Tsui Lam Estate () is a mixed TPS and

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located to the west of

Po Lam Po Lam ( Chinese: 寶琳 or 寶林) is a neighbourhood in northern Tseung Kwan O, New Territories. An MTR station with the same name, Tseung Kwan O Village, Yau Yue Wan Village, King Lam Estate, and Po Lam Estate are located there. Name Po ...

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named. ...

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, Hong Kong. It is the second public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O and is the only public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O not built on

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. It has a total of eight residential blocks completed in 1988. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B in 2005. King Ming Court () is a

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housing court in Tseung Kwan O near Tsui Lam Estate. It has three residential blocks built in 1988 and is the only HOS court in Tseung Kwan O built at a hill, but not on reclaimed land.

Houses

Tsui Lam Estate

King Ming Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tsui Lam Estate had a population of 14,897. The median age was 50.9 and the majority of residents (97.9 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 3 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$26,900.

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Tsui Lam Estate falls within the Tsui Lam constituency, which is currently represented by Daryl Choi Ming-hei, while King Ming Court falls within the Hong King constituency, which was formerly represented by Frankie Lam Siu-chung until July 2021.

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