Lai On Estate
Introduction '''Lai On Estate''' () is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong located near Lai Kok Estate, Dragon Centre, and Sham Shui Po station. It consists of 5 residential blocks completed in 1993. '''Yee Ching Court''' () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Sham Shui Po, near Lai Kok Estate, Lai On Estate and Dragon Centre. It has 3 blocks built in 1993.
Background The site where the estate is located was formerly the Sham Shui Po Barracks () of the British Army between the 1910s to 1977.During World War II, the barrack was attacked by the Japanese Army and was used as a concentration camp during the Japanese occupation from 1941–45.After the war, the barracks were once again used by British Army until 1977, when they were closed. Part of the site became Lai Kok Estate in 1981 and Sham Shui Po Park in 1983, while another part was a refugee camp for Vietnamese boat people. In 1989, the refugee camp was closed and was partly replaced by Lai On Estate in 1993.
Houses ===Lai On Estate=== Name  Chinese name  Building type  Completed Lai Ching House  麗正樓  Harmony 1A  1993 Lai Lim House  麗廉樓 Lai Ping House  麗平樓 Lai Tak House  麗德樓 Lai Wing House  麗榮樓===Yee Ching Court=== Name  Chinese name  Building type  Completed Han Ching House  閒靜閣  Harmony 1A  1993 Ning Ching House  寧靜閣 Yat Ching House  逸靜閣
Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Lai On Estate had a population of 2,957.The median age was 50.1 and the majority of residents (97 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. Cantonese was the usual spoken language of 98.6 per cent of residents (excluding non-speaking persons). The average household size was 2.2 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$11,860.
Politics Lai On Estate and Yee Ching Court are located in Lai Kok constituency of the Sham Shui Po District Council. It was formerly represented by Li Kwing, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.
See also *Public housing estates in Sham Shui Po
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