Shek Wai Kok Estate
{{short description|Public housing estate in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 3 Shek Wai Kok Road, Shek Wai Kok
New Territories, Hong Kong
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| status = Completed
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| population date = 2016
| population = 16,605{{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 July 2021}}
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Shek Wai Kok Estate ({{zh|t=石圍角邨}}) is a public housing estate in Shek Wai Kok, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Shing Mun Valley and Luk Yeung Sun Chuen. It consists of 8 residential buildings completed in 1980 to 1982.
History
On 28 September 1982, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher visited the estate to contact with the public by residents of the estate.{{cite book|title=MT Engagement Diary|date=28 September 1982|publisher=Margaret Thatcher Foundation|url=https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/124967|access-date=8 July 2021}}
On 14 March 2001, Leung Shing-yan died after being shot by Tsui Po-ko at Flat 552, Shek To House Block B, Shek Wai Kok Estate. The incident caused a sensation in Hong Kong society.{{Cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/583020/slain-constables-last-words-fiancee|title=Slain constable's last words to fiancee|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=27 February 2007|access-date=8 July 2021}}
Houses
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Shek Wai Kok Estate had a population of 16,605. The median age was 51.1 and the majority of residents (98 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
For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Shek Wai Kok constituency, which is represented by Man Yu-ming,{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2008|title=Tsuen Wan District Council - Tsuen Wan DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=8 July 2021}} while the remainder of the estate falls within the Cheung Shek constituency, which is represented by Matthew Lai Man-fai.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tsuen Wan District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/K_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=8 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tw/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2032|title=Tsuen Wan District Council - Tsuen Wan DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=8 July 2021}}
See also
{{commons category|Shek Wai Kok Estate}}
References
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{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}