Sai Wan Estate

{{Short description|Housing estate in Hong Kong}} {{coord|22|16|52|N|114|07|31|E|region:HK_type:landmark_source:kolossus-zhwiki|display=title}} {{Infobox housing project | building name = Sai Wan Estate | image = Sai Wan Estate 2018.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sai Wan Estate | location = Central and Western District, Hong Kong | coordinates = | status = Completed | category = Public Housing Estate | units = 636 | area = 382-606 ft² | population = 2,100 | blocknumber = 5 | constructed = {{Start date and age|1958}} | governing body = Hong Kong Housing Authority | website = [https://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/global-elements/estate-locator/detail.html?propertyType=1&id=2848] }} thumb|Sai Wan Estate bird's eye view thumb|Sai Wan Estate front entrance thumb|Sai Wan Estate by night '''Sai Wan Estate''' ({{zh|t=西環邨}}) is a public housing estate in Kennedy Town, Sai Wan, Hong Kong. Built in 1958 and 1959, it sits in a hillside that had to be extensively cut away for its construction.<ref name = AAj>{{cite journal |last=Architectural Association (Great Britain) |year=1962 |title=Housing Estates |journal=Architectural Association Journal |volume=78 }}</ref><ref name="improv">[http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200612/26/P200612220151.htm Sai Wan Estate Improvement Programme]</ref> The estate comprises 636 flats in five linear blocks of 10 to 14 storeys.<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/panels/hg/papers/hg0509cb1-1396-3-e.pdf Comprehensive Structural Investigation of Aged Public Housing Estates]</ref> It is the only public housing estate in Central and Western District developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA) and it is the second-oldest existing public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority, after Model Housing Estate.<ref name="AAj" />

Sai Wan Estate was designed by government architect Stanley Feltham.<ref name="rate">{{cite news |last=Ng |first= Joyce |date=7 August 2013 |title= Heritage advisers to rate historic political retreat Fanling Lodge|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1294787/move-preserve-historic-lodge |newspaper=South China Morning Post |access-date= 18 July 2015}}</ref>

Despite its age, in 2008 the Housing Authority decided not to redevelop the estate in the short term. Instead, repair works were planned to be carried out in the buildings to sustain the estate for the following 15 years.<ref>[http://news.gov.hk/en/category/infrastructureandlogistics/060330/html/060330en06006.htm So Uk Estate to be cleared in phases] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202021123/http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/infrastructureandlogistics/060330/html/060330en06006.htm |date=2008-12-02 }}</ref>

Yet, Sai Wan Estate was brought up in the Policy Address 2021 in the reign of C.E. Carrie Lam, the HKHA was invited to conduct a study on the redevelopment potential together with another aging public housing estate, the Ma Tau Wai Estate in Kowloon East.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Chief Executive's 2021 Policy Address - Policy Address |url=https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/2021/eng/p84.html |access-date=2026-04-11 |website=www.policyaddress.gov.hk}}</ref>

Subsequently, in February 2026, the time when Sai Wan Estate has aged 68 years, the joint meeting of the Commercial Properties Committee and the Subsidized Housing Committee of HKHA has approved and announced the rehousing and associated arrangements for the redevelopment of both Sai Wan Estate and Ma Tau Wai Estate (Phase 1). The target clearance date for Sai Wan Estate would be in September 2029,<ref>{{Cite web |title=HA announces clearance and rehousing arrangements for redevelopment of Sai Wan Estate and Phase 1 of Ma Tau Wai Estate |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202602/02/P2026020200314.htm |access-date=2026-04-11 |website=www.info.gov.hk}}</ref> and the demolition works would be commenced afterwards.

==Houses== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! Name<ref name="housing">[http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-15_5088,00.html Hong Kong Housing Authority - Sai Wan Estate]</ref> !Storey!! Type<ref name="housing" /> !! Completion<ref name="housing" /> |- | Central Terrace |14 (G/F - 10/F)|| rowspan="5" | Old Slab || rowspan="5" | 1958 |- | East Terrace |13 (G/F - 13/F) |- | North Terrace |10 (G/F - 10/F) |- | South Terrace |12 (G/F - 12/F) |- | West Terrace |14 (G/F - 14/F) |- |}

==Politics== Sai Wan Estate is located in Kennedy Town & Mount Davis constituency of the Central and Western District Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Central and Western District)|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/A_descriptions(Eng).pdf|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> It was formerly represented by Cherry Wong Kin-ching, who was elected in the 2019 elections until June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/central/english/members/info/former_dc_member_list.php|title=Central and Western District Council - List of Former Central and Western DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Sai Wan Estate}} * [http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/hongkong-taste/article?mid=234 西環邨] {{in lang|zh}}

Category:Kennedy Town Category:Public housing estates in Hong Kong Category:Residential buildings completed in 1958 Category:Residential buildings completed in 1959