Kwong Fuk Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is the second public housing estate in Tai Po, built at the reclaimed land at the east of Tai Po Old Market near Yuen Chau Tsai. The estate consists of eight residential buildings completed in 1983.
Wang Fuk Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tai Po, near Kwong Fuk Estate. It consists of eight residential buildings offering 1,987 units built in 1983. The apartment complex was destroyed when a major fire broke out on 26 November 2025, killing 168.
Houses Kwong Fuk Estate Name Chinese name Building type Completed Kwong Yan House Old Slab 1983 Kwong Wai House 1984 Kwong Lai House Twin Tower 1983 Kwong Yee House Kwong Yau House Kwong Ping House Kwong Chi House Trident 2 1985 Kwong Shung House
Wang Fuk Court The majority of the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex, barring Wang Chi House, was destroyed in a major fire on 26 November 2025. Name Chinese name Building type Completed Wang Yan House Flexi 2 1983 Wang Tao House Wang Sun House Wang Kin House Wang Tai House Wang Cheong House Wang Shing House Wang Chi House
Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Kwong Fuk Estate had a population of 16,939 while Wang Fuk Court had a population of 4,789. Altogether the population amounts to 21,728.
Politics For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Kwong Fuk & Plover Cove constituency, which was represented by Dalu Lin Kok-cheung until May 2021, while the remainder of the estate and Wang Fuk Court falls within the Wang Fuk constituency, which is represented by Herman Yiu Kwan-ho.
Incidents 2025 Wang Fuk Court fire
On 26 November 2025, a fire broke out at Wang Cheong House in Wang Fuk Court at 2:51 p.m., before spreading to six other blocks. The fire was caused by the inferior plastic net wrapped around the building. It is suspected to have mainly originated from workers smoking, as cigarette butts were found strewn on residents' window ledges, likely spreading to the flammable plastic net, then transferring to the entire building. All property windows and ventilation were also covered by highly flammable styrofoam boarding and thin wooden plates. Prior to the fire, residents already had suspicions of corruption around the renovation plans that led to the fire, citing fire hazards, a lack of transparency, and high costs. Authorities rated the fire as an alarm 5, which is the most serious category and the first such incident since the Cornwall Court fire in 2008. 168 people were killed, including a firefighter, while 79 others were injured. The apartment complex is scheduled for demolition due to the fire causing extensive damages, which rendered the apartment complex uninhabitable.
See also Public housing estates in Tai Po
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