Choi Wan Estate () is a public housing estate in Ngau Chi Wan, Wong Tai Sin District,Wong Tai Sin District Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Ngau Chi Wan Village and Jordan Valley and the foot of Fei Ngo Shan.Choi Wan Estate The estate is divided into Choi Wan (I) Estate () and Choi Wan (II) Estate (), and has a total of 21 blocks. It is one of the largest public housing estates in Wong Tai Sin District.
Background
Choi Wan Estate was the site of Ngau Chi Wan Village. Its name Choi Wan fits its geographical position because "Wan" (i.e. Choi Wan Estate, "Wan" means cloud in Cantonese) is above "Hung" (i.e. Choi Hung Estate, "Hung" means rainbow in Cantonese). The estate started construction in 1976 and finished in 1979.
Choi Wan Estate is one of the few public housing estates in Hong Kong which blocks are not named with character in the estate name (i.e. "Choi" or "Wan"). Instead, the blocks are named based on the Chinese astronomical matters, for instance, Ngan Ho House (, lit. galaxy house) and Koon Yat House (, "Koon Yat" meaning "viewing the sun").彩雲邨及彩輝邨 (Chinese) The estate is also the namesake for the northwestern Pacific Ocean tropical cyclone name Choi-wan.
Houses
Choi Wan (I) Estate
NameChoi Wan (I) Estate Type Completion Koon Yat House Double H 1979 Boon Yuet House King San House Old Slab 1980 Pak Hung House Double H Cheung Bor House Ngan Ho House Sau Man House Chi Siu House Fei Fung House Yau Lung House Yat Yuet House Sing San House Sze Yu House Kam Lam House Pak Fung House 1981 Yuk Lun House
Choi Wan (II) Estate NameChoi Wan (II) Estate Type Completion Fung Chak House Twin Tower 1978 Ming Lai House Kai Fai House Yok Yu House Double H 1979 King Kung House
Choi Fai Estate Choi Fai Estate () is a public housing estate in Ngau Chi Wan, at the upper hill above Choi Wan Estate and the foot of Fei Ngo Shan.Tsz Wan Shan Integrated Family Service Centre It has only 2 blocks built in 1995.Choi Fai Estate
Houses NameChoi Fai Estate Type Completion Choi Wah House Harmony 1 1995 Choi Yip House
Choi Fung Court Choi Fung Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Ngau Chi Wan, near Choi Wan (I) Estate. It has one block built in 1997.
Houses NameChoi Fung Court Type Completion Choi Fung Court Harmony 1997
Education Choi Wan Estate, Choi Fai Estate, and Choi Fung Court are in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 45. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.
See others Ngau Chi Wan Choi Hung Estate
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