Sun Tin Wai Estate
{{short description|Public housing estate in Tai Wai, Hong Kong}}
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| location = 29 Sha Tin Tau Road, Tai Wai
New Territories, Hong Kong
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| status = Completed
| category = Public rental housing
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| population date = 2016
| population = 8,826{{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=2 August 2021}}
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| built = {{Start date and age|1981}}
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Sun Tin Wai Estate ({{zh|t=新田圍邨}}) is a public housing estate in Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was built on the hill at the south of Chun Shek Estate along Lion Rock Tunnel Road and consists of 8 residential blocks completed in 1981 and 1982.
Fung Shing Court ({{zh|t=豐盛苑}}) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Wai, near Sun Tin Wai Estate. It consists of three residential buildings built in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=2&id=1321347387497&dist=7|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=2 August 2021}}
Houses
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| Yu Wai House | 裕圍樓 | Old Cruciform | rowspan="4" | 1981 |
| Fung Wai House | 豐圍樓 | rowspan="5" | Single I | |
| Shing Wai House | 盛圍樓 | ||
| Foo Wai House | 富圍樓 | ||
| Yan Wai House | 欣圍樓 | rowspan="4" | 1982 | |
| Wing Wai House | 榮圍樓 | ||
| Fook Wai House | 福圍樓 | rowspan="2" | Old Slab | |
| Hong Wai House | 康圍樓 |
=Fung Shing Court=
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Sun Tin Wai Estate had a population of 8,826 while King Tin Court had a population of 5,940. Altogether the population amounts to 14,766.
Politics
For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Sun Tin Wai Estate is located in the Sun Tin Wai constituency, which was formerly represented by Ching Cheung-ying until July 2021,{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/st/english/members/info/dc_member_list.php|title=Sha Tin District Council - Sha Tin DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=2 August 2021}} while Fung Shing Court falls within the Chun Fung constituency, which is currently represented by Chan Nok-hang.{{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=2 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/st/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2858|title=Sha Tin District Council - Sha Tin DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=2 August 2021}}
COVID-19 pandemic
Foo Wai House of the estate was placed under lockdown on 26 February, 2022.[https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/187620/Lockdowns-declared-for-blocks-in-Sha-Tin,-Kwai-Chung,-Kwun-Tong-and-Yuen-Long HK Standard]
See also
{{commons category|Sun Tin Wai Estate}}
References
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{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1981