Luk Yeung Sun Chuen () is a

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adjacent to the MTR

Tsuen Wan station Tsuen Wan () is the northern terminus of the MTR in Hong Kong. It is the only station on the Tsuen Wan line at ground level. It is located in the northern central part of Tsuen Wan New Town, New Territories West. The preceding station is . ...

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

, Hong Kong. It comprises 17

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with a total of 4000 flats. It was developed in 1983 and 1984 by a consortium of property developers, including

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, Kiu Kwong Investment and Dah Sing Group. The MTR Tsuen Wan Depot is located underneath Luk Yeung Sun Chuen.

History

In 1977, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) began seeking developers with whom to form a joint venture responsible for developing the airspace above the Tsuen Wan Extension railway depot. In 1979, MTRC awarded the contract to build the depot, including the columns and podium slab for the topside development, to the Dragages Coignet Joint Venture. The residential blocks received their respective occupation permits during 1983 and 1984.

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Luk Yeung Sun Chuen had a population of 10,742. The median age was 43.6 and the majority of residents (94 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household comprised 2.9 persons. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$36,440.

Politics

Luk Yeung Sun Chuen is located in Luk Yeung constituency of the

Tsuen Wan District Council The Tsuen Wan District Council () is the district council of Hong Kong, district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Tsuen Wan District Council currently consists of 21 members, of which the distric ...

. It was formerly represented by Roy Pun Long-chung, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.

Facilities

Luk Yeung Galleria Luk Yeung Galleria (), formally known as Luk Yeung Sun Chuen Mall, is one of the largest shopping centres in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, located in Luk Yeung Sun Chuen, above MTR Tsuen Wan station. It has a total area of . It was de ...

is a major shopping centre owned by the MTR Corporation. The estate is also home to Liu Po Shan Memorial College and Kwai-ming Wu Memorial School of the Precious Blood.

Education

Luk Yeung Sun Chuen is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 62, which includes schools in Tsuen Wan and areas nearby. The net includes multiple aided schools and one government school, Hoi Pa Street Government Primary School.

Tsuen Wan Depot

The Tsuen Wan Depot was built in 1982 to house and maintain

MTR M-Train EMU The Metro Cammell EMU (also known as M-Train or Modernisation Train) () is the oldest variation of electric multiple unit that operates on the MTR rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. A total of 768 cars were built by Metro-Cammell in ...

trains serving on the

Tsuen Wan line The Tsuen Wan line is one of the eleven lines of the metro network in Hong Kong's MTR. It is indicated in red on the MTR map. There are 16 stations on the line. The southern terminus is Central station on Hong Kong Island and the nor ...

. This depot is capable of housing 40 trains, and cleaning of trains as well as minor and major inspections of trains are carried out in this depot. From 1998 to 2001, all MTR M-Train EMU trains were refurbished at this depot under the supervision of United Goninan, the company responsible for the project.

References

{{Private housing estates in Hong Kong 1983 establishments in Hong Kong Private housing estates in Hong Kong Tsuen Wan MTR Corporation Hongkong Land Jardine Matheson Group Residential buildings completed in 1983 Residential buildings completed in 1984