Oi Man Estate
Introduction '''Oi Man Estate''' () is a public housing estate in No. 12 Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the largest public housing estate in Kowloon City District and has a total of 12 residential blocks which were completed between 1974 and 1975.It was officially opened by the Acting Governor Sir Denys Roberts on 20 November 1975. '''Chun Man Court''' () is a Home Ownership Scheme court on No. 12 Hill, near Oi Man Estate. It consists of 12 blocks built in 1981.
Background The estate was built at a cost of $186 million and comprises 6,200 flats designed to house some 46,000 residents based on the Housing Authority's former space allocation standards of 35 square feet per person. The "authorised population" of Oi Man Estate has since been revised to 18,900 residents. It was designed by Housing Department architects, and followed the 1970s estate design innovation of being planned as to "provide every convenience for its residents from banks, markets to barbershops." To this end the estate opened with a three-storey air-conditioned commercial complex, a market, and cooked food stalls.The British Hong Kong Government admired the construction of the estate because its construction showed improvements in public housing standards in Hong Kong. Oi Man Estate was on the itinerary of Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Hong Kong in 1975.Leader of the British Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher also visited in 1977 and toured Tak Man House, commenting on the modern living conditions, cleanliness of the block, and the cool air circulating within the Twin Tower block's atrium.
Houses ===Oi Man Estate=== Name  Chinese name  Building type  Completed Wai Man House  衛民樓  Twin Tower  1974–1975 Sun Man House  新民樓 Tak Man House  德民樓 Tun Man House  敦民樓 Shun Man House  信民樓 Chiu Man House  昭民樓  Old Slab Chung Man House  頌民樓 Hong Man House  康民樓 Kin Man House  建民樓 Lai Man House  禮民樓 Po Man House  保民樓 Kar Man House  嘉民樓===Chun Man Court=== Name  Chinese name  Building type  Completed Man Fuk House  文福閣  Non-Standard  1981 Man Pan House  文斌閣 Man Lan House  文蘭閣 Man Hor House  文賀閣 Man Chung House  文宗閣 Man Hoi House  文凱閣 Man Hung House  文雄閣 Man Hei House  文禧閣 Man Ming House  文明閣 Man Oi House  文愛閣 Man Shui House  文瑞閣 Man Yin House  文彥閣
Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Oi Man Estate had a population of 18,282 while Chun Man Court had a population of 4,935.Altogether the population amounts to 23,217.
Politics For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate and Chun Man Court are located in the Oi Chun constituency, which is represented by Cho Wui-hung, while the remainder of the estate falls within the Oi Man constituency, which is represented by Mak Sui-ki.
Education Oi Man Estate (including Chun Man Court) is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34.Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Farm Road Government Primary School and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School.
See also *Public housing estates in Ho Man Tin
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