kam Yan House
Kam Wing House

Kam Lung Court

Kam Lung Court is a HOS court next to Lee On Estate. It has totally 4 blocks built in 1993.
Name Type Completion
Lung Yuet House NCB 1993
Lung Yan House
Lung Yiu House
Lung Sing House


Kam On Court

Kam On Court is a HOS court on the reclaimed land in Ma On Shan, next to Heng On Estate and 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...

 Heng On Station. It has 3 blocks built in 1987.
Name Type Completion
Yuk On House NCB 1987
Ngan On House
Po On House

Kam Tai Court

Kam Tai Court is a HOS court in Ma On Shan, built on the reclaimed land along Tide Cove
Tide Cove
Tide Cove or Sha Tin Hoi is a cove at the mouth of Shing Mun River. The cove is open to Tolo Harbour . The cove was largely reclaimed for the development of Sha Tin New Town.-See also:* Ma Liu Shui* Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works...

 shoreline, near 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...

 Tai Shui Hang Station. It has totally 12 blocks completed in 2000.
Name Type Completion
Kam Fu House Concord 2000
Kam Pong House
Kam Hing House
Kam Shing House
Kam Wei House
Kam Lai House
Kam Ching House
Kam Ying House
Kam Tin House
Kam Pui House
Kam Man House
Kam Kei House

Kam Ying Court

Kam Ying Court is a HOS court. It has totally 10 blocks built at a hill
Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...

 called Ma On Terrance (or Saddle Ridge Terrace) and completed in 1991.
Name Type Completion
Kam Leung House NCB 1991
Kam Kai House
Kam Keung House
Kam Chi House
Kam Dat House
Kam Shun House
Kam Yuet House
Kam Nga House
Kam Yiu House
Kam Yee House

Lee On Estate

Lee On Estate is a public estate located at Wu Kai Sha
Wu Kai Sha
Wu Kai Sha , formerly known as Wu Kwai Sha or U Kwai Sha , is a place at the shore of Tolo Harbour, northwest of Ma On Shan in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It is famous for a campsite, Wu Kai Sha Youth Village of YMCA. Originally there were only a few villages like Wu Kwai Sha Village. It is...

 and near MTR Wu Kai Sha Station. It is the third public housing estate in Ma On Shan. It consists of 5 residential buildings completed in 1993 and 1994.
Name Type Completion
Lee Fung House Harmony 2 1993
Lee Shing House
Lee Hing House
Lee Wah House 1994
Lee Wing House

Park Belvedere

Park Belvedere is a Sandwich Class Housing Scheme
Sandwich Class Housing Scheme
Sandwich Class Housing Scheme was a scheme by the Hong Kong Housing Society for building apartments that were sold to middle-income families, i.e. sandwich class, at concessionary prices during the 1990s. The purchases were subject to a five-year resale restriction. The first development, Tivoli...

 court on the reclaimed land of Ma On Shan Town Centre. Developed by the 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...

, the court consists of 4 blocks built in 1998.
Name Type Completion
Block 1 PSPS 1998
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4

Saddle Ridge Garden

Saddle Ridge Garden is a HOS and PSPS court in Ma On Shan, built at a hill
Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...

 called Ma On Terrace (or Saddle Ridge Terrace) . It is named from the name of hill, Saddle Ridge . It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority
Hong Kong Housing Authority
The Hong Kong Housing Authority is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong...

 and Chevalier Group., with totally 12 blocks built in 1993.
Name Type Completion
Block 1 PSPS 1993
Block 2
Block 3
Block 4
Block 5
Block 6
Block 7
Block 8
Block 9
Block 10
Block 11
Block 12

Yiu On Estate

Yiu On Estate (耀安邨) is a public estate and TPS estate located in Ma On Shan in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the second housing estate in Ma On Shan. It was built on the reclaimed land between Ma On Shan Road
Ma On Shan Road
Ma On Shan Road is a major expressway in the new town of Ma On Shan in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The expressway extends northward from Tate's Cairn Highway near Tai Shui Hang along the eastern bank of Shing Mun River. It ends in the north when it joins Sai Sha Road near Wu Kai Sha...

 and Sai Sha Road
Sai Sha Road
Sai Sha Road is a road in Hong Kong, which links together from Sai Kung District to Sha Tin District in the New Territories. The road also passes through some area along the coast of the Tolo Harbour in northern Sai Kung Peninsula that is under the administration of the Tai Po District...

 in 1988. Some of the flats were sold to the tenants through TPS Phase 2 in 1999.
Name Type Completion
Yiu Ping House Trident 4 1988
Yiu Chung House
Yiu Yan House
Yiu Wing House
Yiu Shun House Trident 3
Yiu Him House
Yiu Wo House New Slab
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