Tin Ping Estate
Tin Ping Estate
General information
Location48 Tin Ping Road, Sheung Shui
New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°30′09″N 114°08′00″E / 22.50263°N 114.13337°E / 22.50263; 114.13337
StatusCompleted
CategoryPublic rental housing
Population17,625[1] (2016)
No. of blocks7[2]
No. of units1,522[2]
Construction
Constructed1986 (1986)
AuthorityHong Kong Housing Authority

Tin Ping Estate (Chinese: 天平邨) is a public housing estate in Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Sacred Hill and Tin Ping Shan Tsuen.[3][4] 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.[5]

On Shing Court (安盛苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Sheung Shui, near Tin Ping Estate.[3][4] It has only one block built in 1990.[6]

Houses

Tin Ping Estate

Name[2]Chinese nameBuilding typeCompleted
Tin Yee House天怡樓Trident 21986
Tin Cheung House天祥樓
Tin Hor House天賀樓
Tin Mei House天美樓Trident 31989
Tin Hee House天喜樓
Tin Long House天朗樓Trident 41990
Tin Ming House天明樓New Slab

On Shing Court

Name[6]Chinese nameBuilding typeCompleted
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.[1]

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,[7] 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.[8][9]

COVID-19 pandemic

Tin Hee House of Tin Ping Estate was placed under lockdown on 23 February, 2022.[10]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Major Housing Estates". 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Housing Authority Property Location and Profile | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "North District" (PDF). Environmental Protection Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 "NORTH DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME" (PDF). Civil Engineering and Development Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Housing Authority Property Location and Profile | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  10. ↑ RTHK
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