Tin Ping Estate

{{short description|Public housing estate in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong}}

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| location = 48 Tin Ping Road, Sheung Shui
New Territories, Hong Kong

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| status = Completed

| category = Public rental housing

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| population date = 2016

| population = 17,625{{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=10 July 2021}}

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| units = 1,522

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| built = {{Start date and age|1986}}

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Tin Ping Estate ({{zh|t=天平邨}}) is a public housing estate in Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Sacred Hill and Tin Ping Shan Tsuen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/workplace/rbrp_participating_estates_N.pdf|title=North District|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720175416/https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/workplace/rbrp_participating_estates_N.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead|work=Environmental Protection Department|access-date=10 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/archives/programmes/doc/00_01_nd00_pt1_e.pdf|title=NORTH DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609194944/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/archives/programmes/doc/00_01_nd00_pt1_e.pdf|archive-date=9 June 2011|url-status=dead|work=Civil Engineering and Development Department|access-date=10 July 2021}} It is the northernmost mixed public and TPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town and consists of seven residential buildings completed between 1986 and 1990. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.{{Cite web|url=http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html|title=Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3|publisher=Hong Kong Housing Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926225333/http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html|archive-date=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=10 July 2021}}

On Shing Court ({{zh|t=安盛苑|labels=no}}) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Sheung Shui, near Tin Ping Estate. It has only one block built in 1990.{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=2&id=1321347387481&dist=1|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=10 July 2021}}

Houses

=Tin Ping Estate=

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! Name !! Chinese name !! Building type !! Completed

Tin Yee House天怡樓rowspan="3" | Trident 2rowspan="3" | 1986
Tin Cheung House天祥樓
Tin Hor House天賀樓
Tin Mei House天美樓rowspan="2" | Trident 3rowspan="2" | 1989
Tin Hee House天喜樓
Tin Long House天朗樓Trident 4rowspan="2" | 1990
Tin Ming House天明樓New Slab

=On Shing Court=

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! Name !! Chinese name !! Building type !! Completed

On Shing Court安盛苑Trident 41990

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tin Ping Estate had a population of 17,625. The median age was 51.6 and the majority of residents (99.1 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.9 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$24,170.

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Tin Ping West constituency, which is represented by Kwok Long-fung,{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2809|title=North District Council - North DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=10 July 2021}} while the remainder of the estate and On Shing Court fall within the Tin Ping East constituency, which was formerly represented by Lau Ki-fung until July 2021.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/N_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=10 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list.php|title=North District Council - North DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=10 July 2021}}

COVID-19 pandemic

Tin Hee House of Tin Ping Estate was placed under lockdown on 23 February, 2022.[https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1635442-20220223.htm RTHK]

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