Long Ping Estate

Long Ping Estate
Long Ping Estate
General information
Location	1 Long Ping Road, Yuen Long New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22.44959°N 114.023816°E / 22.44959; 114.023816
Status	Completed
Category	Public rental housing
Population	23,687[1] (2016)
No. of blocks	15[2]
No. of units	7,563[2]
Construction
Constructed	1986; 39 years ago (1986)
Authority	Hong Kong Housing Authority

Long Ping Estate (Chinese: 朗屏邨) is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Wang Chau, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong, near MTR Long Ping station.[3] It is the third public housing estate in Yuen Long Town and the largest public housing estate in Yuen Long New Town, consisting of fifteen residential blocks completed between 1986 and 1989.[4] Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B in 2005.[5][6]

Houses

Name[2]	Chinese name	Building type	Completed
Yuet Ping House	悅屏樓	New slab	1987
Hor Ping House	賀屏樓
Shek Ping House	石屏樓		1986
Kang Ping House	鏡屏樓
Kam Ping House	錦屏樓	Double H
Sau Ping House	繡屏樓
Chu Ping House	珠屏樓
Po Ping House	寶屏樓
Ngan Ping House	雁屏樓		1989
Yin Ping House	燕屏樓
Fung Ping House	鳳屏樓
Cheuk Ping House	鵲屏樓
Yuk Ping House	玉屏樓	Trident 2	1986
Wah Ping House	畫屏樓		1989
Hay Ping House	喜屏樓

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Long Ping Estate had a population of 23,687. The median age was 45.5 and the majority of residents (97.8 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.9 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$22,500.[1]

Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Pek Long constituency, which is currently represented by Kwong Chun-yu,[7] while the remainder of the estate falls within the Nam Ping constituency, which is currently represented by Zachary Wong Wai-yin.[8][9]

Education

Long Ping Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 73. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: South Yuen Long Government Primary School (南元朗官立小學).[10]

See also

• Public housing estates in Yuen Long

References

1. "Major Housing Estates". 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
2. "Housing Authority Property Location and Profile | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
3. "Long Ping Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
4. "Yuen Long District" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
5. "Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6B". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
6. "Tenants Purchase Scheme owners carry building maintenance responsibility". Hong Kong Government. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
7. "Yuen Long District Council - Yuen Long DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
8. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
9. "Yuen Long District Council - Yuen Long DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
10. "POA School Net 73" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 9 October 2022.