Tsui Ping Estate

Tsui Ping Estate
翠屏邨
Housing estate

Tsui Ping (North) Estate
Area Kwun Tong
Opened 1981
Population (2011)
  Total 30,203
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 resettlement estate, Kwun Tong Resettlement Estate (觀塘徙置屋邨), commonly known as Kai Liu (雞寮), which was built in the 1960s. It was the first resettlement estate in Kwun Tong District.[2] The residents were mainly Chaozhou people.[3][4] There were no kitchens or washrooms inside the flats. The roof was commonly used as school classrooms and community activities area.[5] 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).[6]

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.[7]

Features

Tai Wong Ye Temple in Tsui Ping (South) Estate

A Tai Wong Ye Temple 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 Block 1998

Buildings and public facilities nearby

References

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Coordinates: 22°18′46″N 114°13′52″E / 22.3127°N 114.2312°E / 22.3127; 114.2312

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