Hong Kong Photo Gallery - Ping Shek Estate

Wong Tai Sin District is one of the 18 administrative districts in Hong Kong and takes its name from the famous Wong Tai Sin Temple, a landmark of the district. Over the years, Wong Tai Sin has been transformed from a plain and simple rural village to a district with well-developed public housing estates and a population of 440,000.
Across the street from Choi Hung Estate, Ping Shek was also designed by Palmer & Turner. While it had similar design basis as Choi Hung, there was a vision to increase the height to 50 stories and use revolutionary construction methods to reduce costs. However, the Housing Authority decided not to proceed and wanted a more traditional estate of 27-storey towers and a number of shorter buildings to provide 4570 units that can house a population of 29,000.
It also has social media attraction with its central courtyards and a sight to behold when looking up from the ground through the light well.

The neighbouring Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple celebrates 3 generals who were believed to be mountain gods from Guangdong's Chaozhou area that helped achieve military success. There are several temples across the city dedicated to their worship.


Wong Tai Sin District is one of the 18 administrative districts in Hong Kong and takes its name from the famous Wong Tai Sin Temple, a landmark of the district. Over the years, Wong Tai Sin has been transformed from a plain and simple rural village to a district with well-developed public housing estates and a population of 440,000. Across the street from Choi Hung Estate, Ping Shek was also designed by Palmer & Turner. While it had similar design basis as Choi Hung, there was a vision to increase the height to 50 stories and use revolutionary construction methods to reduce costs. However, the Housing Authority decided not to proceed and wanted a more traditional estate of 27-storey towers and a number of shorter buildings to provide 4570 units that can house a population of 29,000. It also has social media attraction with its central courtyards and a sight to behold when looking up from the ground through the light well. The neighbouring Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple celebrates 3 generals who were believed to be mountain gods from Guangdong's Chaozhou area that helped achieve military success. There are several temples across the city dedicated to their worship.

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