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{{Short description|Housing estate in Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong}}
[[File:Un Chau Estate 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|Un Chau Estate]]
[[File:Un Chau Estate 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|Un Chau Estate]]
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'''Un Chau Estate''' ({{zh|t=元州邨}}), or '''Un Chau Street Estate''' ({{zh|t=元州街邨}}) before [[redevelopment]], is a [[Public housing in Hong Kong|public housing estate]] on the [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|reclaimed land]] of [[Cheung Sha Wan]], [[Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]], located between [[Un Chau Street]] and [[Cheung Sha Wan Road]], next to [[MTR]] [[Cheung Sha Wan Station]].<ref>[http://www.explorehk.com/en/pedia/station/cheung-sha-wan/ Cheung Sha Wan Station]</ref> It consists of 10 residential buildings completed in [[1998]], [[1999]] and [[2008]], which were developed into 4 phases. Phase 5 is under development on the site of former [[Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate]].<ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/ha/ha4107.pdf Memorandum for the Housing Authority Members’ Meeting with Concern Group]</ref>
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'''Un Chau Estate''' ({{zh|t=元州邨}}), or '''Un Chau Street Estate''' ({{zh|t=元州街邨}}) before [[redevelopment]], is a [[Public housing in Hong Kong|public housing estate]] on the [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|reclaimed land]] of [[Cheung Sha Wan]], [[Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]], located between {{ill|Un Chau Street|zh|元州街}} and [[Cheung Sha Wan Road]], next to [[MTR]] [[Cheung Sha Wan station]].<ref>[http://www.explorehk.com/en/pedia/station/cheung-sha-wan/ Cheung Sha Wan Station]</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/ha/ha4107.pdf Memorandum for the Housing Authority Members’ Meeting with Concern Group]</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Un Chau Street Estate had 8 residential blocks completed in [[1969]],<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr96-97/english/lc_sitg/hansard/961120fe.doc OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 20 November 1996]</ref> but all the blocks were demolished in [[1990s]] and [[2000s (decade)|2000s]], and replaced by new-typed buildings. The redeveloped estate was renamed as "Un Chau Estate".<ref>[http://www.cedd.gov.hk/tc/archives/programmes/doc/00_01_kl00_ap1_e.pdf INDEX OF PROJECT ARRANGED BY YEAR OF COMMENCEMENT]</ref> Phase 1 and 3 consists of 6 residential buildings (a building for [[senior citizens]] included) and a [[shopping centre]], which were completed between [[1998]] and [[1999]].<ref>[http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/prm/bc/Bc135-00.PDF Proposed Master Layout Plan, Scheme Design and Project Development Budget for the Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phases 2 and 4]</ref><ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/arpt9900/eng/building/build_ucsep3.html Un Chau Street Estate Phase 3]</ref><ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/centre/0,,1-347-10_5304,00.html Un Chau Shopping Centre]</ref> Phase 2 and 4 consists of 5 residential buildings completed in [[2008]].<ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/enwiki/static/file/en/aboutus/events/safetyforum07/speech_03_man_tin-hung.pdf Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phase 2 and 4 and Minor Works]</ref><ref>[http://www.yaulee.com/eng/businessDomain/yauleeConstru/curProject/curPro20040052.htm Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phase 2 & 4 and Minor Works]</ref>
Un Chau Street Estate had 8 residential blocks completed in 1969,<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr96-97/english/lc_sitg/hansard/961120fe.doc Official Record of Proceedings, Wednesday, 20 November 1996]</ref> but all the blocks were demolished in 1990s and 2000s, and replaced by new buildings. The redeveloped estate was renamed as "Un Chau Estate".<ref>[http://www.cedd.gov.hk/tc/archives/programmes/doc/00_01_kl00_ap1_e.pdf Index of Project Arranged by Year of commencement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609194645/http://www.cedd.gov.hk/tc/archives/programmes/doc/00_01_kl00_ap1_e.pdf |date=2011-06-09 }}</ref> Phase 1 and 3 consists of 6 residential buildings (a building for [[senior citizens]] included) and a [[shopping centre]], which were completed between 1998 and 1999.<ref>[http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/prm/bc/Bc135-00.PDF Proposed Master Layout Plan, Scheme Design and Project Development Budget for the Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phases 2 and 4]</ref><ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/arpt9900/eng/building/build_ucsep3.html Un Chau Street Estate Phase 3]</ref><ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/centre/0,,1-347-10_5304,00.html Un Chau Shopping Centre]</ref> Phase 2 and 4 consists of 5 residential buildings completed in 2008.<ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/enwiki/static/file/en/aboutus/events/safetyforum07/speech_03_man_tin-hung.pdf Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phase 2 and 4 and Minor Works]</ref><ref>[http://www.yaulee.com/eng/businessDomain/yauleeConstru/curProject/curPro20040052.htm Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phase 2 & 4 and Minor Works]</ref>


Phase 5 is the old site of former Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate and is under development. It comprises three site-oriented domestic blocks and an
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 [[car parks]], [[amenity]] facilities, elderly centre and the integrated family services centre. Foundation works will commence in [[2007]] and the buildings will be completed in [[2011]].<ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/ha/ha4107.pdf Redevelopment of Un Chau Estate Phase 5]</ref>
ancillary facilities block providing [[car parks]], [[amenity]] facilities, elderly centre and the integrated family services centre. Foundation works commenced in 2007 and were completed in 2012.<ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/hdw/content/document/en/aboutus/ha/paperlibrary/ha/ha4107.pdf Redevelopment of Un Chau Estate Phase 5]</ref>


==Demographics==
June 3, 1982, Un Chau Estate a sensation in Hong Kong have occurred in the case of a [[mental illness]] people in Yuen Chau Li Zhiheng Jiecun home armed with a knife cutting off dead mother and sister, the dashed downstairs "Ann's kindergarten" attack kindergarten students, four kindergarten children chop dead, more than kindergarten students were injured. Finally, the police shot and wounded by assailants before the end of the event, tragedy led to a total of six killed more than 40 people injured, the mentally ill in our history, the most serious violent disorder caused by injuries <ref> [http://hk.news.yahoo.com/071103/12/2irzw.html Mad bloodbath kindergarten Government to review the Han Dynasty (Ming Pao) November 4, 2007] </ref>.
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Major Housing Estates|url=http://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/be-do-major-hosing-estates.html|website=2017 Population By-census|publisher=[[Census and Statistics Department]]|access-date=25 October 2020}}</ref>


<gallery>
<gallery>
File:元洲街村.GIF|Map of former Un Chau Street Estate
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: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:Unchau1994.JPG|Blocks of former Un Chau Street Estate in 1990s
File:UnChauEstate UnHongHouse.jpg|Phase 1 Un Hong House, Un Chau Estate
File:UnChauEstate UnHongHouse.jpg|Phase 1 Un Hong House, Un Chau Estate
File:CSWnewestate 20070509.jpg|Phase 2, 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 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 un kin house.jpg|Phase 4 Un Kin House, Un Chau Estate
File:Un Chau Estate 2012 part2.JPG|Phase 5 in 2012
</gallery>
</gallery>














Un chau estate is one of the best public housing estate in hong kong to live due to it's location.


==Houses==
==Houses==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
! Name !! Type !! Completion
! Name !! Chinese name !! Type !! Completion
|-
|-
| Un Hong House || rowspan="2" | Senior Citizens || rowspan="1" | 1998
| Un Hong House || 元康樓 || rowspan="2" | Senior Citizens || rowspan="1" | 1998
|-
|-
| Un Wo House || rowspan="4" | 1999
| Un Wo House || 元和樓 || rowspan="4" | 1999
|-
|-
| Un Fung House || rowspan="3" | Harmony 1
| Un Fung House || 元豐樓 || rowspan="3" | Harmony 1
|-
|-
| Un Shing House
| Un Shing House || 元盛樓
|-
|-
| Un Tai House
| Un Tai House || 元泰樓
|-
|-
| Un Lok House || rowspan="4" | New Harmony 1 || rowspan="5" | 2008
| Un Lok House || 元樂樓 || rowspan="4" | New Harmony 1 || rowspan="5" | 2008
|-
|-
| Un Nga House
| Un Nga House || 元雅樓
|-
|-
| Un Chi House
| Un Chi House || 元智樓
|-
|-
| Un Hei House
| Un Hei House || 元禧樓
|-
|-
| Un Kin House || rowspan="1" | Small Household Block
| Un Kin House || 元健樓 || rowspan="1" | Small Household Block
|-
|-
| Un Mun House || 元滿樓 || rowspan="3" | Non-Standard Domestic Block || rowspan="4" | 2012
|}<ref>[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-0-10_4910,00.html Un Chau Estate]</ref>
|-
| Un Wai House || 元慧樓
|-
| Un Yat House || 元逸樓
|-
| Un Him House || 元謙樓 || rowspan="1" | Auxiliary facilities building
|-
|}

Phase 2, 4 and 5 have been offered as alternate public housing for people displaced by the demolition of buildings in nearby [[So Uk Estate]].


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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[[zh:元州邨]]
[[zh-yue:元州邨]]

Latest revision as of 21:31, 17 July 2024

Un Chau Estate
Un Chau Estate
Chinese元州邨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuán Zhōu Cūn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingjyun4 zau1 cyun1
Un Chau Street Estate
Chinese元州街邨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuán Zhōu Jiē Cūn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingjyun4 zau1 gaai1 cyun1
Un Chau Street Government Low Cost Housing Estate
Chinese元洲街政府廉租屋邨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuán Zhōu Jiē Zhèngfǔ Lián Zū Wūcūn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingjyun4 zau1 gaai1 zing3 fu2 lim4 zou1 uk1 cyun1

Un Chau Estate (Chinese: 元州邨), or Un Chau Street Estate (Chinese: 元州街邨) before redevelopment, is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land of Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Un Chau Street [zh] and Cheung Sha Wan Road, next to MTR Cheung Sha Wan station.[1] 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.[2]

Background

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Un Chau Street Estate had 8 residential blocks completed in 1969,[3] but all the blocks were demolished in 1990s and 2000s, and replaced by new buildings. The redeveloped estate was renamed as "Un Chau Estate".[4] Phase 1 and 3 consists of 6 residential buildings (a building for senior citizens included) and a shopping centre, which were completed between 1998 and 1999.[5][6][7] Phase 2 and 4 consists of 5 residential buildings completed in 2008.[8][9]

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 car parks, amenity facilities, elderly centre and the integrated family services centre. Foundation works commenced in 2007 and were completed in 2012.[10]

Demographics

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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.[11]

  • Map of former Un Chau Street Estate
    Map of former Un Chau Street Estate
  • Blocks of former Un Chau Street Estate in 1980s
    Blocks of former Un Chau Street Estate in 1980s
  • Blocks of former Un Chau Street Estate in 1990s
    Blocks of former Un Chau Street Estate in 1990s
  • Phase 1 Un Hong House, Un Chau Estate
    Phase 1 Un Hong House, Un Chau Estate
  • Phase 2, Un Chau Estate
    Phase 2, Un Chau Estate
  • Phase 2 and 4, Un Chau Estate
    Phase 2 and 4, Un Chau Estate
  • Phase 4 Un Kin House, Un Chau Estate
    Phase 4 Un Kin House, Un Chau Estate
  • Phase 5 in 2012
    Phase 5 in 2012

Houses

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Name Chinese name Type Completion
Un Hong House 元康樓 Senior Citizens 1998
Un Wo House 元和樓 1999
Un Fung House 元豐樓 Harmony 1
Un Shing House 元盛樓
Un Tai House 元泰樓
Un Lok House 元樂樓 New Harmony 1 2008
Un Nga House 元雅樓
Un Chi House 元智樓
Un Hei House 元禧樓
Un Kin House 元健樓 Small Household Block
Un Mun House 元滿樓 Non-Standard Domestic Block 2012
Un Wai House 元慧樓
Un Yat House 元逸樓
Un Him House 元謙樓 Auxiliary facilities building

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

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Un Chau Estate.

References

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  1. ^ Cheung Sha Wan Station
  2. ^ Memorandum for the Housing Authority Members’ Meeting with Concern Group
  3. ^ Official Record of Proceedings, Wednesday, 20 November 1996
  4. ^ Index of Project Arranged by Year of commencement Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Proposed Master Layout Plan, Scheme Design and Project Development Budget for the Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phases 2 and 4
  6. ^ Un Chau Street Estate Phase 3
  7. ^ Un Chau Shopping Centre
  8. ^ Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phase 2 and 4 and Minor Works
  9. ^ Redevelopment of Un Chau Street Estate Phase 2 & 4 and Minor Works
  10. ^ Redevelopment of Un Chau Estate Phase 5
  11. ^ "Major Housing Estates". 2017 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

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