Fuk Loi Estate () is a

public housing estate Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a New towns of Hong Kong, town built on a bay in the New Territories West (constituency), western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite Tsing Yi, Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market ...

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, Hong Kong, located at the

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along

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and opposite to

Nan Fung Centre Nan Fung Centre () is a Commercial district, commercial and shopping centre in Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, located nearby the MTR Tsuen Wan station and a bus terminus at its ground floor. It was developed by Nan Fung G ...

, 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 Tsuen Wan District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the New Territories and is served by the Tsuen Wan line of the MTR metro system. Its area is 60.7 km2. Its residents, who mostly live in Tsuen Wan Town, enjo ...

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

History

In the 1960s, the

Hong Kong Government The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government) is the Executive (government), executive authorities of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, following the ...

had decided to allocate a reclaimed land in Tsuen Wan to the

Housing Authority A housing authority or ministry of housing is generally a governmental body that governs aspects of housing or (called in general " shelter" or "living spaces"), often providing subsidies and low rent or free public housing to qualified people. ...

for low-rent housing. The estate originally had eight houses, which were four seven-storey houses and four sixteen-storey

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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

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 Fuk Loi is one of the 17 constituencies in the Tsuen Wan District. The constituency returns one district councillor to the Tsuen Wan District Council, with an election every four years. The seat has been currently held by Kot Siu-yuen of the ...

constituency of the

Tsuen Wan District Council The Tsuen Wan District Council () is the district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Tsuen Wan District Council currently consists of 22 members, of which the district is divided into two constit ...

. It is currently represented by Kot Siu-yuen, who was elected in the

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References

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History

Houses

Demographics

Politics

See also

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