Tsui Ping Estate 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...

 in Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong is an area in Kwun Tong District, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in...

, Kowloon

Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. It is divided into Tsui Ping (South) Estate and Tsui Ping (North) Estate . After redevelopment

Redevelopment

Redevelopment is any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses.-Description:Variations on redevelopment include:* Urban infill on vacant parcels that have no existing activity but were previously developed, especially on Brownfield land, such as the redevelopment of an industrial site...

, the estate has totally 19 blocks built in 1980s and 1990s.

Background

Tsui Ping Estate was formerly a resettlement

Resettlement

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 estate, Kwun Tong Resettlement Estate , commonly known as Kai Liu and built in 1960s. It was the first resettlement estate in Kwun Tong District. The residents were mainly Chaozhou people. There was no kitchen

Kitchen

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 or washroom

Washroom

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 inside the flat. The roof was commonly used as school classrooms and community activities area. 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 .

The estate was renamed as Tsui Ping Estate after it was redeveloped between 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

Tenants Purchase Scheme

Tenants Purchase Scheme is a scheme which allows tenants in public housing estates under Hong Kong Housing Authority to purchase their flats...

 Phase 5.

Features

A Tai Wong Ye Temple is located on the hill behind Tsui Ying House of Tsui Ping (South) Estate. The origin of the temple was a shrine located in present-day Lok Fu

Lok Fu

Lok Fu is a place in Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located at the east of Kowloon Tong, the west of Wong Tai Sin and the north of Kowloon City. It geographically includes nearby Wang Tau Hom.It was named as Lo Fu Ngam...

. 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.

Tsui Ping (South) Estate

Name	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	Type	Completion
Tsui Nam House	Double H	1981
Tsui Yeung House	Old Slab Old Slab Old Slab is a design of residential block of Hong Kong public housing estate. The building of this type consists of one or more elongated rectangular blocks, joining end by end....
Tsui Chung 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

• Community services facilities
  • Hong Kong Public Records Building
  • Kwun Tong Community Centre
  • Kwun Tong Swimming Pool

• Schools
  • Our Lady Of China Catholic Primary School
  • IVE
    Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
    The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education is one of the member institutions of the Vocational Training Council offering vocational education to post secondary students in Hong Kong through its nine campuses located across the territory....
    
     Kwun Tong Campus
  • SKH Leung Kwai Yee Secondary School
  • The Mission Convent Church Holm Glad College
  • CCC Mong Man Wai College

• Public housing estates
  • Wo Lok Estate
  • Po Pui Court