9-609: The Sandwich Class Housing Scheme was a scheme from the Hong Kong Housing Society offering apartments to middle-income families, i.e. sandwich class , at concessionary prices during the 1990s in Hong Kong. The purchases were subject to a five-year resale restriction. The first development, Tivoli Garden , was completed in 1995, and was followed by 12 other developments. In total, more than 12,000 units were offered. Unlike Home Ownership Scheme and Flat-for-Sale Scheme ,
18-557: A statutory body under Hong Kong Ordinance Chapter 1059. It was the first-ever independent statutory body in Hong Kong that undertook public housing affairs. In 1952, the first rental housing estate in Hong Kong, Sheung Li Uk, was completed in Sham Shui Po, providing 5 blocks with 360 residential units and accommodating 1,900 tenants. To break out from the communal design which prevailed at that time, Sheung Li Uk provided self-contained flats with kitchens, bathrooms and balconies. Moreover, it
27-415: Is a non-governmental organisation and non-profit organisation. The chairman of the society is Walter Chan ( 陳家樂 ) and the chief executive officer and executive director is Chan Yum-min ( 陳欽勉 ). After the end of World War II in 1945, Hong Kong was devastated and traumatised in the post-war aftermath. There was material deprivation and a shortage of housing. Due to the incessant crises in the political arena of
36-810: Is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong (the first being the Hong Kong Housing Authority ). The Society housed around 130,000 residents as of 2020. The Housing Society has been a dedicated housing provider in constantly identifying the housing needs of different sectors of the community and developing housing options attuned to their needs. Since its inception, a total of over 73,000 units have been built under different housing schemes, including Rental Estate, Rural Public Housing, Urban Improvement Scheme, Flat-for-Sale Scheme, Sandwich Class Housing Scheme, Full Market Value Development, Urban Renewal Project, Senior Citizen Residences Scheme, The Tanner Hill and Subsidised Sale Flats project. The society
45-500: The Chinese mainland, vast numbers of mainland refugees flocked to Hong Kong. They built huts and settled themselves on unoccupied hillsides, which worsened the already severe housing problem. At that time, Hong Kong had not yet devised any public housing policy, not to mention any departments to steer the planning and building of public housing. In 1947, The Lord Mayor of London donated a sum of 14,000 pounds from its Air Raid Distress Fund to
54-649: The Hong Kong Social Welfare Council. A member of the Council and the Anglican Bishop of Hong Kong, the Reverend RO Hall, took the lead to use the donation to launch a housing organisation for mitigating Hong Kong's serious housing problems. Bishop Hall, together with a group of social leaders, established a committee which held its first meeting on 17 April 1948. HKHS was formally established in 1951 as
63-439: The owners under Sandwich Class Housing Scheme must pay a land premium before they can sell their flats in the free second-hand property market. The housing estates built under the scheme were: (number of apartments and year of completion into brackets) Three developments were converted into private properties for sale at full market values: Land reallocated to Housing Authority : Demand for Sandwich Class Housing apartments
72-568: The subsidized flats in September 2001, not all units were sold under the initial Sandwich Class Housing Scheme. These projects include: Marina Habitat, The Pinnacle, Highland Park and Cascades. All units of Mountain Shore were initially sold within 9 hours in April 2002 at an average price of HK$ 2,900 per sq. ft. Hong Kong Housing Society The Hong Kong Housing Society , or Housing Society for short,
81-528: Was generally high. For example, in 1996, the Hong Kong Housing Society received 6,520 applications for the sale of a batch of 1,696 units in Radiant Towers and Marina Habitat. This level of applications was a 40% increase in comparison to those for Park Belvedere and Tivoli Gardens, in 1995 and 1994 respectively. In the case of several projects, following a Government policy to suspend the sale of
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