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Hung Hom Estate

Public housing estate in Hung Hom, Hong Kong

Field	Value
building name	Hung Hom Estate
image	Hung Hom Estate (full view and better contrast).jpg
caption	Hung Hom Estate
location	9 Dyer Avenue, Hung Hom
Kowloon, Hong Kong (Phase 1)
28 Tai Wan Road, Hung Hom
Kowloon, Hong Kong (Phase 2)
coordinates
status	Completed
category	Public rental housing
population date	2016
population	6,623
blocknumber	5
units	2,800
built	(Phase 1)
(Phase 2)
construction authority	Hong Kong Housing Authority

Kowloon, Hong Kong (Phase 1) 28 Tai Wan Road, Hung Hom Kowloon, Hong Kong (Phase 2) (Phase 2) Hung Hom Estate () is a public housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The estate is built on a hill along Dyer Avenue and next to Whampoa Estate, Whampoa Garden and MTR Whampoa station. It now consists of five residential buildings completed in two stages in 1999 and 2011 respectively.

Background

The estate, informally called Tai Wan Shan Resettlement Estate () or Tai Wan Shan Estate (), was a resettlement estate built in Tai Wan Shan, a hill in Hung Hom area. It had four 7-storey blocks completed in 1956. All four blocks were demolished for redevelopment in 1996 and 2000. Completed in 1999, redevelopment phase 1 project consists of two residential buildings built in the former site of Block 3 and 4. Redevelopment phase 2, finished in 2011, consists of three more 40-storey buildings on the former site of Block 1 and Block 3.

Houses

Name	Chinese name	Building type	Completed
Hung Fai House	紅暉樓	Harmony 3	1999
Hung Sing House	紅昇樓	Small Household Block
Hung Yat House	紅日樓	Non-standard Block	2011
Hung Yan House	紅昕樓
Hung Yiu House	紅曜樓

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Hung Hom Estate had a population of 6,623. The median age was 52.6 and the majority of residents (97.5 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.4 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$20,000.

Politics

Hung Hom Estate is located in Ka Wai constituency of the Kowloon City District Council. It is currently represented by Chau Hei-man, who was elected in the 2019 elections.

References

category:Public housing estates in Hong Kong category:Hung Hom category:Residential buildings completed in 1956 category:Residential buildings completed in 1999 category:Residential buildings completed in 2011

References

"Major Housing Estates". [[Census and Statistics Department]].
"Housing Authority Property Location and Profile {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department". Hong Kong Housing Authority.
"Whampoa Station street map". MTR Corporation.
(10 July 2008). "再談紅磡邨 (Chinese)". [[Ta Kung Pao]].
(25 February 2008). "紅磡邨地皮興建「公屋王」 (Chinese)". Ta Kung Pao.
"Site formation for redevelopment of Hung Hom Estate phase 2". Lesiglative Council of Hong Kong.
"Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Kowloon City District)". [[Electoral Affairs Commission]].
"Kowloon City District Council - Kowloon City DC Members". District Council.

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