- Chuk Yuen Estate
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Chuk Yuen North Estate.
Chuk Yuen South Estate.Chuk Yuen Estate (Chinese: 竹園邨) is a public housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong, located north of Wong Tai Sin[1] and underneath Lion Rock. Its site was formerly the Chuk Yuen Resettlement Area.[2][3]
It is divided into Chuk Yuen (North) Estate (Chinese: 竹園(北)邨) and Chuk Yuen (South) Estate (Chinese: 竹園(南)邨). The two estates has 8 blocks respectively,[4][5] and all the blocks were built in 1980s. In 1999, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 2.[6]
At the centre of these buildings is a low class shopping mall, hosting a McDonald's, 7-eleven, OK, three bakeries, a street market, Watsons, a dim sum restaurant, two supermarkets and a sports centre. Beside the mall are two parks: one with a fish pond and a waterfall while the other has basketball courts and football fields.
Pang Ching Court (Chinese: 鵬程苑) and Ying Fuk Court (Chinese: 盈福苑) are the Home Ownership Scheme courts near Chuk Yuen Estate, completed in 1991 and 2001 respectively. They have one block individually.
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Houses
Chuk Yuen (South) Estate
Name Type Completion Fu Yuen House Twin Tower 1983 Kwai Yuen House Wing Yuen House Nga Yuen House Double H 1985 Lai Yuen House Wah Yuen House Old Slab Sau Yuen House Chui Yuen House 1986 Chuk Yuen (North) Estate
Name Type Completion Yung Yuen House Trident 3 1987 Cheung Yuen House Tung Yuen House Mui Yuen House Chung Yuen House 1988 Pak Yuen House Wai Yuen House Toa Yuen House 1989 Pang Ching Court
Name Type Completion Ping Ching Court Trident 3 1991 Ying Fuk Court
Name Type Completion Ying Fuk Court NCB 2001 See also
References
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Categories:- 1980s architecture
- Public housing estates in Hong Kong
- Tenants Purchase Scheme
- Wong Tai Sin District
- Wong Tai Sin
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