Cheung Wah Estate () is a mixed
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and
public housing estate
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in
Fanling
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,
New Territories
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, Hong Kong. It is the first public housing estate in Fanling Town, consisting of ten residential blocks completed from 1984 to 1986. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6A in 2004.
Houses
Demographics
According to the
2016 by-census, Cheung Wah Estate had a population of 13,109. The median age was 49.2 and the majority of residents (99 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.7 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$22,490.
Politics
Cheung Wah Estate is located in
Cheung Wah constituency of the
North District Council
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. It was formerly represented by Chan Yuk-ming, who was elected in the
2019 elections
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until July 2021.
See also
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Public housing estates in Fanling
References
{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong, state=expanded
Residential buildings completed in 1984
Residential buildings completed in 1986
Fanling
Public housing estates in Hong Kong
Tenants Purchase Scheme
Housing estates with centralized LPG system in Hong Kong