Kwai Shing East Village was called Kwai Shing government low-rent housing before 1973. After the establishment of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, it was renamed Kwai Shing Estate Phase I and Kwai Shing Estate Phase I on 1977. This village is located in the Kwai Chung mountainous area in central and western China. Before the redevelopment, it was a low-rent government house, and it was the fourth low-rent government house in Kwai Tsing District (built by the Hong Kong Housing Construction Committee/excluding the existing Limu Shu Village in Tsuen Wan District), with a total of 9 buildings (12 to 20, namely Kwai Sheng Dong).

During the period of 1983-84, the Housing Department conducted a comprehensive survey of all public housing buildings over five years old, and found that the concrete strength of many buildings failed to meet the standard, among which 26 buildings were even below the standard, which threatened to collapse immediately. These "problem public houses" need to be demolished as soon as possible. The housing in Kwai Tsing District is one of the hardest hit areas of "problem public housing". In order to resettle the affected residents, the Housing Authority built Shengfeng Building and Shengxi Building on the hillside opposite the Hulin Memorial Middle School of the Sheng Kung Hui. The remaining 13- 17 and 19 plots were also demolished from 1993 to 1995 according to the overall renovation plan.

Most of the redevelopment work has been completed, and the remaining 12 blocks have been converted into temporary residences in September 1995 to accommodate residents who are affected by the clearance and are not eligible for public rental housing. On July 23, 2008, the Planning Committee under the Housing Authority approved the demolition of the remaining 12 blocks in the housing estate to solve the problems of insufficient land for public housing and vacant temporary accommodation.