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Tin Wan ( zh, first=t,j, t=田灣) is an area at the south of
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,
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. It is at the west of
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and the east of
Kellett Bay Kellett Bay (), or Kai Lung Wan () is a bay on southwestern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, to the southeast of Waterfall Bay. The pronunciation of ''Wan'' () in ''Kai Lung Wan'' in the Cantonese language is like the one in (as in Cheung Sha Wan ...
and
Wah Fu Estate Wah Fu Estate () is a Public housing in Hong Kong, public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay, Hong Kong, Waterfall Bay, Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong's Southern District, Hong Kong, Southern District. It was built on a New towns of Hong K ...
.


Housing

Tin Wan 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 ...
( zh, t=田灣邨, labels=no), 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 (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given population, usually displayed in the form of statistics. This term is used ...
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. 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


References

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