Lai Tak Tsuen
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Lai Tak Tsuen (Traditional Chinese: 勵德邨) is a housing estate at 2 - 38 Lai Tak Tsuen Road, Tai Hang, Eastern District, Hong Kong. Built in 1975, it is one of the first public housing developments in Hong Kong. It was the second self-funded rental project of the Hong Kong Housing Society. The housing estate was named after Hong Kong Government Officer, Michael Wright, who had served the Government of Hong Kong for more than 30 years.[1].
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[edit] History
The Hong Kong Housing Society announced its plan to build the housing estate in January of 1969. Its contruction was originally planned to be finished in 1972, but was delayed by a landslide. As a result, the first building, Tsuen Wing Lau, was completed in May of 1975. The rest was completed in 1976[1].
The housing estate was an award-winning design in the 1970s[2].
In Semptember, 1999, Lai Tak Tsuen was awarded the ISO 9001 certification by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency for its design and provision of property management services.[3]
From 2002 to 2005, Lai Tak Tsuen was one of the ten public housing estates with the lowest average volume of waste produced; hence, it was commended in the Waste Reduction Credit Scheme organized by the Hong Kong Housing Authority.[4]
[edit] Configuration
The estate consists of three houses, i.e. high-rise blocks of flats, with 2,677 flats. [5].
The population of the housing estate is currently 11,140.[4]. Other than residential blocks, the estate also provides carparks, shops, market stalls, a kindergarten, a children's centre, a youth centre, an elderly centre, a library, basketball court and a children's playground. [5]
[edit] Houses
The three buildings are Lai Kit Lau (Traditional Chinese: 勵潔樓) which is at 38 Lai Tak Tsuen Road, Tak Chuen Lau (Traditional Chinese: 德全樓) which is at 36 Lai Tak Tsuen Road and Tusen Wing Lau (Traditional Chinese: 邨(村)榮樓) which is at 16 Lai Tak Tsuen Road .
Two of the buildings, Lai Kit Lau and Tak Chuen Lau, in Lai Tak Tsuen are Hong Kong's only public rental buildings having bicylindrical design. [1]
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Bus
[edit] Lai Tak Tsuen Bus Terminus
There is a bus terminus outside Lai Kit Lau with the following routes:
- 23A Lai Tak Tsuen - Robinson Road (Circular)
- 26 Lai Tak Tsuen - Hollywood Road (Circular)
- 81 Lai Tak Tsuen - Tsuen Wan West Station
- 81A Lai Tak Tsuen - Chai Wan (Hing Wah Estate)
- 43M Lai Tak Tsuen - Chai Wan (Hing Wah Estate)
[edit] Lai Tak Tsuen Road, outside Tak Chuen Lau
At Tak Chuen Lau, Lai Tak Tsuen, is served by the following routes:
- 41, 23B, 25C, 41A, 108
[edit] Lai Tak Tsuen Road, outside Tsuen Wing Lau
At Tsuen Wing Lau, is served by the following routes:
- 42, 23B, 25C, 26, 81, 108.
[edit] Public Light Bus
Green Minibuses are also available around Lai Tak Tsuen:
- 21A Lan Fong Road - Lai Tak Tsuen, via Causeway Bay and Tai Hau.
- 25 Upper Braemar Hill - Peterson Street, via Lai Kit Lau
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Lai Tak Tsuen (勵德邨), Hong Kong Place. (in Traditional Chinese)
- ^ Lai Tak Tsuen, Film Services Office.
- ^ Housing Society Today:Feature Story(Issue 20, December 2002)
- ^ a b Waste Reduction Credit Scheme 2002-2005
- ^ a b Lai Tak Tusen, Hong Kong Housing Society
