Trident 1 Trident 1 blocks are 35 stories tall and have 36 units per floor. Most units could only accommodate 3 or fewer people. Trident 1 blocks can be found in
Cheung Hong Estate,
Shan King Estate,
Fu Shin Estate,
Lok Wah Estate,
Mei Lam Estate and
Lei Tung Estate.
Lei Tung Estate currently holds the record with the most Trident 1 blocks at 4. Trident 1 blocks have 12 units per wing. It has 36 units per floor. A typical Trident 1 block has 1,224 units, but some can have up to more than 1,300. This is why units are subdivided. In
Cheung Hong Estate, there is two designs of Trident 1 blocks.
Fu Shin Estate currently has a Trident 1 block with an odd number of units per floor, which is 30. Trident 1 blocks are rarely sold.
Trident 2 A Trident 2 block is 35 stories tall with 816 units and 8 units per wing. There are 24 units per floor. 3/4 of units are classed as Type B, meaning families with 4 or 6 people can live in this type. This is the first time that a concept called 'a house with multiple rooms' is used. 1/4 of the units are Type C units, meaning 7 or more can live there. They are located in the each end of the wing. Most of them are completed between 1984 and 1989. The first Trident 2 block completed is in
Cheung Wah Estate. Other blocks include
Pok Hong Estate and
Cheung Hong Estate. In fact, in some cases, Trident 2 blocks are also found in
Home Ownership Scheme estates, like
Ching Shing Court,
May Shing Court, and
Fung Shing Court. It is only available to
Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme members, an early form of
Home Ownership Scheme. The last Trident 2 blocks are in
Long Ping Estate. The record holder for the most Trident 2 blocks in an estate is
Lei Tung Estate, with 6 blocks.
Trident 3 Trident 3 blocks are 35 stories tall and have 24 units per floor, with 8 units per wing. It can have 800 to 1100 units. It is also the first design to feature
air conditioning and the first to use
prefabrication (
Tai Wo Estate). It takes up a lot of land. It is mostly found in the
new towns of Hong Kong. Most are completed between 1987 and 1992.
Heng On Estate currently haves the first Trident 3 blocks. It can be found in
Tin Yiu Estate and
Tak Tin Estate. There are some cases where Trident 3 blocks end up in
Home Ownership Scheme courts.
Ching Nga Court and
Ching Tai Court are the only HOS courts to have Trident 3 blocks.
Trident 3A There are also Trident 3 blocks that have ‘
subdivided units’. For example, two of the wings have 5 subdivided units at the end while one of the wings have 4 subdivided units. Therefore, it brings the total up to 32 units per floor with 14 subdivided units. This variant is called ‘Trident 3A’.
Trident 4 Trident 4 blocks are similar to Trident 3 blocks, but take up less space. Usually, these types of blocks are 35 stories in height. Some are even shorter due to height restrictions by
Kai Tak Airport, like
Tung Tau Estate,
Tsui Wan Estate,
Siu Sai Wan Estate, and
Lei Cheng Uk Estate. It only has only 414 - 850 units in a Trident 4 block, 6 to 9 units per wing, and 18 to 25 units per floor. The first Trident 4 blocks are in
Wah Kwai Estate. The last Trident 4 blocks are completed in
Tin Yiu Estate.
Lei Cheng Uk Estate and
Choi Ha Estate also have Trident 4 blocks. Some
Home Ownership scheme courts also have Trident 4 blocks.
Fung Chuen Court and
Chung Nga Court are the only HOS courts to have Trident 4 blocks. == Gallery ==