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Sai Wan Estate

Kennedy TownPublic housing estates in Hong KongResidential buildings completed in 1958Residential buildings completed in 1959
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Sai Wan Estate (Chinese: 西環邨) is a public housing estate in Kennedy Town, Sai Wan, Hong Kong. Built in 1958 and 1959, it sits in a hillside that had to be extensively cut away for its construction. the estate comprises 640 flats in five linear blocks of 10 to 14 storeys. It is the only public housing estate in Central and Western District developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and it is the second oldest existing public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority, after Model Housing Estate.Sai Wan Estate was designed by government architect Stanley Feltham.Despite its age, in 2008 the Housing Authority decided not to redevelop the estate in the short term. Instead, repair works were planned to be carried out in the buildings to sustain the estate for the following 15 years.

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Sai Wan Estate
Ka Wai Man Road, Hong Kong Island Kennedy Town (Central and Western District)

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西苑臺 West Terrace

Ka Wai Man Road
Hong Kong Island, Kennedy Town (Central and Western District, Sai Wan Estate)
Hong Kong, China
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