| Choi Wan Estate | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 彩雲邨 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 彩云邨 | ||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | chói wàhn chyūn | ||||||||||||
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Choi Wan Estate (Chinese:彩雲邨) is apublic housing estate inNgau Chi Wan,Wong Tai Sin District,[1]Kowloon, Hong Kong, located betweenNgau Chi Wan Village andJordan Valley and the foot ofFei Ngo Shan.[2] The estate is divided intoChoi Wan (I) Estate (彩雲(一)邨) andChoi Wan (II) Estate (彩雲(二)邨), and has a total of 21 blocks.[3] It is one of the largest public housing estates in Wong Tai Sin District.
Choi Wan Estate was the site of Ngau Chi Wan Village. Its nameChoi Wan fits its geographical position because "Wan" (i.e. Choi Wan Estate, "Wan" meanscloud inCantonese) is above "Hung" (i.e.Choi Hung Estate, "Hung" meansrainbow 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 Chineseastronomical matters, for instance, Ngan Ho House (銀河樓,lit. galaxy house) and Koon Yat House (觀日樓, "Koon Yat" meaning "viewing the sun").[4] The estate is also the namesake for the northwesternPacific Oceantropical cyclone nameChoi-wan.
| Name[5] | 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 |
| Name[6] | 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 (Chinese:彩輝邨) is apublic housing estate in Ngau Chi Wan, at the upper hill above Choi Wan Estate and the foot of Fei Ngo Shan.[7] It has only 2 blocks built in 1995.[8]
| Name[9] | Type | Completion |
|---|---|---|
| Choi Wah House | Harmony 1 | 1995 |
| Choi Yip House |
Choi Fung Court (Chinese:彩峰苑) is aHome Ownership Scheme court in Ngau Chi Wan, near Choi Wan (I) Estate. It has one block built in 1997.
| Name[10] | Type | Completion |
|---|---|---|
| Choi Fung Court | Harmony | 1997 |
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.[11]
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