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.Wong Tai Sin District
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.Wong Tai Sin District As local residents found the name Lo Fu Ngam (Tiger Hill) inauspicious, the settlement was later renamed to Lok Fu (happy and prosperous). A former shrine at the site was moved to a new location in Kwun Tong, which is now within the Tsui Ping Estate. In 1973, the area was renamed the Lok Fu Estate.三十三年前的樂富邨 (Chinese Version) 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.橫頭磡邨
Houses
Lok Fu Estate NameLok Fu Estate Type Completion Floors Units per floor Units Wang Hong House Old Slab (Special Edition) 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 NameHong Keung Court 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.
See also Wang Tau Hom Estate Public housing in Hong Kong List of public housing estates in Hong Kong
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