Tin King 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 ...

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more re ...

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 is the tenth public housing estate in Tuen Mun, located near Light Rail

Tin King stop Tin King () is an at-grade MTR Light Rail stop located at the junction of Ming Kum Road and Tin King Road in Tuen Mun District, near Siu Pong Court in Tin King Estate. It began service on 24 September 1988 and belongs to Zone 3. It serves the T ...

Leung King stop Leung King () is an at-grade MTR stop located at Tin King Road in Tuen Mun District, inside Leung King Shopping Centre in Leung King Estate. It began service on 24 September 1988 and belongs to Zone 3. It serves the Leung King Estate, Siu Lung ...

and

San Wai stop San Wai () is an at-grade MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred ...

. It consists of four residential buildings completed in 1989. The estate was formerly the site of Leung Tin Village and it was named from the village, together with the nearby Leung King Estate. Some of the flats were sold under

Tenants Purchase Scheme Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) is a scheme which allows tenants in public housing estates under the Hong Kong Housing Authority to purchase their flats. The price is set to be much lower than the market prices of private flats and Home Ownersh ...

Phase 2 in 1999. Siu Kwai Court () and Siu Pong Court () are

Home Ownership Scheme The Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) is a subsidised-sale public housing programme managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It was instituted in the late 1970s as part of the government policy for public housing with two aims – to encourage b ...

courts in Tuen Mun near Tin King Estate, built in 1990 and 1991 respectively.

Houses

Tin King Estate

Siu Kwai Court

Siu Pong Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tin King Estate had a population of 9,610 while Siu Kwai Court had a population of 3,784. Altogether the population amounts to 13,394.

Politics

Tin King Estate, Siu Kwai Court and Siu Pong Court are located in Tin King constituency of the

Tuen Mun District Council The Tuen Mun District Council () is the District Council of Tuen Mun District, in the New Territories. It is one of 18 such councils. The Council consists of 32 members with 31 of those elected through first past the post system every four year ...

. It is currently represented by Leung Ho-man, who was elected in the 2019 elections.

Education

Tin King Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 70. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and the following government schools: Tuen Mun Government Primary School (屯門官立小學).

References

{{Public housing estates in Hong Kong, state=expanded Residential buildings completed in 1989 Tuen Mun Public housing estates in Hong Kong Tenants Purchase Scheme 1989 establishments in Hong Kong