{{short description|Public housing estate in Tai Po, Hong Kong}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox housing project | building name = Tai Wo Estate | image = Tai Wo Estate part 6 in May 2021.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Tai Wo Estate | image_caption = | location = 12 Tai Po Tai Wo Road, Tai Po<br/>New Territories, Hong Kong | coordinates = {{coord|22.45167|114.16278|display=inline,title}} | status = Completed | category = Public rental housing | demolished = | area = | population date = 2016 | population = 19,979<ref name="census">{{Cite web|title=Major Housing Estates|url=https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-dp-major-hosing-estates.html|website=2016 Population By-census|publisher=Census and Statistics Department|access-date=11 July 2021|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309013922/https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/en/bc-dp-major-hosing-estates.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | blocknumber = 9<ref name="taiwo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=1&id=1321348400390&dist=2|title=Housing Authority Property Location and Profile {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department|work=Hong Kong Housing Authority|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> | units = 2,582<ref name="taiwo"/> | density = | built = {{Start date and age|1989}} | construction period = | constructed = | construction architect = | construction contractors = | construction style = | construction date = | construction authority = Hong Kong Housing Authority | construction influence = | refurbishment architect = | refurbishment contractors = | refurbishment style = | refurbishment method = | refurbishment image = | refurbishment caption = | refurbishment proposal date = | refurbishment units = | refurbished = | refurbishment authority = | listing date = | listing type = | succession = | governing body = | famous residents = }} '''Tai Wo Estate''' ({{zh|t=太和邨}}) is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, near MTR Tai Wo station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/ch/services/maps/two.pdf|title=Tai Wo Station street map|work=MTR Corporation|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> It is one of the public housing estates in Tai Po that is not built on the reclaimed land.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp_d/pdf/TaiPo%20Book%20(Eng%20Ver)/TaiPo%20Book%20(Eng%20Ver)%2008%20Chap%2012.pdf|title=Making of a New Town: Urbanisation in Tai Po|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927042356/https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp_d/pdf/TaiPo%20Book%20(Eng%20Ver)/TaiPo%20Book%20(Eng%20Ver)%2008%20Chap%2012.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> The estate consists of nine residential buildings completed in 1989. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html|title=Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3|publisher=Hong Kong Housing Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926225333/http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/residential/shos/tpsestates/0,,,00.html|archive-date=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
'''Po Nga Court''' ({{zh|t=寶雅苑|labels=no}}) is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Po, near Tai Wo Estate. It consists of three residential buildings built in 1989.<ref name="ponga">{{Cite web|url=https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propId=2&id=1321347387489&dist=2|title=Housing Authority Property Location and Profile {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department|work=Hong Kong Housing Authority|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
==Houses== ===Tai Wo Estate=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name<ref name="taiwo"/> !! Chinese name !! Building type !! Completed |- | Oi Wo House || 愛和樓 || rowspan="3" | New Slab || rowspan="9" | 1989 |- | On Wo House || 安和樓 |- | Hang Wo House || 亨和樓 |- | Fook Wo House || 福和樓 || rowspan="6" | Trident 3 |- | Hei Wo House || 喜和樓 |- | Kui Wo House || 居和樓 |- | Lai Wo House || 麗和樓 |- | Sun Wo House || 新和樓 |- | Tsui Wo House || 翠和樓 |}
===Po Nga Court=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! Name<ref name="ponga"/> !! Chinese name !! Building type !! Completed |- | Yat Wo House || 逸和閣 || rowspan="3" | Trident 3 || rowspan="3" | 1989 |- | Hing Wo House || 興和閣 |- | Ka Wo House || 家和閣 |}
==Demographics== According to the 2016 by-census, Tai Wo Estate had a population of 19,979 while Po Nga Court had a population of 6,759. Altogether the population amounts to 26,738.<ref name="census"/>
==Politics== For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Tai Wo constituency, which is represented by Olive Chan Wai-ka,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2086|title=Tai Po District Council - Tai Po DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> while the remainder of the estate and Po Nga Court falls within the Po Nga constituency, which is represented by Chow Yuen-wai.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tai Po District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/P_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2100|title=Tai Po District Council - Tai Po DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
==See also== {{commons category}} *Public housing estates in Tai Po * Tai Wo#Recent years
==References== {{reflist}} {{Public housing estates in Hong Kong|state=expanded}}
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1989 Category:Public housing estates in Hong Kong Category:Tenants Purchase Scheme Category:Tai Po