Public factory estates in Hong Kong

The management of these factory estates was transferred to the Hong Kong Housing Authority upon its establishment in 1973.

In order to focus on its core mission of providing subsidised rental housing to low-income families in need, the Housing Authority decided in 1989 to progressively absolve itself from the ownership and management of flatted factories in the long term.

[6] This decision was criticised as the factory estates had an occupancy rate of 97 percent and the majority of the tenants opposed the redevelopment plan.

The Chai Wan Factory Estate was listed as a Grade II historic building in 2013 and was planned for adaptive reuse.

These conversions are linked to the Heritage conservation and the Old Industrial Buildings Revitalization programmes of the government.

Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate in 2003.
Ramp inside the Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate, which did not have lifts.
Blocks 17 and 18 of Shek Kip Mei Estate , a housing estate, in 2006. Note the similarity of architecture with Chai Wan Factory Estate.