Tai Wo Hau Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Wo Hau, Kwai Chung, Kwai Tsing District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It has a total of 17 blocks following redevelopment.Tai Wo Hau Estate

Kwai Yin Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Wo Hau Estate and opposite to MTR Tai Wo Hau station.Tai Wo Hau Sports Centre It has two blocks built in 1993.

History After the World War II, a large number of squatter dwellings were built in Tai Wo Hau, on the hill between Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung, and on the fields of the villages north of Castle Peak Road. The squatter area was cleared in the 1960s for the construction of the Tai Wo Hau Resettlement Estate ().New Town Plan Development in Tsuen Wan Area after World War IITai Wo Hau Resettlement Area The resettlement blocks were cleared between the 1970s and 80s. The current blocks were built between 1979 and 1993.

Houses

Tai Wo Hau Estate NameTai Wo Hau Estate Type Completion Fu Kwai House Old Slab 1979 Fu Kwok House 1980 Fu Keung House 1984 Fu On House Single H (Special Edition) 1980 Fu Wing House Double H Fu Wah House Fu Pong House 1984 Fu Man House Fu Sau House Linear L 1988 Fu Ping House Fu Yat House Linear 1 Fu Nga House Fu Ching House 1989 Fu Pik House Fu Tai House Harmony 1 1993 Fu Tak House Fu Yin House

Kwai Yin Court NameHong Kong Housing Authority - Kwai Yin Estate Type Completion Kwai Yee House NCB (Ver.1984) 1993 Kwai Him House

Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Tai Wo Hau Estate had a population of 20,848. The median age was 47.7 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$21,280.

Politics For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate and Kwai Yin Court are located in the Lower Tai Wo Hau constituency, which was formerly represented by Wong Bing-kuen until July 2021, while the remainder of the estate falls within the Upper Tai Wo Hau constituency, which was formerly represented by Hui Kei-cheung until July 2021.

See also Public housing estates in Kwai Chung

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