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Fuk Loi Estate

Public housing estate in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

Public housing estate in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

FieldValue
building nameFuk Loi Estate
imageFuk Loi Estate 201501.jpg
captionFuk Loi Estate
location55 Hoi Pa Street, Tsuen Wan
New Territories, Hong Kong
coordinates
statusCompleted
categoryPublic rental housing
population date2016
population6,999
blocknumber9
units3,100
built
construction authorityHong Kong Housing Authority

New Territories, Hong Kong 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.

The original Tsuen Wan Public Library occupied the ground floor of Wing Hong House. It was the first public library in the New Territories.

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.

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.

Houses

NameChinese namePhaseBuilding typeCompleted
Wing Ning House永寧樓Phase IOld Slab1963
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.

Politics

Fuk Loi Estate is located in Fuk Loi constituency of the Tsuen Wan District Council. It is currently represented by Kot Siu-yuen, who was elected in the 2019 elections.

References

category:Tsuen Wan

References

  1. "Major Housing Estates". [[Census and Statistics Department]].
  2. "Housing Authority Property Location and Profile {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department {{!}} Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department". Hong Kong Housing Authority.
  3. "Aged public housing estates included in the Comprehensive Structural Investigation Programme".
  4. (6 December 1972). "New Territories to have public library". South China Morning Post.
  5. "香港地方 {{!}} 建設及建築物 {{!}} 屋宇建設委員會屋村". Hong Kong Place.
  6. (27 May 2011). "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". [[Government Logistics Department]].
  7. "五十年不變　福來．情在". [[Apple Daily]].
  8. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tsuen Wan District)". [[Electoral Affairs Commission]].
  9. "Tsuen Wan District Council - Tsuen Wan DC Members". District Council.
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