So Uk Estate

E1000891

So Uk Estate is a large public housing estate in Hong Kong known for its early postwar residential blocks and long-standing working-class community.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
So Uk Estate canonical 2
New So Uk Estate 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf housing estate in Hong Kong ⓘ
public housing estate ⓘ
administeredBy Hong Kong Housing Department ⓘ
architecturalEra post-World War II modernist housing ⓘ
category Public housing estates in Hong Kong ⓘ
Residential buildings in Hong Kong ⓘ
Sham Shui Po District ⓘ
constructionStart 1950s ⓘ
country Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
demolitionPeriod 2008–2010s ⓘ
demolitionStart late 2000s ⓘ
developedBy Hong Kong Housing Authority ⓘ
district Sham Shui Po District ⓘ
formerLandUse squatter area ⓘ
governedBy Sham Shui Po District Council ⓘ
hasCommunity working-class residents ⓘ
hasFunction community services for residents ⓘ
residential accommodation ⓘ
hasLanguageCommunity Cantonese-speaking residents ⓘ
hasRedevelopmentReason aging building stock ⓘ
need to meet modern safety standards ⓘ
hasTypeOfHousing rental public housing ⓘ
knownFor distinctive architectural design of early blocks ⓘ
early postwar residential blocks ⓘ
long-standing working-class community ⓘ
locatedIn Kowloon ⓘ
location So Uk, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon ⓘ
near Cheung Sha Wan ⓘ
Lai Chi Kok ⓘ
Sham Shui Po ⓘ
notableFeature community facilities for residents ⓘ
courtyard-style layout in original design ⓘ
openingDate 1960 ⓘ
openingPeriod 1960s ⓘ
owner Hong Kong Housing Authority ⓘ
partOf Hong Kong public housing programme ⓘ
planningAuthority Hong Kong Government ⓘ
reconstruction rebuilt as a modern public housing estate ⓘ
redevelopment comprehensive redevelopment in the 2000s ⓘ
region Asia ⓘ
reopeningPeriod mid-2010s ⓘ
socialRole affordable housing for low-income residents ⓘ
subregion East Asia ⓘ
timePeriod postwar Hong Kong urban development ⓘ
transportConnection served by multiple bus routes ⓘ
urbanContext part of Kowloon’s dense urban fabric ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

So Uk → hasHousingEstate → So Uk Estate ⓘ
So Uk → hasHousingEstate → New So Uk Estate ⓘ
linked to: So Uk Estate