San Fat Estate (Chinese: 新發邨) was the first public housing estate in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong, located at the reclaimed land near Tuen Mun River, at the junction of Pui To Road and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road. It consisted of 4 residential blocks completed in 1971, offering 2,131 flats with more than 6,000 redidents. It was the smallest rental estate in Tuen Mun.
Tuen Mun was then known as Castle Peak and thus the estate was originally named Castle Peak Estate (Chinese: 青山邨). After the Hong Kong Government renamed Castle Peak to Tuen Mun in 1974, the estate was renamed San Fat Estate in honour of Chan Yat San and Lau Wong Fat, prominent figures in Heung Yee Kuk.
The estate was demolished between November 2001 and January 2002 because of its age, and to liberate land for the construction of the Tuen Mun Station of the West Rail Line.
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