Mei Tung Estate
{{short description|Public housing estate in Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong}}
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| building name = Mei Tung Estate
| image = Mei Tung Estate 2021 03 part3.jpg
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| caption = Mei Tung Estate along Tung Tau Tsuen Road in 2021.
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| location = 180 Tung Tau Tsuen Road (Mei Tung House and Mei Po House)
130 Junction Road (Mei Yan House)
23 Pui Man Street (Mei Tak House)
| coordinates = {{coord|22.33262|114.18908|display=inline,title}}
| status = Completed
| category = Public rental housing
| demolished = 2022 (Mei Tung House and Mei Po House portions, Under redevelopment)
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| population date = 2016
| population = 6,067{{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=17 July 2021}}
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| built = 1974 (Mei Tung House and Mei Po House)
2011 (Mei Yan House)
2014 (Mei Tak House)
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{{Chinese
| order = ts
| t = 美東邨
| s = 美东邨
| j = mei5 dung1 cyun1
| p = Měi Dōng Cūn
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Mei Tung Estate ({{zh|t=美東邨}}) is a public housing estate located at the south of Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong opposite Kowloon Walled City Park. It consists of 2 Old Slab-typed blocks, each building is 8-storey, providing over 600 flats.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fso-createhk.gov.hk/en/locations_search_details.php?File_No=00620&search_type=1|title=Mei Tung Estate|work=Hong Kong Film Services Office|access-date=17 July 2021}} Although the estate is near Kowloon City, it belongs to Wong Tai Sin District rather than Kowloon City District because it is located at the north of Tung Tau Tsuen Road ({{zh|t=東頭村道}}), the boundary between two districts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eac.gov.hk/pdf/distco/2007dc/en/wts_e.pdf#|title=Wong Tai Sin District – Provisional District Council Constituency Areas|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728162113/http://www.eac.gov.hk/pdf/distco/2007dc/en/wts_e.pdf#|archive-date=28 July 2011|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr¶m=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentPhoto&ctrlid=2054011&lang=eng|title=Mei Tung House in Kowloon City|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721160803/http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr¶m=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentPhoto&ctrlid=2054011&lang=eng|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=17 July 2021}} A third block opened in 2010, and a fourth opened in 2014.
Background
In 1971, the British Hong Kong Government cleared Tung Wo Village and Chiu Ping New Village in Tung Tau Squatter Area. In 1974, one block of the estate, "Block 6", was constructed. The government planned to demolish nearby Sai Tau Village in Kowloon City to construct remaining blocks, but the plan was strongly opposed by the village residents. As a result, the plan was left aside. (Sai Tau Village was finally demolished in 1984 to build the current Carpenter Road Park.) Since no other blocks were built, "Block 6" was renamed as "Mei Tung House" in 1979. In 1981, the government decided to construct one more block on the left side of Mei Tung House. In 1983, the block, "Mei Po House", was completed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=207 |title=Hong Kong Place: Mei Tung Estate (Chinese)|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915185151/http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=207|archive-date=15 September 2008|url-status=dead}} As of 2022 via Google Street View,{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@22.3330919,114.1904628,3a,75y,281.06h,83.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVj_tjEq17gWXlCfURtSXgg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en|title=Portions of Mei Tung House and Mei Po House demolished from Google Street View as archived on November 2022|access-date=13 April 2023}} Mei Tung House and Mei Po House portions of the Mei Tung Estate were demolished and now under redevelopment by Hong Kong Housing Authority for new public housing project.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/access/pec/planning_brief/PB%20for%20Mei%20Tung%20Est.%20(Older%20Part).pdf|title=Redevelopment of Mei Tung Estate (Older Part)|access-date=13 April 2023}}
Houses
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Mei Tung Estate had a population of 6,067. The median age was 41.4 and the majority of residents (98 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.5 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$17,000.
Politics
Mei Tung Estate is located in Tung Mei constituency of the Wong Tai Sin District Council.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Wong Tai Sin District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/H_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=17 July 2021}} It was formerly represented by Sze Tak-loy, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/wts/english/members/info/dc_member_list.php|title=Wong Tai Sin District Council - Wong Tai Sin DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=17 July 2021}}
Education
Mei Tung Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 41. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Kowloon Tong 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-41b.pdf|title=POA School Net 41|publisher=Education Bureau|accessdate=2022-09-12}}
See also
{{commons category|Mei Tung Estate}}
References
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{{Wong Tai Sin District}}
{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
Category:Public housing estates in Hong Kong