Tai Hang Tung Estate

Tai Hang Tung Estate (Chinese: 大坑東邨) is a public housing estate in Kowloon Tong, Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located near the Tai Hang Sai and Nam Shan Estates as well as Shek Kip Mei station.

Tai Hang Tung Estate
Tai Hang Tung Estate

History

The Tai Hang Tung Estate was a resettlement estate built by the British Hong Kong government in 1955, after devastating fires broke out in the squatter areas of Tai Hang Tung in 1952[1] and 1954,[2] and Shek Kip Mei in 1953. The estate started redevelopment and rehabilitation in the 1970s. The first batch of redeveloped buildings were constructed in 1983 and 1986 respectively.[3] The last four old blocks, Tung Fu House, Tung Wing House, Tung Wan House and Tung Wo House, were demolished in 2003.[4] Two buildings in Redevelopment Phase 1, Tung Kin House and Tung Yi House, were built in 2002.[5]

Houses
Name[6]TypeCompletion
Tung Lung HouseOld Slab1983
Tung Fai HouseLinear 11986
Tung Hoi House
Tung Moon House
Tung Wong House
Tung Yu House
Tung Shing House
Tung Yi HouseSmall Household Block2002
Tung Kin House

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tai Hang Tung Estate had a population of 4,562. The median age was 51.2 and the majority of residents (96.8 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.3 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$19,250.[7]

Politics

Tai Hang Tung Estate is located in Nam Shan, Tai Hang Tung & Tai Hang Sai constituency of the Sham Shui Po District Council.[8] It was formerly represented by Tam Kwok-kiu, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.[9]

See also

References
  1. Wordie, Jason (2007). "Tai Hang Tung Recreation Ground". Streets: Exploring Kowloon. Hong Kong University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9789622098138.
  2. Smart, Alan (1 June 2006). "Tai Hang Tung". The Shek Kip Mei Myth: Squatters, Fires and Colonial Rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963. Hong Kong University Press. p. 129. ISBN 9789622097926.
  3. 大坑東邨 (in Chinese)
  4. Advance Rehousing Arrangements in Tai Hang Tung Estate
  5. Naming of Domestic Blocks – Tai Hang Tung Estate (Redevelopment Programme Phase I)
  6. Tai Hang Lung Estate
  7. "Major Housing Estates". 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  8. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Sham Shui Po District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  9. "Sham Shui Po District Council - List of Former Sham Shui Po DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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