Wah Fu Estate (Chinese: 華富邨) is a public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay, Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong's Southern District. It was built on a new town concept in 1967 and was renovated in 2003. Divided into Wah Fu (I) Estate (華富(一)邨) and Wah Fu (II) Estate (華富(二)邨), the whole estate has a total of 18 residential blocks completed between 1967 and 1978.[1]
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There are several primary and secondary schools in the estate, including Pui Ying Secondary School, SKH Lui Ming Choi Secondary School and Caritas Chong Yut Ming Secondary School. They provide education to children in the estate and the surrounding areas. Fortuna Theatre is the only cinema on the estate.
Houses
edit| Name | Type | Completion |
|---|---|---|
| Wah On House | Old Slab | November 1967 |
| Wah Lok House | February 1968 | |
| Wah Chun House | March 1968 - September 1968 | |
| Wah Hong House | ||
| Wah Kwong House | ||
| Wah Mei House | ||
| Wah Kee House | October 1968 - February 1969 | |
| Wah Shun House | ||
| Wah Yu House | ||
| Wah Ching House | ||
| Wah Ming House | ||
| Wah Kin House | ||
| Wah Cheung House | Twin Tower | July 1970 - June 1971 |
| Wah Sang House | ||
| Wah Hing House | ||
| Wah Tai House | ||
| Wah Chui House | 1978 | |
| Wah King House |
Redevelopment
editAnnounced in the chief executive's 2014 Policy Address, Wah Fu Estate will be redeveloped. The new estate will be built nearby. It is planned that after the Wah Fu residents have moved to the new estates, Wah Fu will be redeveloped starting from 2024.[5]
Education
editWah Fu Estate is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 18.[6] Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School (香港南區官立小學).[7]
Notable residents
editLegal
- Wong Yan-lung (黃仁龍): Former Secretary for Justice, lived in the estate in the 1970s/1980s.
- Miles Jackson-Lipkin
Media and entertainment
- Kitty Yuen (阮小儀): Disc jockey with Commercial Radio Hong Kong, former actress with TVB.
- Wakin Chau (周華健): Singer
- Halina Tam (譚小環): Actress/presenter, Winner of the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 1994.
- Wai Ka-fai (韋家輝): Film producer and former TVB producer
References
edit- ^ Wah Fu Estate
- ^ 華富邨 (Chinese)
- ^ Wah Fu (I) Estate
- ^ Wah Fu (II) Estate
- ^ "2016 Pokfulam Report". District Councillor Paul Zimmerman. 12 December 2016.
- ^ "POA2023 Primary School Lists by School Net for Discretionary Places Admission Stage". Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "POA School Net 18" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 2022-09-12.