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Public housing estates on Lantau Island

This is a list of public housing estates on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

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Fu Tung Estate

Fu Tung Estate (Chinese: 富東邨) is located near Tung Chung Station. Built on the reclaimed land of North Lantau New Town Phase 1 project, it is the first public housing estate in Tung Chung. It consists of 3 residential buildings completed in 1997.

Yu Tung Court

Yu Tung Court (Chinese: 裕東邨) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tung Chung, located near Fu Tung Estate and Tung Chung Station. Built on the reclaimed land of North Lantau New Town Phase 1 project, it is the first and the only HOS court in Tung Chung. It has a total of 5 blocks built in 1997, together with Yu Tung Estate.

Yat Tung Estate

Yat Tung Estate (Chinese: 逸東邨) is located in Tung Chung. It is divided into 'Yat Tung (I) Estate' (Chinese: 逸東(一)邨), completed in 2001 and comprising 13 blocks of Concord 1 and Harmony 1 types, and 'Yat Tung (II) Estate' (Chinese: 逸東(二)邨), completed in 2004 - 2005 and comprising 12 blocks of Harmony 1 and NCB types.

Residents of Yat Tung Estate have appealed to the government to extend the Tung Chung Line to Yat Tung to ease their transportation problems. Yat Tung Estate currently has 40,000 residents. They claimed that when they moved in 11 years ago, the Housing Bureau's documents indicated a MTR station at the estate. The residents currently have to take a 10-minute bus journey to Tung Chung Station.

The proposed Tung Chung West Station would be located adjacent to Yat Tung Estate. It is tentatively slated to open between 2020 and 2024.

Yat Tung (I) Estate
Yat Tung (II) Estate

Tung Chung Artwalk

The Hong Kong Housing Authority established the Tung Chung Artwalk (Chinese: 東涌藝術徑) at Yat Tung Estate, so as to promote public art at public housing estates. It is the first public housing estate to have a large public art scheme launched by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. Sixteen works of art selected from 316 outstanding submissions for the competition "New Face of Heritage" were firstly displayed in the estate in 2002 while another 10 artworks were added in 2006.

Lung Hin Court

Lung Hin Court (Chinese: 龍軒苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai O. It is located in on the reclaimed land in east Tai O, next to Lung Tin Estate. The court is the Phase 2 development of Lung Tin Estate. It was originally planned for rehousing people affected by the Tai O development, but it was transferred to HOS units in 1999 since the clearance scale was largely reduced.

Lung Tin Estate

Lung Tin Estate (Chinese: 龍田邨) is the sole Hong Kong Housing Authority public rental estate in south Lantau Island. It is located in on the reclaimed land in east Tai O.

Ngan Wan Estate

Ngan Wan Estate (Chinese: 銀灣邨) is located in Ngan Kwong Wan Road, Mui Wo, a short distance from Mui Wo Ferry Pier. It consists of 4 residential blocks completed in 1988.

References

Public housing estates on Lantau Island Wikipedia