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Sai Wan 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
Kennedy Town Kennedy Town is at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th Governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Administratively, it is part of Central and Western District. Due to its ...
,
Sai Wan Sai Wan, also known as Western district, or simply Western, is an area in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong that corresponds to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui, Belcher Bay and Kennedy Town. It formed part of the City of Victoria. West Point, a for ...
, Hong Kong. Built in 1958 and 1959, it sits in a hillside that had to be extensively cut away for its construction.Sai Wan Estate Improvement Programme
/ref> the estate comprises 640 flats in five linear blocks of 10 to 14 storeys. It is the only public housing estate in
Central and Western District The Central and Western District () located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated re ...
developed by the
Hong Kong Housing Authority The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the Resettlement Departm ...
and it is the second oldest existing public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority, after Model Housing Estate. Sai Wan Estate was designed by government architect
Stanley Feltham Terence Stanley Crathern Feltham (1896–1971) was Chief Architect in the Public Works Department of Hong Kong. He designed many public buildings in Hong Kong, including: * He was the project architect for Fanling Lodge, a summer residence for th ...
. Despite its age, in 2008 the Housing Authority decided not to redevelop the estate in the short term. Instead, repair works were planned to be carried out in the buildings to sustain the estate for the following 15 years.


Houses


Politics

Sai Wan Estate is located in Kennedy Town & Mount Davis constituency of the
Central and Western District Council The Central and Western District Council is the district council for the Central and Western District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Central and Western District Council currently consists of 15 members, of which the district ...
. It was formerly represented by Cherry Wong Kin-ching, who was elected in the 2019 elections until June 2021.


See also

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Kwun Lung Lau Kwun Lung Lau is a public housing estate in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong. It is one of the first public housing developments in Hong Kong, built in 1967 to alleviate a housing crisis in the territory. It is on 20 Lung Wah Street. It consists of ...
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Public housing in Hong Kong Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the population ...
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List of public housing estates in Hong Kong This is a list of public housing estates in Hong Kong. Many of them are properties of Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA), while some of them are properties of Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS). Central and Western District Sai Wan (Kennedy T ...


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{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong Kennedy Town Public housing estates in Hong Kong Residential buildings completed in 1958 Residential buildings completed in 1959