Lek Yuen Estate
{{short description|Public housing estate in Sha Tin, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 6 Lek Yuen Street, Sha Tin
New Territories, Hong Kong
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| status = Completed
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Lek Yuen Estate ({{zh|t=瀝源邨}}) is a public housing estate in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the first public housing estate in Sha Tin, built on the reclaimed land of Sha Tin Hoi, located near Wo Che Estate and MTR Sha Tin station.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/ch/services/maps/sht.pdf|title=Sha Tin Station street map|work=MTR Corporation|access-date=3 July 2021}} The estate consists of seven residential blocks completed in 1975.
History
Lek Yuen Estate was one of the first of a "new generation" of estates which were more self-contained with regard to the provision of amenities and shopping.{{cite news|title=8 new estates with a difference|url=https://hknews.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/12_09.01/31.pdf|access-date=3 July 2021|work=South China Morning Post|date=2 February 1976}} Covered walkways allow tenants to do their shopping close to home, without relying on cars or trains. This is now a standard element of housing estate design in Hong Kong. When the old Sha Tin market was being demolished, many merchants were relocated to the Lek Yuen Estate shops, though some complained of comparatively "exorbitant" rents.{{cite news|title=Angry scenes at Shatin|url=https://hknews.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/23_05.01/38716.pdf|work=South China Morning Post|date=17 June 1976|access-date=3 July 2021}}
The shopping centre is now owned by The Link REIT. The estate locality has several other facilities including a market, a park, a public clinic, an entertainment building called "Sha Tin Fun City" ({{zh|t=沙田娛樂城|labels=no}}), and numerous schools. An elevated walkway runs through the estate, linking it to Sha Tin Town Centre (to the south) and Wo Che Estate (to the north).
On 24 September 2020, a man was found dead at the estate after a fire broke out on the fourth floor of Wing Shui House.{{Cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3102897/fire-breaks-out-hong-kong-block-flats-elderly-woman-rescued|title=Man found dead after fire breaks out in Hong Kong block of flats|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=24 September 2020|first1=Clifford|last1=Lo|first2=Danny|last2=Mok|access-date=3 July 2021}}
Houses
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| Wing Shui House | 榮瑞樓 | rowspan="7" | Old Slab | rowspan="7" | 1975 |
| Wah Fung House | 華豐樓 | ||
| Fu Yu House | 富裕樓 | ||
| Kwai Wo House | 貴和樓 | ||
| Fook Hoi House | 福海樓 | ||
| Luk Chuen House | 祿泉樓 | ||
| Sau Chuen House | 壽全樓 |
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Lek Yuen Estate had a population of 8,131. The median age was 50.5 and the majority of residents (98.6 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$20,000.
Politics
Lek Yuen Estate is located in Lek Yuen constituency of the Sha Tin District Council.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Sha Tin District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/R_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=3 July 2021}} It is currently represented by Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit, who was elected in the 2019 elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/st/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2913|title=Sha Tin District Council - Sha Tin DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=3 July 2021}}
COVID-19 pandemic
Some residents in Luk Chuen House at the Estate in June 2020, where confirmed cases were found.{{cite web |title=Hong Kong housing estate evacuated after Covid-19 cluster found |date=2020-06-04 |website=South China Morning Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415033248/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3087526/coronavirus-new-cluster-infection-expands-elderly |archive-date=2023-04-15 |url-status=live |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3087526/coronavirus-new-cluster-infection-expands-elderly}}
See also
{{commons category|Lek Yuen Estate}}
References
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{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1975