Ching Wah Court

Ching Wah Court (Chinese: 青華苑) is a housing estate under Home Ownership Scheme by Hong Kong Housing Authority on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It is unlike the first Home Ownership Scheme estate, Ching Shing Court, which was the first one completely designed to be a standalone comparable to other private housing estates on the island. Ching Wah Court was completed in two phases in 1986 and 1987, and it was sold under plan 8A and 9A of the Home Ownership Scheme. It situates on the hills and is opposite to the fifth phase of Cheung Hong Estate.

The design of the estates are the mixture of Windmill and Flexi type.

Blocks

Phase 1

* Block A - Wah Woon House (華奐閣)
* Block B - Wah Suen House (華璇閣)

Phase 2

* Block C - Wah Pik House (華碧閣)
* Block D - Wah Fung House (華豐閣)
* Block E - Wah Yan House (華欣閣)
* Block F - Wah Cheung House (華翔閣)

Between Block B and C, there is a 3-level car park for hourly and monthly hiring. The Management Office is at the Car Park Building near Tsing Chin Street. Below the office is Tsing Yi Trade Association Kindergarten and a Circle K convenience store.

Totally 2460 residential flats are provided in the estate.

Transport

There are two bus stops named "Ching Wah Court". One is opposite to the Cheung Hong Commercial Centre No.2, where routes
* 42A (towards Cheung Hang),
* 42C (towards Cheung Hang),
* 43A (towards Cheung Wang),
* A31 (towards Airport Ground Transportation Centre) and
* E32 (towards AsiaWorld-Expo, in the afternoon section) are available.

Another is at Tsing Yi West Road, 2-minute walking distance from Block A, with routes
* A31 (towards Airport Ground Transportation Centre / Discovery Park),
* E21 (towards AsiaWorld-Expo / Island Harbourview),
* E31 (towards Yat Tung / Discovery Park),
* E32 (towards AsiaWorld-Expo / Kwai Fong MTR Station),
* E42 (towards Airport Ground Transportation Centre / Shatin Pok Hong),
* N21 (towards Airport Ground Transportation Centre / Star Ferry, overnight service),
* N31 (towards Airport Ground Transportation Centre / Discovery Park, overngiht service),
* 264M (towards Tin Yan / Tsing Yi AR Station) and
* 279X (towards Luen Wo Hui / Tsing Yi AR Station).

After Crossing Ching Hong Road, residents will have numerous choices of bus routes as people in Cheung Hong Estate do. Hot spots for taking buses towards Kowloon or within-Tsing-Yi are the Cheung Hong Bus Terminus, Hong Shun House bus stop and Ching Shing Court bus stop at the other side of the road.

Leisure

There is a playground in each phase of the estate.

Next to the bus stop at Tsing Yi West Road, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department built the Ching Wah Playground (with a small football field) and the Ching Wah Garden for recreation.

The Tsing Yi Nature Trail, which is popular for the beautiful view of Tsing Ma Bridge, starts at the other side of Tsing Yi West Road. It takes about 5 minutes to walk from Ching Wah Court to the entrance of the trail.

ee also

*List of Home Ownership Scheme courts in Hong Kong
*Hong Kong Housing Authority

References

* [http://www.chingwahcourt.com.hk Ching Wah Court Official Website]
* [http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-347-6_5752,00.html Ching Wah Court (Hong Kong Housing Authority)]
* [http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=208 Hong Kong Place, History of Home Ownership Scheme, part I]
* [http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=210 Hong Kong Place, History of Home Ownership Scheme, part II]