Lok Fu Estate is a public housing estate

Public housing in Hong Kong

Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the population now residing in some form of public housing...

 in Lok Fu

Lok Fu

Lok Fu is a place in Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located at the east of Kowloon Tong, the west of Wong Tai Sin and the north of Kowloon City. It geographically includes nearby Wang Tau Hom.It was named as Lo Fu Ngam...

, Wong Tai Sin

Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong

Wong Tai Sin is an area in Wong Tai Sin District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area was named after the Wong Tai Sin Temple.Wong Tai Sin is surrounded by northeast Tsz Wan Shan, east Diamond Hill, south San Po Kong, south west Tung Tau and west Wang Tai Hom...

, Kowloon

Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, near MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 Lok Fu Station.

Hong Keung Court is a Home Ownership Scheme

Home Ownership Scheme

The Home Ownership Scheme is a subsidized-sale programme of public housing in Hong Kong managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority...

 court near Lok Tung House, Lok Fu Estate. It has one block built in 1999.

History

Lok Fu Estate was formerly Lo Fu Ngam Resettlement Area . It has a total of 23 blocks built in 1957. A shrine located there was moved to a new site in Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong

Kwun Tong is an area in Kwun Tong District, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in...

, now within Tsui Ping Estate. In 1973, the area was renamed to Lok Fu Estate. It started rehabilitation

Land rehabilitation

Land rehabilitation is the process of returning the land in a given area to some degree of its former state, after some process has resulted in its damage...

 and redevelopment

Redevelopment

Redevelopment is any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses.-Description:Variations on redevelopment include:* Urban infill on vacant parcels that have no existing activity but were previously developed, especially on Brownfield land, such as the redevelopment of an industrial site...

 in 1980s

1980s

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. In 1991, the six blocks in nearby Wang Tau Hom Estate

Wang Tau Hom Estate

Wang Tau Hom Estate is a public housing estate in Wang Tau Hom, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong, along Lung Cheung Road and next to Lok Fu. The estate was firstly built in 1962 with a total of 25 blocks, but it was redeveloped between 1982 and 1983...

 was allocated to Lok Fu Estate.

Lok Fu Estate

Name	Type	Completion
Wang Hong House	New Slab	1984
Wang Lok House
Wang Shun House
Wang Tat House
Wang Yat House
Wang Yuk House		1985
Lok Tung House	Linear 3	1989
Lok Tai House	Harmony 1	1996
Lok Him House		1995
Lok Tsui House
Lok Man House

Hong Keung Court

Name	Type	Completion
Hong Keung Court	Harmony	1999

Others

• Wang Tau Hom Estate
  Wang Tau Hom Estate
  Wang Tau Hom Estate is a public housing estate in Wang Tau Hom, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong, along Lung Cheung Road and next to Lok Fu. The estate was firstly built in 1962 with a total of 25 blocks, but it was redeveloped between 1982 and 1983...
  
  
• Lok Fu Station
• Public housing in Hong Kong
  Public housing in Hong Kong
  Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. It is a major component of housing in Hong Kong, with nearly half of the population now residing in some form of public housing...
  
  
• List of public housing estates in Hong Kong