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Tin Wan () is an area at the south of
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. It is at the west of
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and the east of Kellett Bay and Wah Fu Estate.


Housing

Tin Wan Estate The following shows the public housing estates (including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS)) in Pok Fu Lam, Aberdeen, Wong Chuk Hang ...
is a
public housing estate Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, de ...
(), also named after Tin Wan. Hung Fuk Court is a housing estate built under the Home Ownership Scheme (or HOS), accommodating 1,946 people according to data provided by Centamap and Census and Statistic Department of Hong Kong.


Population

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tin Wan was 111. The number of males was 67. According to the
Population Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
in 2016, the population in Tin Wan is about 17,012.


Points of interest

Ping Kee Restaurant, situated at Ka Wo Street, specialises in soup noodle dishes and is popular among residents of the area.


Education

SKH Tin Wan Chi Nam Primary School is also situated in Tin Wan, surrounded by apartment buildings of
Tin Wan Estate The following shows the public housing estates (including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS)) in Pok Fu Lam, Aberdeen, Wong Chuk Hang ...
. Tin Wan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School.


See also

*
Tin Wan Shan Tin Wan Shan () is a hill in southern Hong Kong. Geography Tin Wan Shan is in height and is north of the area of Tin Wan. The entire mountain is located inside Aberdeen Country Park. See also * List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong ...


References

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