Lai Yiu Estate
{{short description|Public housing estate in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 11 Lai Yiu Street, Lai King
Kwai Chung
New Territories, Hong Kong
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| status = Completed
| category = Public rental housing
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| population date = 2016
| population = 8,254{{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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Lai Yiu Estate ({{zh|t=麗瑤邨}}) is a public housing estate in Lai King, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located near Central Kwai Chung Park and Castle Peak Road (Kwai Chung Section).{{Cite web|url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/parks/ckcp/index.html|title=Central Kwai Chung Park|work=Leisure and Cultural Services Department|access-date=8 February 2022}} It is located at the north mid-level of Lai King Estate and it consists of five residential buildings completed in 1976, 1977 and 1999 respectively.
Tsui Yiu Court ({{zh|t=翠瑤苑|labels=no}}) is a Home Ownership Scheme housing court in Lai King. It is located near Lai Yiu Estate, Lai King Fire Station and Castle Peak Road (Kwai Chung Section). It has a single residential block completed in 1981.{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=2&id=1321347387629&dist=6|title=Housing Authority Property Location and Profile {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department|work=Hong Kong Housing Authority|access-date=8 February 2022}}
Houses
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| Fu Yiu House | 富瑤樓 | rowspan="3" | Twin Tower | 1976 |
| Kwai Yiu House | 貴瑤樓 | rowspan="3" | 1977 | |
| Lok Yiu House | 樂瑤樓 | ||
| Wah Yiu House | 華瑤樓 | Old Slab | |
| Wing Yiu House | 榮瑤樓 | Small Household Block | 1999 |
=Tsui Yiu Court=
Demographics
In 1990, the Gross Estate Area of Lai Yiu Estate was 6.1 ha. The authorized population was 13,258 and the theoretical density was 2,173 persons/ha. The actual density was 1,437 persons/ha.{{cite journal |last=Lai |first=Lawrence Wai-Chung |date=1990 |title=Public housing density in Hong Kong: A theoretical and empirical review |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43622166 |journal=Ekistics |volume=57 |issue=342-343 |pages=160-171 |publisher=Athens Center of Ekistics |issn=00132942 |doi= |access-date=}} As of September 2021, the authorised population of Lai Yiu Estate was 8,000.
According to the 2016 by-census, Lai Yiu Estate had a population of 8,254. The median age was 46.8 and the majority of residents (94.2 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$24,950.
Politics
Lai Yiu Estate and Tsui Yiu Court are located in Wah Lai 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 Sin Chung-kai, who was elected in the 2019 elections until May 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/kwt/english/members/info/former_dc_member_list.php|title=Kwai Tsing District Council - List of Former Kwai Tsing DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=8 February 2022}}
See also
{{commons category|Lai Yiu Estate}}
References
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{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
category:Residential buildings completed in 1976
category:Residential buildings completed in 1977