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, Hong Kong, near Lung Poon Court,

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, Galaxia and

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. It has seven residential blocks built in 1991 and is named from nearby

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. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through

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Phase 1 in 1998. Fung Chuen Court () and Fung Lai Court () are

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housing courts in Diamond Hill near Fung Tak Estate, built in 1991 and 1997 respectively.

Houses

Fung Tak Estate

Fung Chuen Court

Fung Lai Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Fung Tak Estate had a population of 13,342. The median age was 49.2 and the majority of residents (98.1 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.6 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$24,990.

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Fung Tak Estate and Fung Lai Court falls within the Fung Tak constituency, which was formerly represented by Cheung Ka-yi until July 2021, while Fung Chuen Court falls within the Lung Sing constituency, which is currently represented by Mandy Tam Heung-man.

Education

Fung Tak Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 45. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.

References

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