Po Lam Estate
# Po Lam Estate

Po Lam Estate (Chinese: 寶林邨) is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Metro City and MTR Po Lam station. It is the first public housing estate in Tseung Kwan O and has a total of seven residential blocks with 5,272 units. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 6A in 2004.

Ying Ming Court (英明苑) and Yan Ming Court (欣明苑) are Home Ownership Scheme housing courts in Tseung Kwan O near Po Lam Estate, built in 1989 and 1990 respectively.

## Houses

### Po Lam Estate

| Name | Chinese name | Building type | Completed |
| - | - | - | - |
| Po Ning House | 寶寧樓 | New Slab | 1988 |
| Po Kan House | 寶勤樓 | New Slab | 1988 |
| Po Yan House | 寶仁樓 | Trident 2 | 1988 |
| Po Tai House | 寶泰樓 | Trident 2 | 1988 |
| Po Tak House | 寶德樓 | Trident 2 | 1988 |
| Po Chi House | 寶智樓 | Trident 2 | 1988 |
| Po Kim House | 寶儉樓 | Small Household Block | 2001 |

### Ying Ming Court

| Name | Chinese name | Building type | Completed |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ming Yuen House | 明遠閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1989 |
| Ming Leung House | 明亮閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1989 |
| Ming Tat House | 明達閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1989 |
| Ming Chi House | 明志閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1989 |
| Ming On House | 明安閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1989 |

### Yan Ming Court

| Name | Chinese name | Building type | Completed |
| - | - | - | - |
| Yan Chung House | 欣松閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1990 |
| Yan Chuk House | 欣竹閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1990 |
| Yan Mui House | 欣梅閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1990 |
| Yan Lan House | 欣蘭閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1990 |
| Yan Kuk House | 欣菊閣 | New Cruciform (Ver.1984) | 1990 |

## Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Po Lam Estate had a population of 15,319, Ying Ming Court had a population of 5,058 while Yan Ming Court had a population of 4,604. Altogether the population amounts to 24,981.

## Politics

For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Po Lam Estate falls within the Po Lam constituency, which was formerly represented by Fung Kwan-on until July 2021, while Ying Ming Court and Yan Ming Court falls within the Yan Ying constituency, which was formerly represented by Ben Chung Kam-lun until May 2021.

