Lok Fu Estate Explained

Building Name:Lok Fu Estate
Location:198 Junction Road, Lok Fu
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.3361°N 114.1868°W
Status:Completed
Category:Public rental housing
Population:9,700
Blocknumber:11
Units:3,700
Area:12.2–57.7 m2 (131–621 ft2)
Built:, (original), (current)
Construction Authority:Hong Kong Housing Authority
Building Name:Hong Keung Court
Location:23 Heng Lam Street, Lok Fu
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.3361°N 114.1868°W
Status:Completed
Category:Home Ownership Scheme court
Blocknumber:1
Units:640
Area:53–80 m2 (570–860 sq ft2), 39–60 m2 (420–650 ft2)
Construction Authority:Hong Kong Housing Authority
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S:乐富邨
L:music abundant estate
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Lok Fu Estate is a public housing estate in Lok Fu, Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong, near Lok Fu station on the MTR.[1]

Hong Keung Court is a Home Ownership Scheme court near Lok Tung House, Lok Fu Estate. It has one block built in 1999.

History

Lok Fu Estate was formerly the Lo Fu Ngam Resettlement Area and has a total of 23 blocks, 12 Mark I type and 11 Mark II type, built in 1957.[2] As local residents found the name Lo Fu Ngam (Tiger Hill) inauspicious, the settlement was later renamed to Lok Fu (happy and prosperous).[3] A former shrine at the site was moved to a new location in Kwun Tong, which is now within the Tsui Ping Estate.[4] In 1973, the area was renamed the Lok Fu Estate.[5] It started rehabilitation and redevelopment in the 1980s. In 1991, the six blocks in the nearby Wang Tau Hom Estate were allocated to the Lok Fu Estate.[6]

Houses

Lok Fu Estate

Name[7] Type Completion Floors Units per floor Units
Wang Hong House 1984 17 42 (Floors 6 and 7), 38 (other floors) 464
Wang Lok House 18 17 255
Wang Shun House 6 35 109
Wang Tat House 4 18 18
Wang Yat House 17 38 456
Wang Yuk House 1985 18 17 255
Lok Tung House 1989 24 20 523
Lok Tai House Harmony 1A with Harmony Annex 2 1995/1996 18 20 (without wing), 29 (with wing) 469
Lok Him House Harmony 1A19 20
Lok Tsui House 19
Lok Man House 24

Hong Keung Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Lok Fu Estate had a population of 9,952. The median age was 50.8 and the majority of residents (96.5 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household comprised 2.7 persons. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$16,450.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/workplace/rbrp_participating_estates_WTS.pdf Wong Tai Sin District
  2. http://partnernet.hktb.com/pnweb/jsp/comm/index.jsp?charset=en&pageContent=%2Fjsp%2Fmodule%2FHKEN%2FHKpictWTS.jsp Wong Tai Sin District
  3. Scott. Janet Lee. 1982. Structure And Function In An Urban Organization: The Mutual Aid Committees. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. en. 22. 5. 0085-5774.
  4. Myers. John T. . 1975. A Hong Kong Spirit-Medium Temple. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 15. 16–27. 1991-7295.
  5. http://www.hk-place.com/vp.php?board=1&id=2147-1 三十三年前的樂富邨 (Chinese Version)
  6. http://www.takungpao.com:82/news/09/03/12/HY-1047462.htm 橫頭磡邨
  7. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/estate/0,,1-347-12_4846,00.html Lok Fu Estate
  8. http://www.housingauthority.gov.hk/en/interactivemap/court/0,,1-0-12_5466,00.html Hong Keung Court
  9. Web site: Major Housing Estates . 2016 Population By-census . . 20 February 2020.