Sun Chui Estate
public housing estate in Tai Wai, Hong Kong
Sun Chui Estate (Chinese: 新翠邨) is a public housing estate in Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong near Lung Hang Estate, San Tin Village, The Wai, Che Kung Temple and MTR Tai Wai station. It consists of eight residential buildings completed in 1983, 1984 and 1985 respectively.
Background
The estate was formerly known as Sun Tin Estate. However, in November 1981, it was renamed as Sun Chui Estate.
Houses
Demographics
According to the 2021 by-census, Sun Chui Estate had a population of 17,081. The median age was 53.0 and the majority of residents (97.6 percent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.6 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$16,990.
Politics
For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies.
The public source identifies “Sun Chui Estate” as public housing estate in Tai Wai, Hong Kong. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chui, Estate and public.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8422848. Authority coordinates are 22.371, 114.181. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1981.
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This entry incorporates text from “Sun Chui Estate” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.