| Fuk Loi Estate | |
|---|---|
 Fuk Loi Estate | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 55 Hoi Pa Street,Tsuen Wan New Territories, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°22′26″N114°06′48″E / 22.37381°N 114.11332°E /22.37381; 114.11332 |
| Status | Completed |
| Category | Public rental housing |
| Population | 6,999[1] (2016) |
| No. of blocks | 9[2] |
| No. of units | 3,100[2] |
| Construction | |
| Constructed | 1963; 62 years ago (1963) |
| Authority | Hong Kong Housing Authority |
Fuk Loi Estate (Chinese:福來邨) is apublic housing estate inTsuen Wan,New Territories, Hong Kong, located at thereclaimed land alongCastle Peak Road and opposite toNan Fung Centre, Tsuen Kam Centre andDiscovery Park. It has 9 residential buildings completed between 1963 and 1967, and it is the oldest existing public housing estate inTsuen Wan District.[3]
The originalTsuen Wan Public Library occupied the ground floor of Wing Hong House. It was the first public library in theNew Territories.[4]
In the 1960s, theHong Kong Government had decided to allocate a reclaimed land in Tsuen Wan to theHousing Authority for low-rent housing.
The estate originally had eight houses, which were four seven-storey houses and four sixteen-storeyOld 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]
| 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 |
According to the2016 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]
Fuk Loi Estate is located inFuk Loi constituency of theTsuen Wan District Council.[8] It is currently represented by Kot Siu-yuen, who was elected in the2019 elections.[9]
