Tsui Ping Estate

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Tsui Ping Estate
翠屏邨
Housing estate
Tsui Ping (North) Estate
Tsui Ping (North) Estate
AreaKwun Tong
Opened1981
Population
 (2011)
 • Total30,203
Tsui Ping Estate
Chinese翠屏邨
Cantonese Yaletseui pìhng tsyūn
Tsui Ping (North) Estate
Tsui Ping (South) Estate
Tsui Ping (South) Open space

Tsui Ping Estate (Chinese: 翠屏邨) is a public housing estate in Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is divided into Tsui Ping (South) Estate (翠屏(南)邨) and Tsui Ping (North) Estate (翠屏(北)邨).[1] After redevelopment, the estate has a total of 19 blocks built in the 1980s and 1990s.

Background

Tsui Ping Estate was formerly a

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 (觀塘(翠屏道)邨).

tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5.[7]

Features

Tai Wong Ye Temple in Tsui Ping (South) Estate

A Tai Wong Ye Temple (大王爺廟) is located on the hill behind Tsui Ying House of Tsui Ping (South) Estate.[8] 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.[9]

Houses

Tsui Ping (South) Estate

Tsui Lok House, Tsui Ping (South) Estate
Name[10][11] 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

Name[12][13] 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

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.[14]

References

  1. ^ Kwun Tong District Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ISBN 962-201-337-6
  3. ^ 林珩輝先生專訪 (Chinese) Archived 2009-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 1960年的雞寮 (Chinese)
  5. ^ Fun in Kwung Tong - History of Kwun Tong
  6. ^ 「政府廉租屋」 - 命名 (Chinese) Archived 2009-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5 (Launched in January 2002)
  8. ^ Fun in Kwun Tong - Tai Wong Ye Temple
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Hong Kong Housing Authority - Tsui Ping (South) Estate
  11. ^ emporis.com - Tsui Ping (South) Estate
  12. ^ Hong Kong Housing Authority - Tsui Ping (North) Estate
  13. ^ emporis.com - Tsui Ping (North) Estate
  14. ^ "POA School Net 48" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
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