Tsui Wan Estate Explained

Building Name:Tsui Wan Estate
Location:3 Tsui Wan Street, Chai Wan
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.2681°N 114.2399°W
Status:Completed
Category:Public rental housing
Population Date:2016
Population:6,446[1]
Blocknumber:4[2]
Units:703
Construction Authority:Hong Kong Housing Authority

Tsui Wan Estate is a public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, near Chai Wan Park, Yue Wan Estate and Tsui Lok Estate.[3] Built on the reclaimed land in Chai Wan,[4] the estate consists of 4 residential blocks completed in 1988. In 1999, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 2.[5]

Tsui Lok Estate is a public housing estate in Chai Wan,[3] located near Chai Wan Park, Yue Wan Estate and Tsui Wan Estate. Built on the former site of Yue Wan Temporary Housing Area [6] on reclaimed land in Chai Wan,[4] the estate consists of only 1 residential block built in 1999.[7]

Hang Tsui Court is a Home Ownership Scheme court on the reclaimed land in Chai Wan, near Chai Wan Park, Yue Wan Estate, Tsui Wan Estate and Tsui Lok Estate. It has 2 blocks built in 1997.[8]

Houses

Tsui Wan Estate

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Tsui Fuk House 翠褔樓 Trident 4 1988
Tsui Hong House 翠康樓
Tsui Ning House 翠寧樓
Tsui Shou House 翠壽樓

Hang Tsui Court

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Tsui Ching House 翠晶閣 NCB (Ver.1984) 1997
Tsui Ying House 翠瑩閣

Hang Tsui Court is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 16.[9] Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Shau Kei Wan Government Primary School and Aldrich Bay Government Primary School.[10]

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tsui Wan Estate had a population of 6,446. The median age was 48.1 and the majority of residents (97.2 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$25,000.[1]

Politics

Tsui Wan Estate, Tsui Lok Estate and Hang Tsui Court are located in Tsui Wan constituency of the Eastern District Council.[11] It is currently represented by Ku Kwai-yiu, who was elected in the 2019 elections.[12]

Education

Tsui Wan Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 16.[13] Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Shau Kei Wan Government Primary School and Aldrich Bay Government Primary School.[14]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major Housing Estates. 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. 3 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. 3 July 2021.
  3. 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. 3 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Chai Wan around 1966-69. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721094703/http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr&param=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentPhoto&ctrlid=752645&lang=eng. 21 July 2011. dead. 3 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 2. 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. 3 July 2021.
  6. Web site: 臨時房屋區 (Chinese). 3 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Tsui Lok Estate. Hong Kong Housing Authority. 3 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Hang Tsui Court. Hong Kong Housing Authority. 3 July 2021.
  9. Web site: POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage. Education Bureau. 2022-10-12.
  10. Web site: POA School Net 16. Education Bureau. 2022-09-12.
  11. Web site: Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Eastern District). Electoral Affairs Commission. 3 July 2021.
  12. Web site: Eastern District Council - Eastern DC Members. District Council. 3 July 2021.
  13. Web site: POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage. Education Bureau. 2022-10-12.
  14. Web site: POA School Net 16. Education Bureau. 2022-09-12.

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