Yau Oi Estate Explained

Yau Oi Estate is a public housing estate in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong near Light Rail Yau Oi stop. It was the third public housing estate built in Tuen Mun between 1980 and 1981[1] on reclaimed land of Castle Peak Bay.[2] Consisting of 11 residential blocks, it was the largest single subsidized housing development in Hong Kong, with 9,153 units and a population of more than 35,000.[3]

Houses

Name Type Completion
Oi Ming House Double H 1980
Oi Lai House
Oi Hei House
Oi Chi House
Oi Shun House 1981
Oi Yee House
Oi Lim House
Oi Yung House 1980
Oi Fai House Triple H
Oi Tak House
Oi Lok House Old Slab 1981
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Education

Yau Oi Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 71. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government schools are in the school net.[5]

See also

References

22.3878°N 113.9735°W

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/19991127123002/http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Field/2299/41.htm 屯門現況 (Chinese Version)
  2. http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/igateway?svc=bsch&stype=itr&param=title&frm=1&to=1&ss=ContentPhoto&ctrlid=750548&lang=eng Tuen Mun New Town
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20001017162731/http://www.time.com/time/hongkong/special/best.html MOST STATELY MANSIONS
  4. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-4_4844,00.html Yau Oi Estate
  5. Web site: POA School Net 71. Education Bureau. 2022-10-09.