Fu Shin Estate

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Fu Shin Estate
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Fu Shin Estate
Fu Shin Estate
General information
Location12 On Po Road, Tai Po
New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°27′15″N114°10′28″E / 22.45412°N 114.17441°E / 22.45412; 114.17441 Coordinates: 22°27′15″N114°10′28″E / 22.45412°N 114.17441°E / 22.45412; 114.17441
StatusCompleted
CategoryPublic rental housing
Population14,583 [1]  (2016)
No. of blocks6 [2]
No. of units4,600 [2]
Construction
Constructed1985;37 years ago (1985)
Authority Hong Kong Housing Authority

Fu Shin Estate (Chinese :富善邨) is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, built on the reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi. It consists of six residential blocks built in 1985. [3] Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B in 2005. [4]

Contents

Ming Nga Court (明雅苑) and Yee Nga Court (怡雅苑) are Home Ownership Scheme housing courts in Tai Po near Fu Shin Estate, built in 1985 and 1993 respectively. [5] [6]

History

Lift plunge incident

On 25 October 2008, a lift at Shin Nga House, Fu Shin Estate suddenly plunged 14 storeys, but no one was injured. This raised concerns on lift safety. [7] [8] The government later confirmed the incident was caused by the failure of the counterweight pulley bearing, which caused the dislodgement of all eight suspension ropes from the counterweight.

Houses

Fu Shin Estate

Name [2] Chinese nameBuilding typeCompleted
Shin Kwan House善群樓Trident 11985
Shin Lun House善鄰樓
Shin King House善景樓Trident 2
Shin Mei House善美樓
Shin Nga House善雅樓
Shin Tsui House善翠樓

Ming Nga Court

Name [5] Chinese nameBuilding typeCompleted
Ming Hoi House明凱閣Windwill1985
Ming Yan House明欣閣
Ming Cheong House明昌閣

Yee Nga Court

Name [6] Chinese nameBuilding typeCompleted
Yee Lai House怡禮閣NCB (Ver.1984)1993
Yee Shun House怡順閣
Yee Hau House怡厚閣
Yee Dat House怡達閣
Yee Leung House怡亮閣

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Fu Shin Estate had a population of 14,583, Ming Nga Court had a population of 4,168 while Po Nga Court had a population of 4,841. Altogether the population amounts to 23,592. [1]

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate and Yee Nga Court are located in the Yee Fu constituency, which was formerly represented by Yam Kai-bong until July 2021, [9] while the remainder of the estate and Ming Nga Court falls within the Fu Ming Sun constituency, which was formerly represented by Kwan Wing-yip until July 2021. [10] [9]

See also

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