Cheung On Estate () is a
public housing estate
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in
Tsing Yi Island
Tsing Yi, sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost all ...
,
New Territories
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, Hong Kong built on
reclaimed land
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in Tsing Yi North near Tsing Yi Northeast Park and
MTR Tsing Yi station
Tsing Yi is an interchange station of the MTR between the Tung Chung line and Airport Express on Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong. The station is located between Sunny Bay station and Lai King station on the Tung Chung Line, and between Airport ...
. It consists of ten residential blocks completed between 1987 and 1989.
Among 7,338 flats in the estate, 5,617 flats have been sold to the residents under the
TPS Phase 1 since January 1998.
Houses
Demographics
According to the
2016 by-census, Cheung On Estate had a population of 21,791. The median age was 48.4 and the majority of residents (96.1 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 3 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$30,600.
Politics
For the
2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the
Cheung On constituency, which was formerly represented by Cheung Man-lung until July 2021,
while the remainder of the estate falls within the
On Ho
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constituency, which was formerly represented by Warren Tam Ka-chun until July 2021.
See also
*
Public housing estates on Tsing Yi Island
The following is an overview of public housing estates on Tsing Yi, Hong Kong including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Subsidised Sale F ...
References
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Tsing Yi
Public housing estates in Hong Kong
Tenants Purchase Scheme