Tin Ping Estate Explained

Building Name:Tin Ping Estate
Location:48 Tin Ping Road, Sheung Shui
New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.5026°N 114.1334°W
Status:Completed
Category:Public rental housing
Population Date:2016
Population:17,625[1]
Blocknumber:7[2]
Units:1,522
Construction Authority:Hong Kong Housing Authority

Tin Ping Estate is a public housing estate in Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Sacred Hill and Tin Ping Shan Tsuen.[3] [4] It is the northernmost mixed public and TPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town and consists of seven residential buildings completed between 1986 and 1990. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.[5]

On Shing Court is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Sheung Shui, near Tin Ping Estate.[3] [4] It has only one block built in 1990.[6]

Houses

Tin Ping Estate

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Tin Yee House 天怡樓 Trident 2 1986
Tin Cheung House 天祥樓
Tin Hor House 天賀樓
Tin Mei House 天美樓 Trident 3 1989
Tin Hee House 天喜樓
Tin Long House 天朗樓 Trident 4 1990
Tin Ming House 天明樓 New Slab

On Shing Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tin Ping Estate had a population of 17,625. The median age was 51.6 and the majority of residents (99.1 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$24,170.[1]

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Tin Ping West constituency, which is represented by Kwok Long-fung,[7] while the remainder of the estate and On Shing Court fall within the Tin Ping East constituency, which was formerly represented by Lau Ki-fung until July 2021.[8] [9]

COVID-19 pandemic

Tin Hee House of Tin Ping Estate was placed under lockdown on 23 February, 2022.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major Housing Estates. 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. 10 July 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. 10 July 2021.
  3. Web site: North District. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720175416/https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/workplace/rbrp_participating_estates_N.pdf. 20 July 2011. dead. Environmental Protection Department. 10 July 2021.
  4. Web site: NORTH DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. https://web.archive.org/web/20110609194944/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/archives/programmes/doc/00_01_nd00_pt1_e.pdf. 9 June 2011. dead. Civil Engineering and Development Department. 10 July 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. 10 July 2021.
  6. 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. 10 July 2021.
  7. Web site: North District Council - North DC Members. District Council. 10 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District). Electoral Affairs Commission. 10 July 2021.
  9. Web site: North District Council - North DC Members. District Council. 10 July 2021.
  10. https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1635442-20220223.htm RTHK