Fu Cheong Estate () is a
public housing estate
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...
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, Hong Kong, built on the
reclaimed land
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of the southwest of Sham Shui Po near
MTR Nam Cheong station
Nam Cheong is a MTR interchange station located at ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong opposite the Fu Cheong Estate. It is served by the Tung Chung and Tuen Ma lines and provides cross-platform intercha ...
. Built in 2001, the estate was constructed on the former site of the Sham Shui Po bus terminus. Its name, "Fu Cheong", comes from nearby
Nam Cheong Estate
Nam Cheong Estate () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Nam Cheong Park, Tung Chau Street Park and MTR Nam Cheong station. It is named from nearby Nam Cheong Street, a main street in Sham Shui Po District. It ...
and means "
Wealthy
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and
Prosperity
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Competing notion ...
" in
Chinese language
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. It consists of 10 residential buildings and a shopping centre completed in 2001 and 2002.
Houses
Demographics
According to the
2016 by-census, Fu Cheong Estate had a population of 14,900. The median age was 48.2 and the majority of residents (97.7 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.5 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$20,780.
Politics
Fu 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 25 members, of which the district is divided into 25 c ...
. It was formerly represented by Wong Kit-long, who was elected in the
2019 elections until July 2021.
Covid pandemic
Fu Yuet House of the Estate was placed under lockdown for mandatory testing on January 19, 2022.
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See also
*Public housing estates in Sham Shui Po
The following is an overview of public housing estates in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates.
History
The site where Sham Shu ...
References
{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong, state=expanded
Residential buildings completed in 2001
Residential buildings completed in 2002
Public housing estates in Hong Kong
Sham Shui Po
2001 establishments in Hong Kong