Lei Cheng Uk Estate
{{short description|Housing estate in Kowloon, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 10 Fat Tseung Street, Cheung Sha Wan
Kowloon, Hong Kong
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| status = Completed
| category = Public rental housing and
Tenants Purchase Scheme
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| population date = 2016
| population = 12,043
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{{infobox chinese |c=李鄭屋邨 |showflag=y |j=lei5 zeng6 nguk1 cyun1 |y=léih jehng ūk chyūn}}
File:Lei Cheng Uk Estate-Yan Oi Hse and Chung Hau House.JPG
File:Image-HK LeiChengUkHanTombMuseum Outside.jpg on Tonkin Street, with Lei Cheng Uk Estate in the background.]]
Lei Cheng Uk Estate ({{zh|t=李鄭屋邨|j=Lei5 Zeng6 Uk1 Cyun1|cy=Léihjehng'ūk Chyūn}}) is a public housing estate and Tenants Purchase Scheme estate in Lei Cheng Uk, downhill from Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located near the So Uk Estate.[http://wikimapia.org/824363/Lei-Cheng-Uk-Estate Lei Cheng Uk Estate] Since the redevelopment in 1980s, the estate consists of 10 residential buildings completed in 1984, 1989 and 1990 respectively.[http://www.fso-tela.gov.hk/lib/locations_search_details.cfm?type=1&File_No=00713 Lei Cheng Uk Estate] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070520010156/http://www.fso-tela.gov.hk/lib/locations_search_details.cfm?type=1&File_No=00713 |date=2007-05-20 }} In 2002, some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5.[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 5] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902050913/http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0%2C%2C%2C00.html |date=2009-09-02 }} The estate is now managed by Hong Kong Housing Society.[http://www.hkhs.com/pdf/22/corporate.pdf Chairman Visits Estates]
History
In 1955, while levelling a hill to construct the Lei Cheng Uk Resettlement Area, workers discovered an ancient brick tomb dating to the Eastern Han dynasty (25{{ndash}}220CE). A total of 58 pottery and bronze objects were found inside the tomb. The site is now the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_35.php |title=Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum |access-date=2009-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615171425/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_35.php |archive-date=2018-06-15 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/History/en/lcuht_exhibition1.php Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205193645/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/History/en/lcuht_exhibition1.php |date=2008-12-05 }}[http://travelblog.savvy-cafe.com/hong-kong-lei-cheng-uk-han-tomb-2007-03-16/ Hong Kong – Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120717144102/http://travelblog.savvy-cafe.com/hong-kong-lei-cheng-uk-han-tomb-2007-03-16/ |date=2012-07-17 }}
In 1956, during Double Ten Day celebrations, a government officer ordered that a Republic of China flag be removed from the Lei Cheng Uk estate. This escalated into the Hong Kong 1956 riots, where Pro-ROC camp and pro-Communists clashed.
Houses
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| Name[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-10_4904,00.html Lei Cheng Uk Estate] | Type | Completion |
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| Chung Hau House | rowspan="2" | Double H | rowspan="4" | 1984 |
| Yan Oi House | ||
| Shun Yee House | rowspan="2" | Old Slab | |
| Wo Ping House | ||
| Tao Tak House | rowspan="1" | Linear 1 | rowspan="4" | 1989 |
| Wo Muk House | rowspan="3" | Linear 3 | |
| Lim Kit House | ||
| Lai Yeung House | ||
| Hau Chi House | rowspan="2" | Trident 4 | rowspan="2" | 1990 |
| Hau Lim House |
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Lei Cheng Uk Estate had a population of 12,043. The median age was 51.8 and the majority of residents (96 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household comprised 2.6 persons. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$17,090.{{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 |accessdate=20 February 2020}}
See also
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External links
{{Commons category|Lei Cheng Uk Estate}}
- [http://www.grs.gov.hk/ws/online/utsr/part2/en/c.htm Historical photographs of Lei Cheng Uk Resettlement Estate]
{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
{{Sham Shui Po District}}
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1984
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1989
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1990