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Kwun
Tong Garden Estate (觀塘花園大廈), or Garden Estate (花園大廈), is a public
housing estate in Ngau Tau Kok Road, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Kowloon,
Hong Kong, developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society, near
the MTR Kwun Tong Line's Ngau Tau Kok Station. It is the first public
housing estate in Kwun Tong District. It comprises 5 blocks built in
1965 and 1967 respectively. Near the Kwun Tong Garen Estate, there is
Lotus Tower (玉蓮臺) a public housing estate which was redeveloped from old Kwun Tong Garden Estate blocks.
Source: Wikipedia
Garden Estate is located at a very convenient place, it is next to Ngau Tau Kok Station, and accessible by different public transports.
Kwun Tong Garden Estate was built by the Hong Kong Housing Society between the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate the workers working in the industrial area on the newly reclaimed land along Kwun Tong harbourfront. 7 blocks of Phase 1 were completed in 1958 and 1959, while 5 blocks of Phase 2 were completed in 1965 and 1967. To cope with the redevelopment project of the estate, Phase 1 blocks were demolished in 1983 and 1987 respectively. They were replaced by the blocks of Lotus Tower built in 1987 (Block 4) and 1990 (Block 1 to 3) respectively.
For a construction of more than fifty years, they are kept at very good condition. The environment is calm and peaceful. Definitely, it is not packed.
With individual kitchen and toilet, it was a paradise for most dwellers at that time.
They are of about ten storeys.
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