| Building Name: | Fuk Loi Estate |
| Location: | 55 Hoi Pa Street, Tsuen Wan New Territories, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates: | 22.3738°N 114.1133°W |
| Status: | Completed |
| Category: | Public rental housing |
| Population Date: | 2016 |
| Population: | 6,999[1] |
| Blocknumber: | 9[2] |
| Units: | 3,100 |
| Construction Authority: | Hong Kong Housing Authority |
Fuk Loi Estate is a public housing estate in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, located at the reclaimed land along Castle Peak Road and opposite to Nan Fung Centre, Tsuen Kam Centre and Discovery Park. It has 9 residential buildings completed between 1963 and 1967, and it is the oldest existing public housing estate in Tsuen Wan District.[3]
The original Tsuen Wan Public Library occupied the ground floor of Wing Hong House. It was the first public library in the New Territories.[4]
In the 1960s, the Hong Kong Government had decided to allocate a reclaimed land in Tsuen Wan to the Housing Authority for low-rent housing.
The estate originally had eight houses, which were four seven-storey houses and four sixteen-storey Old Slab houses. In 1965, the Housing Authority introduced an "industrialized" building plan from Japan and constructed it in the form of precast concrete. In order to test the practicability of this construction method, the Housing Authority had built a seven-storey house in the second phase of Fuk Loi Estate - Wing Lung House, which was completed in 1967.[5]
When Fuk Loi Estate was occupied, all seven-storey buildings had no lifts. The Housing Authority later installed lifts for all seven-storey buildings from 2010 to 2012. The contract was awarded in 2011 and completed in 2012.[6] [7]
| Name | Chinese name | Phase | Building type | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing Ning House | 永寧樓 | Phase I | 1963 | |
| Wing Hing House | 永興樓 | |||
| Wing Ka House | 永嘉樓 | 1964 | ||
| Wing Hong House | 永康樓 | |||
| Wing Cheung House | 永昌樓 | Phase II | ||
| Wing Ting House | 永定樓 | |||
| Wing Tai House | 永泰樓 | |||
| Wing Lok House | 永樂樓 | |||
| Wing Lung House | 永隆樓 | 1967 |
According to the 2016 by-census, Fuk Loi Estate had a population of 6,999. The median age was 54.1 and the majority of residents (96.6 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.3 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$17,840.[1]
Fuk Loi Estate is located in Fuk Loi constituency of the Tsuen Wan District Council.[8] It is currently represented by Kot Siu-yuen, who was elected in the 2019 elections.[9]