Ko Yee 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 ...

Yau Tong Yau Tong () is an area of Hong Kong, located in the southeastern end of Kowloon, between Lei Yue Mun and Lam Tin, at the east shore of Victoria Harbour, west of Tseung Kwan O. Administratively, it is part of Kwun Tong District, the most densely ...

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, Hong Kong. It is built as a part of the demolished

Ko Chiu Road Estate Ko Chiu Road Estate () was a public housing estate in Ko Chiu Road, the upper hill of Yau Tong, Kwun Tong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. In 1964, the British Hong Kong Government announced that the estate would be named Yau Tong Bay Government Low ...

. The estate comprises four blocks offering 1,300 units completed between 1994 and 2000.

Background

The estate was formerly known as blocks 3 to 6 of Ko Chiu Road Estate, it was completed in 1972 and the demolition project started in 1991. The blocks were only 19 years old at the time of demolition. Four new houses were rebuilt as part of the demolished Ko Chiu Road Estate.

Houses

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Ko Yee Estate had a population of 3,326. The median age was 46.4 and the majority of residents (99.1 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.8 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$23,360.

Politics

Ko Yee Estate is located in Yau Tong East constituency of the

Kwun Tong District Council The Kwun Tong District Council () is the district council for the Kwun Tong District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Kwun Tong District Council consists of 40 members since January 2020, of which the district is divided into 40 ...

. It is currently represented by Ricky Kung Chun-ki, who was elected in the 2019 elections.

References

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Background

Houses

Demographics

Politics

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