Sai Wan Estate
Housing estate in Hong Kong
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| Sai Wan Estate | |
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Sai Wan Estate | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Central and Western District, Hong Kong |
| Status | Completed |
| Category | Public Housing Estate |
| Area | 382-606 ft² |
| Population | 2,100 |
| No. of blocks | 5 |
| No. of units | 636 |
| Construction | |
| Constructed | 1958 |
| Other information | |
| Governing body | Hong Kong Housing Authority |
| Website | |
Sai Wan Estate (Chinese: 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.[1][2] The estate comprises 636 flats in five linear blocks of 10 to 14 storeys.[3] 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.[1]
Sai Wan Estate was designed by government architect Stanley Feltham.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
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 on September 2029 [7], and the demolition works would be commenced afterwards.
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- Ng, Joyce (7 August 2013). "Heritage advisers to rate historic political retreat Fanling Lodge". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- So Uk Estate to be cleared in phases Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- "The Chief Executive's 2021 Policy Address - Policy Address". www.policyaddress.gov.hk. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
- "HA announces clearance and rehousing arrangements for redevelopment of Sai Wan Estate and Phase 1 of Ma Tau Wai Estate". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
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