Tsz Ching Estate () is a

public housing estate Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...

located in

Tsz Wan Shan Tsz Wan Shan () is a residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Located below Temple Hill, it is administratively part of Wong Tai Sin District. Temple Hill is also called ''Tsz Wan Shan'' , but Tsz Wan Shan usually refers to the area. It is ...

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, Hong Kong next to Tsz Oi Court. It consists of eleven residential blocks completed between 1993 and 2001. The site was formerly Blocks 48 to 53 in Tsz Wan Shan Estate, which was also called "Tsz Ching Estate". After redevelopment, the eastern part of Old Tsz Oi Estate was assigned to Tsz Ching Estate. Tsz Oi Court () is a

Home Ownership Scheme The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing in Hong Kong, public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing wit ...

court in Tsz Wan Shan, next to Tsz Ching Estate. The site was formerly Tsz Oi Estate (), which included Blocks 33 to 47 in Tsz Wan Shan Estate. In 1985, Block 40 was found to have structural problems by the

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. After redevelopment, the estate was converted to HOS housing and was developed into 3 phases. Phase 1 and 2 has six residential blocks built in 1997 while Phase 3 has six residential blocks built in 2000.

Houses

Tsz Ching Estate

Tsz Oi Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tsz Ching Estate had a population of 25,844 while Tsz Oi Court had a population of 12,635. Altogether the population amounts to 38,479.

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate falls within the Ching On constituency, which was formerly represented by Wong Yat-yuk until July 2021, while Ching Tak House, Ching Wo House and Tsz Oi Court fall within the Ching Oi constituency, which was formerly represented by Eddie Sham Yu-hin until July 2021.

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