Tin Shing Court
Home Ownership Scheme housing estate in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong
Tin Shing Court (Chinese: 天盛苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority in Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Tin Yiu Estate, Light Rail Tin Yiu stop and Tin Shui Wai stop as well as MTR Tin Shui Wai station. It has totally 17 residential buildings completed in 1999.
Houses
Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Tin Shing Court had a population of 20,664. The median age was 43.4 and the majority of residents (96.5 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 3.3 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$30,000.
Politics
For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Tin Shing constituency, which is represented by Hau Man-kin. The remainder falls within the Shing Yan constituency, which is represented by Au Kwok-kuen.
The public source identifies “Tin Shing Court” as home Ownership Scheme housing estate in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shing, Court and Home.
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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 Q10940511. Authority coordinates are 22.448, 114.001. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999, 2016 and 2019.
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