Choi Fook Estate
{{short description|Public housing estate in Ngau Tau Kok, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 58 Choi Wing Road, Ping Shan
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Choi Fook Estate ({{zh|t=彩福邨}}), formerly Choi Wan Road Site 3B ({{zh|t=彩雲路3B區}}), is a public housing estate in Ping Shan, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Choi Ying Estate. Formerly a quarry site, Choi Fook Estate is a part of the housing development near Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr00-01/english/panels/hg/papers/a407e04.pdf|title=Development near Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley|work=Legislative Council of Hong Kong|access-date=16 July 2021}} It is developed into 3 phases. All blocks in Phase 1 & 2 were occupied in 2010 and 2011 respectively, while other one further block in Phase 3 was occupied in 2021.
Background
The first phase of the estate includes three buildings, Choi Hay House, Choi Lok House, and Choi Sin House. The formalities for occupancy of residents began on 30 July 2010, and the occupancy officially began. There is an elderly community centre in the estate, which was opened with the first phase of occupation;{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/about-us/publications-and-statistics/housing-dimensions/article/20110513/fun-deck-from-bare-rocks-to-lively-communities-choi-fook-and-choi-tak-estates.html|title=From Bare Rocks to Lively Communities – Choi Fook and Choi Tak Estates|date=13 May 2011|work=Hong Kong Housing Authority|access-date=16 July 2021}} and the second phase of estate, which includes Choi Foon House, was also occupied on 4 July 2011.
Construction of the third phase started in 2016. The project has a three-storey ground floor platform with a gymnasium and a wet market, and a 37-storey residential building Choi Wo House on the platform, providing 950 units and a population of about 2,900.{{Cite news|url=https://hk.news.yahoo.com/彩福三期合併地盤-單位將增至950個-215511842.html|title=彩福三期合併地盤 單位將增至950個|newspaper=Yahoo! News|date=27 January 2015|access-date=16 July 2021}} In December 2015, the Housing Authority plans to apply to the Town Planning Board to relax the height restrictions of the relevant lot from 170 metres above sea level to 190 metres, and increase the number of units to 1,110.{{Cite news|url=https://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/1886720/即時-港聞-彩福邨等3公屋-一半單位租金低於2500元|title=彩福邨等3公屋 一半單位租金低於2500元|newspaper=Headline Daily|date=30 September 2020|access-date=16 July 2021}} It was completed by the end of 2020{{Cite news|url=https://hk.news.yahoo.com/彩福邨三期發展計劃擬增至1-100單位-064200654.html|title=彩福邨三期發展計劃擬增至1,100單位|newspaper=Yahoo! News|date=18 December 2015|access-date=16 July 2021}} with a population of 4,160 and had entered occupation on 22 March 2021.
Houses
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Choi Fook Estate had a population of 9,075. The median age was 40 and the majority of residents (98.3 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.6 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$17,000.
Politics
Choi Fook Estate is located in Jordan Valley constituency of the Kwun Tong District Council.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Kwun Tong District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/J_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=16 July 2021}} It is currently represented by Frankie Ngan Man-yu, who was elected in the 2019 elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kt/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2766|title=Kwun Tong District Council - Kwun Tong DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=16 July 2021}}
Education
Choi Fook Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 46. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-46b.pdf|title=POA School Net 46|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12}}
See also
{{commons category|Choi Fook Estate}}
References
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{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}