Un Chau Estate (), or Un Chau Street Estate () before

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, is a

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on the

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, Hong Kong, located between and

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, next to MTR

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. It consists of 10 residential buildings completed in 1998, 1999 and 2008, which were developed into 4 phases. Phase 5 was developed on the site of the former

Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate () was a factory estate in Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, owned and managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. It comprised up to six low-storey blocks without lift service, built between 1957 and 1965. C ...

Background

Un Chau Street Estate had 8 residential blocks completed in 1969, but all the blocks were demolished in 1990s and 2000s, and replaced by new-typed buildings. The redeveloped estate was renamed as "Un Chau Estate". Phase 1 and 3 consists of 6 residential buildings (a building for

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included) and a

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, which were completed between 1998 and 1999. Phase 2 and 4 consists of 5 residential buildings completed in 2008. Phase 5 is on the site of the former Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate. It comprises three site-oriented domestic blocks and an ancillary facilities block providing

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facilities, elderly centre and the integrated family services centre. Foundation works commenced in 2007 and was completed in 2012.

Demographics

According to the 2016 population by-census, Un Chau Estate has a population of 18,482. 97% of the population is of Chinese ancestry. Median monthly domestic household income is HK$ 14,930. File:元洲街村.GIF, Map of former Un Chau Street Estate File:Unchau 01.JPG, Blocks of former Un Chau Street Estate in 1980s File:Unchau1994.JPG, Blocks of former Un Chau Street Estate in 1990s File:UnChauEstate UnHongHouse.jpg, Phase 1 Un Hong House, Un Chau Estate File:CSWnewestate 20070509.jpg, Phase 2, Un Chau Estate File:Un chau estate phase2&4.jpg, Phase 2 and 4, Un Chau Estate File:Un chau estate un kin house.jpg, Phase 4 Un Kin House, Un Chau Estate File:Un Chau Estate 2012 part2.JPG, Phase 5 in 2012

Houses

Phase 2, 4 and 5 have been offered as alternate public housing for people displaced by the demolition of buildings in nearby

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References

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Background

Demographics

Houses

See also

References