Lok Fu Estate
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General information
Location198 Junction Road, Lok Fu
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°20′10″N 114°11′12″E / 22.3361°N 114.1868°E / 22.3361; 114.1868
StatusCompleted
CategoryPublic rental housing
Area12.2-57.7 m² (131-621 ft²)
Population9,700
No. of blocks11
No. of units3,700
Construction
Constructed1957; 67 years ago (1957), 1961; 63 years ago (1961) (original), 1984; 40 years ago (1984) (current)
AuthorityHong Kong Housing Authority
Hong Keung Court
Map
General information
Location23 Heng Lam Street, Lok Fu
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°20′10″N 114°11′12″E / 22.3361°N 114.1868°E / 22.3361; 114.1868
StatusCompleted
CategoryHome Ownership Scheme court
Area53-80 m² (570-860 sq ft²), 39-60 m² (420-650 ft²)
No. of blocks1
No. of units640
Construction
Constructed1999; 25 years ago (1999)
AuthorityHong Kong Housing Authority
Lok Fu Estate
Traditional Chinese樂富邨
Simplified Chinese乐富邨
Cantonese Yalelohk fu chyūn
Literal meaningmusic abundant estate
Lok Tung House, Lok Fu Estate

Lok Fu Estate (Chinese: 樂富邨) 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 (康強苑) is a Home Ownership Scheme court near Lok Tung House, Lok Fu Estate. It has one block built in 1999.

History

Lok Fu Estate in 1973

Lok Fu Estate was formerly the Lo Fu Ngam Resettlement Area (老虎區徙置區) 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

Lok Fu Estate

Name[7] Type Completion Floors Units per floor Units
Wang Hong House New Slab 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 Linear 3 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 1A 19 20
Lok Tsui House 19
Lok Man House 24

Hong Keung Court

Name[8] Type Completion Floors Units per floor Units
Hong Keung Court Harmony 1 1999 40 (Floors 1-40) 16 640

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

References

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  1. ^ Wong Tai Sin District Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 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. 22: 5. ISSN 0085-5774.
  4. ^ Myers, John T. (1975). "A Hong Kong Spirit-Medium Temple" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 15: 16–27. ISSN 1991-7295.
  5. ^ 三十三年前的樂富邨 (Chinese Version)
  6. ^ 橫頭磡邨 (in Chinese)[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Lok Fu Estate
  8. ^ Hong Keung Court
  9. ^ "Major Housing Estates". 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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