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The '''Sandwich Class Housing Scheme''' was a scheme from the [[Hong Kong Housing Society]] offering apartments to [[middle-income]] families, i.e. [[sandwich class]], at [[concessionary price]]s during the 1990s in Hong Kong. The purchases were subject to a five-year resale restriction. The first development, [[Tivoli Garden]],<ref>[http://www.hkhs.com/eng/info/photo07.asp Hong Kong Housing Society - 1995 - Tivoli Garden]</ref> was completed in 1995, and was followed by 12 other developments. In total, more than 12,000 units were offered.<ref name="hkhs">[http://www.hkhs.com/eng/business/sandwich.asp Hong Kong Housing Society - Sandwich Class Housing Scheme]</ref>

Unlike [[Home Ownership Scheme]] and [[Flat-for-Sale Scheme]], the owners under Sandwich Class Housing Scheme must pay a [[land premium]] before they can sell their flats in the free second-hand property market.<ref>[http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200507/16/07160119.htm Payment of land premium for disposal of sandwich  class flats]</ref>

==Developments==
The housing estates built under the scheme were:<ref name="hkhs" /> (number of apartments and year of completion into brackets)
* [[Park Belvedere]] (雅景臺), [[Ma On Shan (town)|Ma On Shan]] (882 - 1998)
* [[Sunshine Grove]] (晴碧花園), [[Sha Tin]] (508 - 1998)
* [[The Pinnacle, Hong Kong|The Pinnacle]] (叠翠軒), [[Tseung Kwan O]] (1,424 - 1999)
* [[Tivoli Garden]] (宏福花園), [[Tsing Yi]] (1,024 - 1995)
* [[Hibiscus Park]] (芊紅居), [[Kwai Chung]] (420 - 1998)<ref name="mortgage">[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr02-03/english/panels/hg/papers/hg0505cb1-1550-4-e.pdf Second mortgage loan arrangement for Sandwich Class Housing Scheme Owners]</ref>
* [[Marina Habitat]] (悅海華庭), [[Ap Lei Chau]] (992 - 1998)<ref name="mortgage" />
* [[Bel Air Heights]] (悅庭軒), [[Diamond Hill]] (798 - 1999)
* [[Cascades, Hong Kong|Cascades]] (欣圖軒), [[Ho Man Tin]] (712 - 1999)
* [[Highland Park (Hong Kong)|Highland Park]] (浩景臺), [[Kwai Chung]] (1,456 - 1999)

Three developments were converted into private properties for sale at full market values:<ref name="hkhs" />
* [[Cayman Rise]], [[Kennedy Town]]
* [[Radiant Towers]] (旭輝臺) [[Tseung Kwan O]] (704 - 1999)<ref name="Under Management">[http://www.hkhs.com/pdf/ar2007/092-PropertiesUnderManagement.pdf Sandwich Class Housing Scheme Hong Kong Housing Society - Properties Under Management] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081314/http://www.hkhs.com/pdf/ar2007/092-PropertiesUnderManagement.pdf |date=2011-07-16 }}</ref>
* [[Mountain Shore]], [[Ma On Shan (town)|Ma On Shan]] (2002)
* [[Serenity Place]], [[Tseung Kwan O]] (2003)

Land reallocated to [[Hong Kong Housing Authority|Housing Authority]]:
* Proposed SCHC and Flat-for-Sale Scheme development in Area 103 of [[Tin Shui Wai]] (now [[Tin Ching Estate]])<ref>[http://www1.ozp.tpb.gov.hk/gist/apply/en_tc/A_TSW_8_TC.pdf The planning application submitted to Town Planning Board in 1997]</ref>

==Sales==
Demand for Sandwich Class Housing apartments was generally high. For example, in 1996, the Hong Kong Housing Society received 6,520 applications for the sale of a batch of 1,696 units in Radiant Towers and Marina Habitat. This level of applications was a 40% increase in comparison to those for Park Belvedere and Tivoli Gardens, in 1995 and 1994 respectively.<ref>[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=44550&sid=&con_type=1&archive_d_str=19960824 ''The Standard'': "Society shrugs off flats complaints", August 24, 1996]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In the case of several projects, following a Government policy to suspend the sale of the subsidized flats in September 2001, not all units were sold under the initial Sandwich Class Housing Scheme. These projects include: Marina Habitat, The Pinnacle, Highland Park and Cascades.<ref name="mortgage" />

All units of Mountain Shore were initially sold within 9 hours in April 2002 at an average price of HK$2,900 per sq. ft.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061027074504/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=104164 Emporis - Mountain Shore]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[My Home Purchase Plan]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Sandwich Class Housing Scheme}}
* [http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/prm/schs/SCHS_HL.pdf Sandwich Class Housing Scheme leaflet]
* [http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr97-98/english/panels/hg/papers/hg26033b.htm Provisional LegCo Panel on Housing - Sandwich Class Housing Scheme]

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