Tsui Lam Estate Explained

Building Name:Tsui Lam Estate
Location:11 Tsui Lam Road, Tseung Kwan O
New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.3224°N 114.2482°W
Status:Completed
Category:Public rental housing
Population Date:2016
Population:14,897[1]
Blocknumber:8[2]
Units:2,839
Construction Authority:Hong Kong Housing Authority

Tsui Lam Estate is a mixed TPS and public housing estate located to the west of Po Lam in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the second public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O[3] and is the only public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O not built on reclaimed land. It has a total of eight residential blocks completed in 1988. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B in 2005.[4]

King Ming Court is a Home Ownership Scheme housing court in Tseung Kwan O near Tsui Lam Estate. It has three residential blocks built in 1988 and is the only HOS court in Tseung Kwan O built at a hill, but not on reclaimed land.[5]

Houses

Tsui Lam Estate

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Choi Lam House 彩林樓 New Slab 1988
Fai Lam House 輝林樓
Nga Lam House 雅林樓
Yan Lam House 欣林樓
Pik Lam House 碧林樓 Trident 2
Sau Lam House 秀林樓
Hong Lam House 康林樓
On Lam House 安林樓

King Ming Court

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Hei King House 曦景閣 New Cruciform (Ver.1984) 1988
Fai King House 暉景閣
Yuk King House 旭景閣

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tsui Lam Estate had a population of 14,897. The median age was 50.9 and the majority of residents (97.9 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 3 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$26,900.[1]

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Tsui Lam Estate falls within the Tsui Lam constituency, which is currently represented by Daryl Choi Ming-hei,[6] while King Ming Court falls within the Hong King constituency, which was formerly represented by Frankie Lam Siu-chung until July 2021.[7] [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major Housing Estates. 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. 6 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. 6 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Tseung Kwan O New Town. https://web.archive.org/web/20070211120930/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/about/achievements/regional/regi_tko.htm. 11 February 2007. dead. 6 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B. 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. 6 August 2021.
  5. 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. 6 August 2021.
  6. Web site: Sai Kung District Council - Sai Kung DC Members. District Council. 6 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Sai Kung District). Electoral Affairs Commission. 6 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Sai Kung District Council - Sai Kung DC Members. District Council. 6 August 2021.