Tsui Ping Estate () is a public housing estate in Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is divided into Tsui Ping (South) Estate () and Tsui Ping (North) Estate ().Kwun Tong District After redevelopment, the estate has a total of 19 blocks built in the 1980s and 1990s.
Background Tsui Ping Estate was formerly a resettlement estate, Kwun Tong Resettlement Estate (), commonly known as Kai Liu (), which was built in the 1960s. It was the first resettlement estate in Kwun Tong District.Social life and development in Hong Kong. The Chinese University Press. 1981. The residents were mainly Chaozhou people.林珩輝先生專訪 (Chinese) 1960年的雞寮 (Chinese) There were no kitchens or washrooms inside the flats. The roof was commonly used as school classrooms and community activities area.Fun in Kwung Tong - History of Kwun Tong In 1972 the estate was inundated with mud from a nearby landslide that killed 71. The site of the disaster is commemorated by the Sau Mau Ping Memorial Park.
In 1973, to avoid the confusion with another estate, Kwun Tong Estate, Kwun Tong Resettlement Estate was renamed as Kwun Tong (Tsui Ping Road) Estate ().「政府廉租屋」 - 命名 (Chinese) The estate was renamed as Tsui Ping Estate after it was redeveloped between the 1980s and 1990s. In 2002, some of the flats in Tsui Ping (North) Estate (Tsui Mei House excluded) were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5.Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5 (Launched in January 2002)
Features
A Tai Wong Ye Temple () is located on the hill behind Tsui Ying House of Tsui Ping (South) Estate.Fun in Kwun Tong - Tai Wong Ye Temple The origin of the temple was a shrine located in present-day Lok Fu. It was relocated to make space for the building of the Lo Fu Ngam Resettlement Area in 1957. The new site was dedicated in 1963.Myers, J.T. (1977), "A Hong Kong Spirit-Medium Temple", Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 15, pp.16-27.
Houses
Tsui Ping (South) Estate
NameHong Kong Housing Authority - Tsui Ping (South) Estate Type Completion Tsui Ying House Linear 3 1989 Tsui Tung House Trident 4 Tsui Chung House 1990 Tsui Lok House Harmony 2 1995 Tsui Hon House Tsui Heng House Tsui Wing House
Tsui Ping (North) Estate NameHong Kong Housing Authority - Tsui Ping (North) Estate Type Completion Tsui Nam House Double H 1981 Tsui Yeung House Old Slab Tsui To House 1986 Tsui Yung House Trident 2 Tsui On House New Slab 1990 Tsui Mui House Linear 3 Tsui Pak House Linear 1 Tsui Yue House Tsui Tsz House 1989 Tsui Lau House Tsui Cheung House 1994 Tsui Mei House Small Household 1998
Buildings and public facilities nearby Community services facilities Hong Kong Public Records Building Kwun Tong Community Centre Kwun Tong Swimming Pool Schools Our Lady Of China Catholic Primary School IVE Kwun Tong Campus SKH Leung Kwai Yee Secondary School The Mission Convent Church Holm Glad College CCC Mong Man Wai College Public housing estates Wo Lok Estate Po Pui Court
Education Tsui Ping Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 48. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Kwun Tong Government Primary School.
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