Shun Tin Estate () is a public housing estate in Shun Lee, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises 11 residential blocks completed in 1981 to 1984 and 1989 respectively.
History The estate, reportedly the 105th built by the Housing Authority, began admitting tenants in late 1981. Some came from the old Lei Cheng Uk and Kun Tong estates, making way for redevelopments and improvements there.
On 21 July 1986, a HK$24.8 contract was awarded to construct a secondary school at Shun Tin Estate.
On 10 October 2015, a 58-year-old man was attacked after disputing with a 46-year-old man at Man Shun Restaurant in Tin Kuen House of Shun Tin Estate. He was rushed by an ambulance to United Christian Hospital in unconscious state and was later transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment. He was pronounced dead at 12.54pm on 16 January 2016. The police has classified the wounding case as manslaughter.
Houses Name Chinese name Building type Completed Tin Hang House 天衡樓 Old Slab 1981 Tin Kuen House 天權樓 Tin Kei House 天璣樓 Double I Tin Yiu House 天瑤樓 Tin Kam House 天琴樓 Twin Tower 1982 Tin Chu House 天柱樓 1983 Tin Chi House 天池樓 Tin Wan House 天韻樓 1984 Tin Fai House 天暉樓 Linear 1 1989 Tin Wing House 天榮樓 Tin Lok House 天樂樓
Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Shun Tin Estate had a population of 18,118. The median age was 47.2 and the majority of residents (96.2 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.7 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$19,400.
Politics Shun Tin Estate is located in Shun Tin constituency of the Kwun Tong District Council. It is currently represented by Mok Kin-shing, who was elected in the 2019 elections.
Education Shun Tin Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 46. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.
See also
Shun Lee
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