Wing 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. It composes two Y-shaped residential blocks completed in 2013, between
Fu Cheong Estate
Fu Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, built on the reclaimed land of the southwest of Sham Shui Po near MTR Nam Cheong station. The estate was built in 2001, and it was constructed on the former site ...
and the
West Kowloon Corridor
West Kowloon Corridor is part of Route 5 in Hong Kong. Bypassing existing surface roads in West Kowloon, it connects Lai Chi Kok Road in Cheung Sha Wan with the Gascoigne Road Flyover near Yau Ma Tei.
The highway was built in 4 phases:
*Phas ...
, on Sai Chuen Road. It provides about 1500 public rental flats. The main contractor for the estate's construction was
Paul Y. Engineering.
To mitigate the noise nuisance of the adjacent West Kowloon Corridor, the flats facing this motorway are equipped with "acoustic balconies". The balcony parapet incorporates an inclined glass panel to deflect noise, and the walls and ceiling of the balconies are faced with sound-absorbing panels.
Houses
Demographics
According to the
2016 by-census, Wing Cheong Estate had a population of 3,654. The median age was 40.3 and the majority of residents (96.1 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.4 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$16,160.
Politics
Wing 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.
See also
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Public housing estates in Sham Shui Po
The following is an overview of Public housing, public housing estates in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme, Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme, Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and ...
References
{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong, state=expanded
Residential buildings completed in 2013
Sham Shui Po
Public housing estates in Hong Kong
2013 establishments in Hong Kong