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Fu Cheong 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 ...
in
Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po () is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui ...
,
Kowloon Kowloon () is one of the areas of Hong Kong, three areas of Hong Kong, along with Hong Kong Island and the New Territories. It is an urban area comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It has a population of 2,019,533 and a populat ...
, Hong Kong, built on the
reclaimed land Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamatio ...
of the southwest of Sham Shui Po near
MTR The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...
Nam Cheong station. The estate was built in 2001, and it was constructed on the former site of the Sham Shui Po bus terminus. Its name, "Fu Cheong", comes from nearby
Nam Cheong Estate Nam Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Nam Cheong Park, Tung Chau Street Park and MTR Nam Cheong station. It is named from nearby Nam Cheong Street, a main street in Sham Shui Po District. It ...
and means "
Wealthy Wealth is the abundance of valuable financial assets or physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the originating Old English word , which is from an ...
and
Prosperity Prosperity is the flourishing, thriving, good fortune and successful social status. Prosperity often produces profuse wealth including other factors which can be profusely wealthy in all degrees, such as happiness and health. Competing notions ...
" in the
Chinese language Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and List of ethnic groups in China, many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39& ...
. It consists of 10 residential buildings and a shopping centre completed in 2001 and 2002.


Houses


Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Fu Cheong Estate had a population of 14,900. The median age was 48.2 and the majority of residents (97.7 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.5 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$20,780.


Politics

Fu Cheong Estate is located in Fu Cheong constituency of the
Sham Shui Po District Council The Sham Shui Po District Council is the district council for the Sham Shui Po District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sham Shui Po District Council currently consists of 20 members, of which the district is divided into two ...
. It was formerly represented by Wong Kit-long, who was elected in the
2019 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2019. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems has a calendar of upcoming elections around the world, and the National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections in cou ...
until July 2021.


COVID-19 pandemic

Fu Yuet House of the Estate was placed under lockdown for mandatory testing on January 19, 2022.RTHK
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See also

* Public housing estates in Sham Shui Po


References

{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong, state=expanded Residential buildings completed in 2001 Residential buildings completed in 2002 Public housing estates in Hong Kong Sham Shui Po 2001 establishments in Hong Kong