Ma Tau Wai Estate is a public housing estate in Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the oldest existing public housing estate in Kowloon City District and it consists of five residential blocks completed in 1962 and 1965. Although it was developed by Hong Kong Housing Authority, it is currently managed by Hong Kong Housing Society.

Background

The location of the estate was partly the location of the Ma Tau Chung Camp during World War II. In 2007, the Housing Authority found that all buildings in the estate were structurally sound. Thus, structural repair and improvement works will be carried out to sustain the buildings for the next 15 years.

Reconstruction plan

In March 2014, the Hong Kong Housing Authority announced that in order to increase the supply of public housing, it has decided to start planning and reconstruction of 20 housing estates, including Ma Tau Wai Estate, which have been completed for more than 40 years, and will conduct a series of technical studies in order to determine the reconstruction schedule.

Houses

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Hung Hom Estate had a population of 5,194. The median age was 51.4 and the majority of residents (96.7 per cent) 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$19,250.

Politics

Ma Tau Wai Estate is located in Ma Tau Wai constituency of the Kowloon City District Council. It is currently represented by Ken Tsang Kin-chiu, who was elected in the 2019 elections.

Education

Ma Tau Wai Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 34. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and two government schools: Farm Road Government Primary School and Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School.