Tin King Estate () is a

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, Hong Kong. It is the tenth public housing estate in Tuen Mun, located near

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Tin King stop Tin King () is an at-grade MTR Light Rail stop located at the junction of Ming Kum Road and Tin King Road in Tuen Mun District, near Siu Pong Court in Tin King Estate. It began service on 24 September 1988 and belongs to Zone 3. It serves the ...

, Leung King stop and San Wai stop. It consists of four residential buildings completed in 1989. The estate was formerly the site of Leung Tin Village and it was named from the village, together with the nearby Leung King Estate. Some of the flats were sold under

Tenants Purchase Scheme Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) is a scheme which allows tenants in public housing estates under the Hong Kong Housing Authority to purchase their flats. The price is set to be much lower than the market prices of private flats and Home Ownersh ...

Phase 2 in 1999. Siu Kwai Court () and Siu Pong Court () are Home Ownership Scheme courts in Tuen Mun near Tin King Estate, built in 1990 and 1991 respectively.

Houses

Tin King Estate

Siu Kwai Court

Siu Pong Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tin King Estate had a population of 9,610 while Siu Kwai Court had a population of 3,784. Altogether the population amounts to 13,394.

Politics

Tin King Estate, Siu Kwai Court and Siu Pong Court are located in Tin King constituency of the Tuen Mun District Council. It is currently represented by Leung Ho-man, who was elected in the

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Education

Tin King Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 70. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Tuen Mun Government Primary School (屯門官立小學).

References

{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong, state=expanded Residential buildings completed in 1989 Tuen Mun Public housing estates in Hong Kong Tenants Purchase Scheme 1989 establishments in Hong Kong