Fuk Loi Estate
Fuk Loi Estate
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General information
Location55 Hoi Pa Street, Tsuen Wan
New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°22′26″N 114°06′48″E / 22.37381°N 114.11332°E / 22.37381; 114.11332
StatusCompleted
CategoryPublic rental housing
Population6,999[1] (2016)
No. of blocks9[2]
No. of units3,100[2]
Construction
Constructed1963; 61 years ago (1963)
AuthorityHong Kong Housing Authority

Fuk Loi Estate (Chinese: 福來邨) 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]

History

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]

Houses

Name[2] Chinese name Phase Building type Completed
Wing Ning House 永寧樓 Phase I Old Slab 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

Demographics

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]

Politics

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]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fuk Loi Estate.

References

  1. ^ a b "Major Housing Estates". 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Housing Authority Property Location and Profile | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department | Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department". Hong Kong Housing Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Aged public housing estates included in the Comprehensive Structural Investigation Programme" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "New Territories to have public library". South China Morning Post. 6 December 1972.
  5. ^ "香港地方 | 建設及建築物 | 屋宇建設委員會屋村". Hong Kong Place. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ "第3432號公告 房屋委員會 現將香港房屋委員會2011年4月份簽訂的合約及商業租約公布如下" (PDF). Government Logistics Department. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "五十年不變　福來．情在". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tsuen Wan District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Tsuen Wan District Council - Tsuen Wan DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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