Hin Tin ( Chinese : 顯田 ) is a village in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin District , Hong Kong .
28-658: Hin Tin is located south of the main part of Hin Keng Estate , across Hin Keng Street ( 顯徑街 ). Ha Keng Hau , Sheung Keng Hau and Hin Tin are three adjacent villages located along Hin Keng Street in a northeast–southwest direction. Hin Keng Estate was named after these villages. Hin Tin is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy . Hin Tin village was established with government funding in
56-627: A censure for housing director Tony Miller. The construction of 2 blocks of Yu Chui Court in Sha Tin was delayed as it had to be demolished and rebuilt at an estimated cost of HK$ 250 million. The Wai Kee Group was implicated, and some of its companies were delisted from Government projects following the publication of the Strickland Report. Public housing units in Home Ownership Scheme housing estates are subject to sale restrictions under
84-575: A single block on the front row of the original three rows of houses. They have been listed as Grade III historic buildings since 2010. 22°21′45″N 114°10′21″E / 22.362394°N 114.172475°E / 22.362394; 114.172475 Hin Keng Estate The following is an overview of Public housing estates in Tai Wai , Hong Kong The history of public housing estates in Tai Wai
112-474: Is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Wai, near Hin Keng Estate. It consists of two Concord blocks built in 2002. Ka Tin Court ( 嘉田苑 ) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Wai, near Hin Keng Estate. It consists of six Flexi blocks built in 1988. King Tin Court ( 景田苑 ) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Wai, near Lung Hang Estate. It consists of 6 blocks built in 1983. Lung Hang Estate ( 隆亨邨 )
140-534: Is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Wai, near Sun Tin Wai Estate. It consists of three blocks built in 1985. Grandway Garden ( 富嘉花園 ) is a Private Sector Participation Scheme court in Tai Wai , near MTR Tai Wai station and Holford Garden. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Chevalier Group . It consists of 3 blocks built in 1989. Hin Keng Estate ( 顯徑邨 )
168-546: Is a mixed public and TPS estate at the south of Tai Wai. Named for nearby Hin Tin Village ( 顯田村 ) and Keng Hau Village ( 徑口村 ), the estate consists of 8 residential buildings completed between 1986 and 1989. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000. There is another adjacent public estate, Hin Yiu Estate ( 顯耀邨 ), which has only one residential building. Since Hin Keng Estate
196-560: Is a single-block court with 216 flats in total. It was sold in 2014 and completed in 2017. Sun Chui Estate ( 新翠邨 ) is located near Lung Hang Estate, Che Kung Miu Temple and Tai Wai station . It consists of 8 residential buildings completed in 1983, 1984 and 1985 respectively. Sun Tin Wai Estate ( 新田圍邨 ) was built on the hill at the south of Chun Shek Estate along Lion Rock Tunnel Road . It consists of 8 residential blocks completed in 1981 and 1982. Private Sector Participation Scheme The Home Ownership Scheme ( HOS )
224-415: Is a subsidised-sale public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority . It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing with two aims – to encourage better-off tenants of rental flats to vacate those flats for re-allocation to families in greater housing need; and also to provide an opportunity for home ownership to families unable to afford to buy in
252-505: Is far away from MTR Tai Wai station , the main transportation is buses and minibuses currently in there. In the future, Hin Keng station of Sha Tin to Central Link is proposed to be built near Hin Keng Estate to provide railway service for Hin Keng residents. The station opened for public service on 14 February 2020. Holford Garden ( 海福花園 ) is a Private Sector Participation Scheme court in Tai Wai , near MTR Tai Wai station . It
280-549: Is linked to the history of Sha Tin New Town , which started in the 1970s. Chun Shek Estate ( 秦石邨 ) is located near Che Kung Temple and Che Kung Temple station . It consists of 4 residential blocks completed in 1984. Carado Garden ( 雲疊花園 ) is a Private Sector Participation Scheme court in Tai Wai, near Tin Sam Village , Lung Hang Estate and Hin Yiu Estate. It consists of 6 blocks built in 1990. Fung Shing Court ( 豐盛苑 )
308-526: Is located between Hin Keng Estate and Sun Chui Estate, and consists of 6 residential blocks completed in 1983 and 1985 respectively. Mei Lam Estate ( 美林邨 ) is a public estate consisting of 4 residential buildings with 4,100 rental flats, a shopping centre and a sports centre , located along Shing Mun River Channel and near Mei Chung Court, May Shing Court and Shing Mun Tunnel . It was constructed in three phases. Phase 1 (Mei Fung House, Mei Yeung House, Mei Tao House and Mei Lam Shopping Centre) are located at
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#1732858064543336-632: Is the first PSPS court in Sha Tin District . It consists of 3 blocks built in 1985, constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation . Ka Shun Court ( 嘉順苑 ) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Wai, near Hin Keng Estate and Union Hospital . It is located in Hin Tin , within walking distance of the Hin Keng station which was opened on 14 February 2020. It is a single block with totally 248 flats completed in 2018. Ka Keng Court ( 嘉徑苑 )
364-591: The Lau ( 劉 ), relocated to Kwai Chung instead of Hin Tin during the resettlement. The villagers who chose to settle in Hin Tin did so because they saw good income opportunities from the surrounding forest at that time. In 1982, the Housing Department demolished 600 structures at Hin Tin and relocated 167 families. The ancestral halls of the three clans, Yeung ( 楊 ), Law ( 羅 ) and So ( 蘇 ), are connected together to form
392-611: The 1920s to resettle three clans of villagers from Shek Lei Pui Valley ( 石梨貝谷 ), to make way for the construction of the Shek Lei Pui Reservoir , completed in 1925. Approximately 80 people lived in 26 houses in the former Shek Lei Pui Village. The Yeung ( 楊 ), the Law ( 羅 ) and the So ( 蘇 ) clans were Hakkas from Nantou who had settled in the Valley for some 300 years. Another clan in the Valley,
420-661: The Director of Housing. In 2002, developers complained of weakness in property prices, claiming the housing marketplace was largely distorted by excessive unfair competition from schemes such as the HOS. It was pointed out that a public rental tenant moving into a second-hand HOS flat would receive three lots of subsidies. Government halted the PSPS, developments which were in progress at the time were either transformed into public housing, or sold off to private developers. Construction of new HOS estates
448-431: The HOS programme. The Housing Authority started to offer surplus HOS flats for sale in batches until 2011. In 2011, the government announced the Home Ownership Scheme again because of the aspiration for home ownership. Over 460,000 subsidised housing flats have been sold until now. In 2000, the scheme was caught up in a short-piling scandal which resulted in the resignation of Housing Authority chief Rosanna Wong , and
476-476: The Home Ownership Scheme would be stopped. The Housing Authority stopped sale of HOS and PSPS flats for ten months until end of June 2002. Donald Tsang, the Chief Secretary for Administration announced that the sales of HOS flats would not exceed 9,000 a year up to 2005–06, subject to the continuing need to avoid competition with the private sector residential market. Thereafter, they expected more radical cuts in
504-603: The Housing Ordinance. The Home Ownership Scheme Secondary Market is only open to eligible low-income residents and low-income tenants of rental public housing. Three years after being assigned HOS public housing units, owners are allowed to obtain a certificate from the Housing Authority to place their homes in the HOS Secondary Market, without paying the subsidised land premiums (normally 35–50 per cent discount to
532-501: The fire. The government started to build resettlement blocks to house the victims. The government announced a Ten- year Housing Program and established the Hong Kong Housing Authority to manage the public housing. From 1978 to 2003, the government ran the Home Ownership Scheme for PRH residents and low&middle income families. The first such plan was launched in 1978 and the first batch of flats became available in 1980,
560-847: The first estates being Yuet Lai Court in Kwai Chung , Shun Chi Court in Kwun Tong , Shan Tsui Court in Chai Wan , Chun Man Court in Ho Man Tin , Sui Wo Court in Sha Tin and Yue Fai Court in Aberdeen . In 1987, forecasting that the demand for home-ownership was on the rise, the Government launched a plan to redevelop the older housing estates, and introduced a greater choice of apartments available for purchase by public housing tenants. A Home Purchase Loan Scheme
588-480: The government to pause the construction of new Home Ownership Scheme estates. The Hong Kong government announced the resumption of the HOS programme in 2011 in response to public discontent over the territory's high housing prices. A new series of HOS estates were inaugurated in 2017, and more are under construction. In 1953, a fire broke out in the Shek Kip Mei squatter area. Over 53,000 people were homeless after
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#1732858064543616-721: The original purchase. As an ancillary scheme, the Housing Authority also entered into arrangements with local private developers to provide property for sale under the Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS). Between 1995 and 2000, the Hong Kong Housing Society also offered the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme for lower middle class families whose incomes exceeded the Home Ownership Scheme requirements, but still had trouble affording private housing. In 2002, falling real estate values led
644-420: The prevailing market). Owners who have sold their HOS public housing units will no longer be eligible for any form of public housing. In general, they are allowed after five years to apply to place their homes in the HOS Secondary Market without paying subsidised land premium, or to apply for removal of sale restrictions by first paying the full subsidies and the land premiums to the Housing Authority, as decided by
672-409: The private sector. Under the scheme, the government sells flats to eligible public housing tenants and to lower-income residents at prices below the market level, with discounts usually between 30 and 40 per cent. It restricts resale of the units in the second-hand market to other families who qualify or, on the open market, after payment of a premium equal to the updated value of the discount given on
700-552: The south side of Shing Mun River Channel, while Phase 2 (Mei Wai House) and Phase 3 (Mei Lam Sports Centre) are located at the north side. The two sides are connected by a footbridge . The authorized population was 11,400 as at end December 2007. Mei Pak Court ( 美柏苑 ) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Heung Fun Liu , Tai Wai of Sha Tin District , near May Shing Court. It is one 33-storey block court with 288 flats in total. It
728-421: Was introduced with, initially, a quota of 2,000 loans of HK$ 50,000 interest-free to make the downpayment on their new private-sector homes. In December 1991, there was a huge rush to buy 6,452 Housing Authority properties in 17 projects. Flats were to be sold at a discount of 40 per cent, the most attractive for several years. On 3 September 2001, Dr. Michael Suen Ming Yeung, the Chief Secretary, announced that
756-568: Was sold in 2014 and completed in 2017. Mei Tin Estate ( 美田邨 ) is located at the south of Shing Mun River Channel and near Mei Lam Estate. Formerly the site of a village called Heung Fan Liu ( 香粉寮 ), the estate consists of 7 residential blocks in Phase 1, 2 and 3 completed in 2006 and 2008. Phase 4 was completed by 2013. Mei Ying Court ( 美盈苑 ) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Heung Fun Liu , Tai Wai of Sha Tin District , near Mei Tin Estate. It
784-564: Was suspended in November 2002, and it was also announced that the TPS would end. One PSPS project, the 2,470 flat Hung Hom Peninsula built by New World Development and Sun Hung Kai Properties, was sold for a below-market land premium of HK$ 864 million to New World Development , who subsequently sold off half share to Sun Hung Kai Properties . In 2004, the consortium announced the demolition of these buildings to make way for luxury apartments, which
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