Lai On Estate is a public housing estate in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong located near Lai Kok Estate, Dragon Centre, and Sham Shui Po station. It consists of 5 residential blocks completed in 1993. Yee Ching Court is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Sham Shui Po, near Lai Kok Estate, Lai On Estate and Dragon Centre. It has 3 blocks built in 1993.

Background

The site where the estate is located was formerly the Sham Shui Po Barracks of the British Army between the 1910s to 1977. During World War II, the barrack was attacked by the Japanese Army and was used as a concentration camp during the Japanese occupation from 1941–45. After the war, the barracks were once again used by British Army until 1977, when they were closed. Part of the site became Lai Kok Estate in 1981 and Sham Shui Po Park in 1983, while another part was a refugee camp for Vietnamese boat people. In 1989, the refugee camp was closed and was partly replaced by Lai On Estate in 1993.

Houses

Lai On Estate

Yee Ching Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Lai On Estate had a population of 2,957. The median age was 50.1 and the majority of residents (97 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. Cantonese was the usual spoken language of 98.6 per cent of residents (excluding non-speaking persons). The average household size was 2.2 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$11,860.

Politics

Lai On Estate and Yee Ching Court are located in Lai Kok constituency of the Sham Shui Po District Council. It was formerly represented by Li Kwing, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.