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Wah Kwai Estate [1990- ]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2016-03-24 15:53
Date Place completed: 
c.1990-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

First intake of owners in 1990, see http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/det...

Built on reclaimed land in the former Kellett Bay.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Kellett Bay / Kai Lung Wan [????- ]
Kai Lung Wan squatter village [????-c.1985]
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South Horizons, Ap Lei Chau [c.1994- ]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2015-05-15 15:57
Date Place completed: 
c.1994-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

I've set the completion date to 1994, but "Names of buildings" shows the estate was built in three phases, with blocks completes in 1991, 1992, 1993 & 1994.

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Power Station, Ap Lei Chau [1968-c.1989]
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Sai Wan Estate [1958- ]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2015-02-26 23:35
Date Place completed: 
1958-01-01

Some notes about the estate from the Housing Authority website:

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Mei Foo Sun Chuen [1978- ]

Submitted by David on Sun, 2014-07-06 21:59
Date Place completed: 
1978-01-01

I've set 1978 as the completion date for the whole estate, though as Wikipedia notes, many phases were completed much earlier:

Mei Foo Sun Chuen was built in eight stages[1] from 1965 to 1978 on the reclamation formerly used for petroleum storage by Mobil (now part of ExxonMobil) in Hong Kong (Mobil's Chinese trading name in Hong Kong is 美孚; Mei Foo). The development was conducted by Mei Foo Investments Limited, a subsidiary company of Mobil Oil (Hong Kong) Limited.[1]

Previous place(s) at this location: 
Standard Oil Co. / Mobil oil berth and tank farm [1909-????]
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