Healthy Village
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Healthy Village is a public housing estate
Public housing in Hong Kong
Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the population now residing in some form of public housing...

 and Flat-for-Sale Scheme estate in North Point
North Point
North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. It is the northernmost point of Hong Kong Island, adjacent to both Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay, and projecting toward Kowloon Bay. Fortress Hill occupies the western end of the North Point area.-History:In 1899, The...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society
Hong Kong Housing Society
The Hong Kong Housing Society or Housing Society for short, is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong . The HKHS is a non-governmental organization and non profit organization that was founded in 1948 by "members coming from all walks of life" with a donation of £14,000...

. It is divided into 3 phases and located at Tsat Tsz Mui Road
Tsat Tsz Mui Road
Tsat Tsz Mui Road is a road in North Point in Hong Kong. The road runs in the area of Tsat Tsz Mui and eastern North Point from west to east, parallel to King's Road, except disjoint by a residential-commercial complex of Island Place....

 (Redeveloped Phase 1, flat for rental and sale), King's Road
King's Road, Hong Kong
King's Road is a major east-west street along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, extending from Causeway Bay, where it joins Causeway Road, to Sai Wan Ho, where it joins Shau Kei Wan Road.-History:...

 (Redeveloped Phase 2, flat for sale) and Pak Fuk Road (Redeveloped Phase 3, flat for rental) respectively. It consists of 14 residential blocks (4 for Phase 1, 3 for Phase 2, 7 for Phase 3) completed between 1965 and 1997.

Background

The site of Healthy Village was formerly the squatter area. The area was cleared in 1950s and the site was handed over to Hong Kong Housing Society for the development of rental housing. Phase 1, located at King's Road, had two blocks built in 1955. Phase 2, located at Tsat Tsz Mui Road, had three blocks built in 1959. Phase 3, located at Pak Fuk Road, had seven blocks built in 1965.

Phase 2 was firstly demolished in 1990 and replaced by 4 blocks of Redeveloped Phase 1 in 1993. Two of the blocks are for rental while other two are for sale. Phase 1 was then demolished in 1993 and replaced by 3 blocks of Redeveloped Phase 2 in 1997. All 3 blocks are for sale. However, Phase 3 blocks built in 1965 has not been redeveloped yet.

Houses

Name Phase Type Completion
Pak Yeung Lau Phase 3 rental 1965
Ngan Hang Lau
Hung To Lau
Luk Yip Lau
Chung Shu Lau
Lam Cheuk Lau
Wong Kuk Lau
Hong Wang Court Redeveloped Phase 1 rental 1993
Hong Fai Court
Hong Tai Court sale
Hong Chi Court
Hong Cheung Court Redeveloped Phase 2 sale 1997
Hong Yan Court
Hong Shing Court
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