Tai Wo Estate () is a mixed

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, Hong Kong, near

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Tai Wo station. It is one of the public housing estates in Tai Po that is not built on the

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. The estate consists of nine residential buildings completed in 1989. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000. Po Nga Court () is a

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court in Tai Po, near Tai Wo Estate. It consists of three residential buildings built in 1989.

Houses

Tai Wo Estate

Po Nga Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tai Wo Estate had a population of 19,979 while Po Nga Court had a population of 6,759. Altogether the population amounts to 26,738.

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the

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constituency, which is represented by Olive Chan Wai-ka, while the remainder of the estate and Po Nga Court falls within the Po Nga constituency, which is represented by Chow Yuen-wai.

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