Overview of housing in Hong Kong
29.1% of the Hong Kong population lives in public rental housing estates . Kin Ming Estate , completed in 2003, is a public housing estate located in Tseung Kwan O . It consists of 10 housing blocks and houses a total of about 22,000 people. Private housing estates are a common form of private permanent housing. Hong Kong Parkview , located at Wong Nai Chung Gap is among the ones at the top of the market.Traditional housing can be found in the New Territories . Some villages have been occupied for over 200 years. Here, the entrance gate of Nam Pin Wai , a walled village in Yuen Long Kau Hui . Urban settlements on Hong Kong Island , Kowloon and some former market towns in the New Territories were mostly developed during the 19th and 20th centuries. Tong-laus , the local form of shophouses , built mostly in the first half of the 20th century, are witnesses of this development. Caribbean Coast, a 53-storey residential skyscraper, in Tung Chung New Town . Pang uk stilt houses found in Tai O .Housing in Hong Kong varies by location and income. More than 7 million people live on about 1,108 km2 (427 mi2 ) of land in the region, making it one of the densest places in the world.
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