Ho Man Tin Estate 何文田邨 (first generation) [1973-2001]

Submitted by simtang on Sat, 07/01/2023 - 09:25
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished

Ho Man Tin Estate was formerly a government low-rent housing estate. It was completed in 1973. There are 8 new low-rent buildings, as well as the Church of Christ in China Jihao Primary School (中華基督教會基浩小學) and Chen Ruiqi (La Salle) Primary School (陳瑞祺(喇沙)小學) (the former was demolished when the estate was demolished in 2001; the latter was demolished in 2009 after being moved to Delan Middle School in 2007). The original site was the Ho Man Tin Cottage Resettlement Area (平房區) built after the war - Ho Man Tin New Village and Man Wah Village, as well as the squatter area on the side of the mountain.
In 1997, the government rebuilt one of the recreational parks in the old Ho Man Tin Estate into a 40-story harmonious building named "King Man Building". It became the first Harmony Block style public housing in Ho Man Tin Estate. In 2000, the remaining 8 new buildings were completed in Quarry Hill, and the old buildings were demolished in 2001.
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/何文田邨

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1973
1975
1970s

Comments

Ho Man Tin Estate was located in the Ho Man Tin Hill area.
In late 19th century the area was used as an Indian cemetery which was closed in 1927. In 1921, Ho Man Tin hill had 3 cemeteries.
1. number 1 European cemetery at site of current Wah Yan college (closed in 1933)
2. number 2 Chinese cemetery at site of current Ho man Tin estate (closed in 1947)
3. number 3 Muslim cemetery at site of Waterloo hill (closed in 1963)
In the 1950s, the area had a lot of squatter huts.

1950s ho man tin village
1950s ho man tin village, by simtang

Religious organizations also built some one-story houses there to form what was known as the Ho Man Tin Cottage Resettlement Area (何文田平房區). There were 6 such villages: Xinwang Village 信望村, carmel village 迦密村, Ho Man Tin New Village 何文田新村, Zhimin Village 治民村, Mandarin Village 文華村 and ? village.

1950s ho man tin village 2
1950s ho man tin village 2, by simtang

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