Ho Man Tin Estate (Chinese: 何文田邨) is a public housing estate in Quarry Hill, Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong.[1] It consists of 9 residential blocks[2] and a shopping arcade,[3] including 8 blocks and the shopping arcade of Ho Man Tin (South) Estate (Chinese: 何文田(南)邨).[4]

Ho Man Tin Estate.
Ho Man Tin Estate
Chinese何文田邨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHé Wén Tián Cūn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationhòh màhn tìhn chyūn
Jyutpingho4 man4 tin4 cyun1
Yan Man House, Ho Man Tin Estate.
Nga Man House, Ho Man Tin Estate.
Ho Man Tin Plaza.
Kwun Tak Court.

Kwun Fai Court (冠暉苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Quarry Hill, next to Ho Man Tin Estate.[5] It consists of 2 blocks built in 1999. The blocks were originally the rental housing of Ho Man Tin Estate, but they were converted to HOS housing finally and sold to the residents affected by the clearance of Valley Road Estate, Ho Man Tin Estate and Hung Hom Estate privately.[6]

Kwun Hei Court (冠熹苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Quarry Hill, next to Ho Man Tin Estate. It has 1 block built in 2000.

Kwun Tak Court (冠德苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Sheung Tak Street, Ho Man Tin. It comprises 3 blocks with totally 603 flats in two sizes - 445 to 483 square feet and 562 to 568 square feet sold at an average price of HK$8,551 per square foot. It was completed in 2019.[7][8]

Background

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Old Ho Man Tin Estate was located at the north of Quarry Hill, which had a total of 8 blocks completed in 1972, but it started redevelopment in the 2000s (decade).[9] In 1997, a rest garden in the estate was reconstructed to a public housing building, King Man House. In 2000, another 8 buildings and a shopping arcade were built in Quarry Hill, the south of Old Ho Man Tin Estate, and named as Ho Man Tin (South) Estate.[10]

Houses

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Ho Man Tin Estate

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Name Type Completion
King Man House Harmony 1 1997-1998
Yat Man House 2000
Choi Man House
Sik Man House
Yee Man House
Ching Man House Harmony 3B
Tim Man House
Yan Man House Small Household Block
Nga Man House

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Kwun Fai Court

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Name[13] Type Completion
Ming Fai House Harmony 3C 1999
Ko Fai House Small Household Block

Kwun Hei Court

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Name[14] Type Completion
Kwun Hei Court Harmony 1 2000

Kwun Tak Court

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Name[15] Type Completion
Kwun Cheong House (Block A) Non-standard 2019
Kwun Shing House (Block B)
Kwun Wing House (Block C)

Education

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Ho Man Tin Estate, including Kwun Hei Court, is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Farm Road Government Primary School and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Kowloon City District" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  2. ^ Ho Man Tin Estate
  3. ^ Homantin Plaza
  4. ^ Ho Man Tin Estate[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ To Kwa Wan Integrated Family Service Centre
  6. ^ Hong Kong Place - Kwun Fai Court (Chinese)
  7. ^ What is the schedule of the Sale of Home Ownership Scheme 2019?
  8. ^ Six HOS projects to yield more than 4,800 flats
  9. ^ "政府廉租屋 (Chinese)". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  10. ^ KOWLOON DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME NEW RECLAMATIONS/DEVELOPMENT AREAS Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Ho Man Tin (South) Estate[usurped]
  12. ^ Ho Man Tin Estate
  13. ^ Kwun Fai Court
  14. ^ Kwun Fai Court
  15. ^ Kwun Fai Court
  16. ^ "POA School Net 34" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

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