Fung Wah Estate Explained

Building Name:Fung Wah Estate
Location:4-6 Fung Ha Road, Chai Wan
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.2606°N 114.2312°W
Status:Completed
Category:Public rental housing
Population Date:2016
Population:3,580[1]
Blocknumber:2[2]
Units:1,150
Construction Authority:Hong Kong Housing Authority

Fung Wah Estate is a mixed TPS and public housing estate on a hill in southwest Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong near Cape Collinson Crematorium.[3] [4] It consists of two residential blocks completed in 1991. Some of the flats were sold under Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.[5]

King Tsui Court is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Chai Wan, next to Fung Wah Estate. It has only one residential block completed in 1991.[6]

Houses

Fung Wah Estate

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Hiu Fung House 曉峰樓 Trident 4 1991
Sau Fung House 秀峰樓

King Tsui Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Fung Wah Estate had a population of 3,580. The median age was 46 and the majority of residents (93.3 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.9 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$25,950.[1]

Politics

Fung Wah Estate and King Tsui Court are located in Fei Tsui constituency of the Eastern District Council.[7] It was formerly represented by Joseph Lai Chi-keong, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major Housing Estates. 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. 17 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Housing Authority Property Location and Profile Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department. Hong Kong Housing Authority. 17 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Cape Collinson Crematorium. Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. 17 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Eastern District. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720175312/https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/household/flrp/CFL_particpating_buildings_E.pdf. 20 July 2011. dead. 17 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3. Hong Kong Housing Authority. https://web.archive.org/web/20110926225333/http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html. 26 September 2011. dead. 17 August 2021.
  6. Web site: King Tsui Court. Hong Kong Housing Authority. 17 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Eastern District). Electoral Affairs Commission. 17 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Eastern District Council - Eastern DC Members. District Council. 17 August 2021.