Cho Yiu Chuen
{{short description|Public housing estate in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 1-5 Lai Cho Road
2-3 Lim Cho Street
2-6 Wing Cho Street
Lai King
Kwai Chung
New Territories, Hong Kong
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| status = Completed
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| population date = 2016
| population = 7,159{{Cite web|title=Major Housing Estates|url=https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-dp-major-hosing-estates.html|website=2016 Population By-census|publisher=Census and Statistics Department|access-date=8 February 2022}}
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Cho Yiu Chuen ({{zh|t=祖堯邨}}) is a public housing estate developed by the Hong Kong Housing Society in Lai King, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located near Highland Park, Lai King Estate, Yuet Lai Court, Lai King Sports Centre and Lai King Building of Princess Margaret Hospital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/clpss/en/webApp/Facility/Details.do?fid=804&did=5|title=Lai King Sports Centre|work=Leisure and Cultural Services Department|access-date=8 February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ha.org.hk/visitor/ha_visitor_index.asp?Content_ID=100160|title=Princess Margaret Hospital|work=Hospital Authority|access-date=8 February 2022}}
The estate consists of eight residential blocks completed between 1976 and 1981. It also provides elderly persons flats at Chung Ling Sheh ({{zh|t=松齡舍}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.hkhs.com/pdf/22/corporate.pdf |title=Chairman Visits Estates|access-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081424/http://www.hkhs.com/pdf/22/corporate.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2011|work=Hong Kong Housing Society|url-status=dead}} It was named for Sir Cho Yiu Kwan ({{zh|t=關祖堯爵士}}), one of the founders of Hong Kong Housing Society.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hk-place.com/viewtext.php?id=226 |title=Cho Yiu Chuen (Chinese Version)|work=Hong Kong Place|access-date=8 February 2022}}
Houses
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Cho Yiu Chuen had a population of 7,159. The median age was 47.6 and the majority of residents (96.5 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.8 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$25,580.
Politics
Cho Yiu Chuen is located in Cho Yiu constituency of the Kwai Tsing District Council.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Kwai Tsing District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/S_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=8 February 2022}} It was formerly represented by Choi Nga-man, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kwt/english/members/info/dc_member_list.php|title=Kwai Tsing District Council - Kwai Tsing DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=8 February 2022}}
Distinctions
Cho Yiu Chuen received a Certificate of Merit at the 1981 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards. Kai King Lau is the tallest building in Cho Yiu Chuen with 38 storeys. It was also the tallest public housing building in the world at that time.
Education
Cho Yiu is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 65, which includes multiple aided schools (schools operated independently of the government but funded with government money); none of the schools in the net are government schools.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-65b.pdf|title=POA School Net 65|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-27}}
See also
{{commons category|Cho Yiu Chuen}}
References
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{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
Category:Public housing estates in Hong Kong
Category:Residential skyscrapers in Hong Kong
category:Residential buildings completed in 1976
category:Residential buildings completed in 1978