Hing Wah Estate
{{short description|Public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 11 Wan Tsui Road, Chai Wan
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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| status = Completed
| category = Public rental housing
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| population date = 2016
| population = 7,526{{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=1 July 2021}}
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| location = 18 Wan Tsui Road, Chai Wan
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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Hing Wah Estate ({{zh|t=興華邨}}) is a public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, near MTR Chai Wan station.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/household/flrp/CFL_particpating_buildings_E.pdf|title=Eastern District|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720175312/https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/household/flrp/CFL_particpating_buildings_E.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=1 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/ch/services/maps/chw.pdf|title=Chai Wan Station street map|work=MTR Corporation|access-date=1 July 2021}} The estate comprises 10 residential buildings. The 7 "Old Slab" blocks belong to Hing Wah (II) Estate ({{zh|t=興華(二)邨}}) completed in 1976, while the 3 "Harmony 1" buildings belong to Hing Wah (I) Estate ({{zh|t=興華(一)邨}}) completed in 1999 and 2000.
Background
Hing Wah (I) Estate was a resettlement estate which had 3 resettlement blocks completed in 1971. 7 more "Old Slab" blocks were completed in 1976, which formed Hing Wah (II) Estate. The 3 resettlement blocks in Hing Wah (I) Estate were demolished in 1995,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/hkha/oct95/Foundation%20works%20tenders%20endorsed.htm|title=Foundation works tenders endorsed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217183601/http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/hkha/oct95/Foundation%20works%20tenders%20endorsed.htm|archive-date=17 February 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=1 July 2021}} replaced by two rental blocks in 1999 and one HOS block in 2000 respectively. However, the government decided to change an HOS block from sale to rental finally, and renamed it from "Hing Tsui Court" to "Hing Tsui House".{{Cite web|url=http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/rental/RHC44-00.pdf|title=Naming of Domestic Block - Hing Wah (I) Estate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605055510/http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/rental/RHC44-00.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=1 July 2021}}
Houses
=Hing Wah (I) Estate=
=Hing Wah (II) Estate=
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Hing Wah (I) Estate had a population of 7,526 while Hing Wah (II) Estate had a population of 8,351. Altogether the population amounts to 15,877.
Politics
For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Hing Wah (I) Estate is located in the Hing Man constituency, which is represented by Tse Miu-yee,{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/east/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2682|title=Eastern District Council - Eastern DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=1 July 2021}} while Hing Wah (II) Estate falls within the Fei Tsui constituency, which is represented by Joseph Lai Chi-keong.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Eastern District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/C_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=1 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/east/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2654|title=Eastern District Council - Eastern DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=1 July 2021}}
Covid Pandemic
May Wah House was put under lockdown between 3 and 4 February 2021. [https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1573915-20210203.htm RTHK]
Education
Hing Wah Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 16.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/index.html|title=POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-27}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-16b.pdf|title=POA School Net 16|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12|archive-date=12 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912234735/https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/primary-secondary/spa-systems/primary-1-admission/school-lists/2023dpnet-16b.pdf|url-status=dead}}
See also
{{commons category|Hing Wah Estate}}
References
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{{Eastern District, Hong Kong}}
{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
category:Public housing estates in Hong Kong
category:Residential buildings completed in 1976