Tin Shui Estate

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

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| location = 9 Tin Shui Road, Tin Shui Wai
New Territories, Hong Kong

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| status = Completed

| category = Public rental housing

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| population date = 2024

| population = 22,600{{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=9 February 2022}}

| blocknumber = 12{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=1&id=1321348400501&dist=3|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=9 February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=1&id=1321348400406&dist=3|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=9 February 2022}}

| units = 4,600 (Tin Shui (I) Estate)
3,200 (Tin Shui (II) Estate)

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| built = {{Start date and age|1993}}

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Tin Shui Estate ({{zh|t=天瑞邨}}) is a public housing estate in Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Tin Shui Wai Hospital, Tin Shui Wai Park and Light Rail Tin Shui stop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ha.org.hk/visitor/ha_visitor_index.asp?Content_ID=235909|title=Tin Shui Wai Hospital|work=Hospital Authority|access-date=9 February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/parks/tswp/index.html|title=Tin Shui Wai Park|work=Leisure and Cultural Services Department|access-date=9 February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/household/flrp/CFL_particpating_buildings_YL.pdf|title=Yuen Long District|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720175222/https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/household/flrp/CFL_particpating_buildings_YL.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=9 February 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/operations/LRL_RPAP/MTR_AP_1946.pdf|title=Tin Shui Stop|work=MTR Corporation|access-date=9 February 2022}} It is the second public housing estate in Tin Shui Wai New Town. It is divided into Tin Shui (I) Estate ({{zh|t=天瑞(一)邨}}) and Tin Shui (II) Estate ({{zh|t=天瑞(二)邨}}), and consists of 12 residential buildings completed in 1993.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/archives/programmes/00_01_tin_shui_wai_part1_description_2.htm|title=Tin Shui Wai Development|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609194753/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/archives/programmes/00_01_tin_shui_wai_part1_description_2.htm|archive-date=9 June 2011|url-status=dead|publisher=Civil Engineering and Development Department|access-date=9 February 2022}}

Tin Oi Court ({{zh|t=天愛苑}}) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tin Shui Wai, near Tin Shui Estate. It consists of two blocks built since 28 October 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=2&id=1321347387448&dist=3|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=9 February 2022}}

Houses

=Tin Shui (I) Estate=

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

Shui Lung House瑞龍樓rowspan="5" | Harmony 1rowspan="7" | 1993
Shui Sum House瑞心樓
Shui Chuen House瑞泉樓
Shui Yee House瑞意樓
Shui Sing House瑞勝樓
Shui Kwok House瑞國樓rowspan="2" | Harmony 2
Shui Choi House瑞財樓

=Tin Shui (II) Estate=

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

Shui Fai House瑞輝樓rowspan="2" | Harmony 2
Shui Fung House瑞豐樓
Shui Moon House瑞满樓rowspan="3" | Harmony 1rowspan="5" | 1993
Shui Lam House瑞林樓
Shui Yip House瑞業樓

=Tin Oi Court=

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

Oi Chiu House愛潮閣rowspan="2" | Harmony 1rowspan="2" | 1993
Oi Tao House愛濤閣

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tin Shui Estate had a population of 23,878 while Tin Oi Court had a population of 3,724. Altogether the population amounts to 27,602.

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate and Tin Oi Court is located in the Shui Oi constituency, which was formerly represented by Sandy Lai Po-wa until October 2021,{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/yl/english/members/info/former_dc_member_list.php|title=Yuen Long District Council - List of Former Yuen Long DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=9 February 2022}} while the remainder of the estate falls within the Shui Wah constituency, which was formerly represented by Lam Chun until July 2021.{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/M_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=9 February 2022}}

See also

{{commons category|Tin Shui Estate}}

References